Tina Renier (2024-01-21). Reflections on Racism, "Coloniality of Power", Mal-Development and Contemporary Capitalism. globalresearch.ca

Rick Thomas (2024-01-21). The Transnational Capitalist Class. The Billionaires, the Trillionaires. Stake Holder Capitalism and The New World Order. globalresearch.ca

C.J. Polychroniou (2024-01-21). The Only Solution to "Wealth Supremacy" Is a Democratic Economy. truthout.org The extraction of wealth is a pathology of late capitalism and is defined by the cultural and political processes by which the rich establish themselves as the dominant class. Social theorist and organizer Marjorie Kelly labels this phenomenon "wealth supremacy" which is also the title of her latest book. But as she points out in this exclusive interview for Truthout, wealth supremacy… |

midwesternmarx (2024-01-21). Capitalism and the Production of Poverty By: Jim Silver. midwesternmarx.com The perpetual production of ever-changing forms of poverty is an inevitable part of the creative destruction that characterizes capitalism. The form of the poverty changes, because capitalism is dynamic and constantly changing, but poverty remains. The production of poverty is not only an inevitable but also a necessary part of capitalism. This has been the case in Britain, the world's first capitalist industrial power, for the past eight hundred years.Poverty is in large part about …

midwesternmarx (2024-01-21). Reviving ISIS: A US weapon against the Resistance Axis By: The Cradle. midwesternmarx.com Photo Credit: The Cradle Iraqi security sources are warning of an ISIS revival in the country, which coincides all too neatly with the spike in Iraqi resistance operations against US bases in Iraq and Syria, and with widening regional instability caused by Israel's military assault on Gaza. More than six years after declaring victory over the terrorist organization, Iraqi intelligence reports now indicate that thousands of ISIS fighters are emerging unscathed, under the protection o …

midwesternmarx (2024-01-21). Thanks to Gaza, European philosophy has been exposed as ethically bankrupt By: Hamid Dabashi. midwesternmarx.com From Heidegger's Nazism to Habermas's Zionism, the suffering of the 'Other' is of little consequence Imagine if Iran, Syria, Lebanon, or Turkey – fully backed, armed and diplomatically protected by Russia and China – had the will and the wherewithal to bomb Tel Aviv for three months, day and night, murder tens of thousands of Israelis, maim countless more and make millions homeless, and turn the city into a heap of uninhabitable rubble, …

midwesternmarx (2024-01-21). Anti-Fascism & Solidarity: Bhagat Singh Jan Adhikar Yatra By: Vansh Yadav. midwesternmarx.com First Day of Bhagat Singh Jan Adhikar Yatra, December 10 Phase 2 of The Bhagat Singh Jan Adhikar Yatra (BSJAY), which began on December 10, is set to cover 8,500 km, going through 80 districts and 13 states, and will continue until March 3. The Rally is primarily organised by the Revolutionary Workers Party of India (RWPI), Disha Students Organisation, Naujawan Bharat Sabha, and Mazdoor Bigul Dasta, along with numerous other progressive organisations. The Yatra is essentially an an …

midwesternmarx (2024-01-21). COMMUNISTS AND AN OPEN BALLOT By: Max R. midwesternmarx.com The recent political events of state courts in Colorado and Maine barring Donald Trump from running in the 2024 election should be of intense interest to Communists in the USA. While center-left "progressives" and those who tail the Democrats applaud this decision by the state courts, this is not a beneficial development for anti-imperialists or for all Americans who value our civil liberties. In the United States since the period of McCarthyism and the Cold War, the civil lib …

midwesternmarx (2024-01-21). 01/15/24 – Cuba: a Vital Utopia in Resistance By: Tatiana Coll. midwesternmarx.com photo: Bill Hackwell It is difficult, very difficult to make a valid account of 65 years of great events, of profound transformations, of surprising achievements, of complex challenges, of internationalist victories, of global warnings, of new approaches, of constant search and also of mistakes; but always of tenacity and fierce constancy, sustained in the most contradictory circumstances by a whole people on the march. In short, the Cuban revolution changed the circumstances of the …

midwesternmarx (2024-01-21). Our Postmodern Crisis and the Progressive Alternative in the Harlem Renaissance By: Kathie Jiang. midwesternmarx.com This article explores the Harlem Renaissance's ideological and artistic contributions to the American social consciousness for imagining possibilities for political struggle, and as a timely alternative to the dominant postmodern aesthetic and cultural tendencies of nihilism of our times — including 1950's Pop Art, the 1980's neo expressionist art of Jean-Michel Basquiat, and contemporary hip-hop culture. Between World War I and the Great Depression, in New …

Pavan Kulkarni (2024-01-21). Sudanese Communist Party newspaper's editor abducted by paramilitary RSF. peoplesdispatch.org The Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which has been at war with Sudan's army since April 15, 2023, broke into the family home of Haitham Dafallah, the chief editor of Al-Maydan newspaper, and abducted him along with his brother, on January 19.

Pavel López Lazo (2024-01-21). China: CCP announces over 44M-dollar promotion to train members. plenglish.com Beijing, Jan 21 (Prensa Latina) The Communist Party of China (CCP) on Sunday allocated 318 million yuan (USD.2 million) to improve both education and training of its members, local press reported.

thecommunists (2024-01-21). Post Office scandal: Trouble on the Horizon. thecommunists.org Back in 1996, the Japanese company Fujitsu started providing…

Pavel López Lazo (2024-01-21). Cuban President opens Operation Truth Conference. plenglish.com The Cuban leader is being accompanied by the Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Roberto Morales Ojeda, as well as by other government officials. | On the 65th anniversary of the first Operation Truth, which gathered over 400 journalists in Havana to refute the smear campaigns against newly-formed 1959 Cuban Revolution, this meeting is critical to inform Cuba's big efforts to achieve a more prosperous and sustainable development model.

Jasmin Kreutzer (2024-01-21). Filipinos are Good at Being "Resilient": Lifting the Philippines out of Poverty with Sam Tamayo's non-profit Project SMILE. pressenza.com Sabrina (Sam) Tamayo founded her non-profit, Project SMILE, in the Philippines in 2018. Her organization helps people of various ages and professions rise out of poverty and follows an inspiring mantra of starting small and building a reliable impact. In this interview she discusses human rights, the UN's Sustainable Development Goals, and various aspects of life in the Philippines. | What would you say is the main difference between living in the UK and living in the Philippines? | I hope this doesn't sound depressing, but if I had to use one word I'd describe living in the Philippines as precarious. There is a…

Rania Khalek (2024-01-19). Accumulation of Death: How Israel's Genocide in Gaza Serves U.S. Imperialism, w/ Prof. Ali Kadri. thealtworld.com Where does Israel's genocide in Gaza fit in to our late stage global imperialist order? What does it mean about the role of Zionism in the Middle East? How do the U.S. wars on other Middle Eastern countries factor in? How has China managed to escape this and the neoliberal rot that has consumed so much of the world? And how come some Western Marxists get it so wrong? | To discuss this and more, Rania Khalek was joined by Ali Kadri, author of many books including "Arab Development Denied: Dynamics of Accumulation by Wars of Encroachment," "The Unmaking of Arab Socialism," "China's Path to Development: Against Neol…

ARG Medios (2024-01-19). Argentina's far-right libertarian president warns in Davos, "the West is in danger" peoplesdispatch.org The Argentine president also said that "socialism is an impoverishing model that failed", blamed the economic crisis on "radical feminism" and denied climate change.

krish-rad_ind (2024-01-19). Commune or Nothing! Communes Against Capitalism. mronline.org

Kathleen Wallace (2024-01-19). The Hostile Architecture of Late Stage Capitalism. counterpunch.org The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that will undoubtedly set the course for future dealings with the homeless population. That already sounds ominous, right? The case involves the city of Grants Pass, Oregon and the practice of banning individuals from using means to protect themselves from the elements when occupying public spaces. By that I mean items like blankets.

thecommunists (2024-01-19). British terrorist state persecutes communists on 'anti-terror' pretext. thecommunists.org The campaign of persecution of prominent and effective anti-zionist campaigners in Britain appears to be stepping up a gear — a sure sign of the government's panic over their loss of control over the narrative regarding events in Gaza, and its consequent exposure as a backer and facilitator of genocide. Back on 25 November, four …

ecns.cn (2024-01-18). Tough stance on corruption wins praise. ecns.cn The Communist Party of China's efforts over the past 10 years to severely punish misconduct and corruption that occur "at people's doorsteps" have led to an increase in the sense of gain and happiness among the people, observers said.

Clara Moore (2024-01-19). The Child Tax Credit Changed My Life. Congress Has a Chance to Bring It Back. counterpunch.org From childhood on, I've spent my life haunted by the ghost of poverty. A myth exists in America that financial well-being follows if we just work hard and make good choices. But it's not that simple. At some point, most of us face unforeseen obstacles — from physical or mental health challenges to lost jobs,

krish-rad_ind (2024-01-18). Gaza: A Ghastly Window into the Crisis of Global Capitalism. znetwork.org

Staff (2024-01-18). President Petro Condemns Capitalism as 'Building Walls and Dropping Bombs' at WEF in Davos (+Fake Video). orinocotribune.com Caracas ( During his speech this Wednesday, January 17, at the

Ellen Brown (2024-01-18). Casino Capitalism and the Derivatives Market: Time for Another 'Lehman Moment'? globalresearch.ca

Eds. (2024-01-18). Commune or Nothing! Communes Against Capitalism. mronline.org In this panel, Kali Akuno, John Bellamy Foster, Chris Gilbert, and M.E. O'Brien examine the commune and communal organizing as part of the project of revolutionary social transformation. The speakers address how socialist communes can be used to abolish the logic of capitalism, which is based on the exploitation of human beings, the expropriation of nature, and oppression.

Ellen Brown (2024-01-18). Casino Capitalism and the Derivatives Market: Time for Another "Lehman Moment"? dissidentvoice.org Reading the tea leaves for the 2024 economy is challenging. On January 5th, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said we have achieved a "soft landing," with wages rising faster than prices in 2023. But critics are questioning the official figures, and prices are still high. Surveys show that consumers remain apprehensive. There are other concerns. On December 24, 2023, Catherine …

WSWS (2024-01-18). AI and its implications a central topic at Davos meeting. wsws.org The contradiction between technology and the social relations of capitalism in which it is encased is becoming ever-more apparent.

teleSUR, YSM (2024-01-18). Presidente de Colombia rechaza el capitalismo en foro de Davos. telesurtv.net El mandatario colombiano destacó que es necesario un cambio del sistema financiero mundial.

kwjorinoco (2024-01-18). President Maduro: Imperialism Co-Opted the Communist Party to Use it Against the Revolution. orinocotribune.com The president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, recalled that while the people suffered from the "economic genocide" imposed on the country, the Communist Party of Venezuela (PCV) spokesperson joined the attacks of the right and imperialism. | Imperialism, using techniques that "will be known later," penetrated the Communist Party of Venezuela to use it as a mechanism of attack against the Bolivarian Revolution, highlighted the President Maduro. | "They looked for a tamed left and penetrated it. Then they began to use some spokespersons from the Venezuelan Communist Party to accuse Maduro, the political high command,…

Government of the Philippines (2024-01-18). Philippines: DSWD DROMIC Report #4 on the Armed Conflict in Malaybalay City, Bukidnon as of 12 January 2024, 6AM. reliefweb.int Country: Philippines | Source: Government of the Philippines | Please refer to the attached file. | I. Situation Overview | On 25 December 2023 at around 3: 00 AM, an armed conflict transpired in Malaybalay City, Bukidnon between the 4th Infantry Division (4ID) of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA). | Reports indicated series of encounters in the barangays of Can-ayan, Kibalabag, Kulaman, and Mapulo likewise, the LGU of Malaybalay City, assures the safety of the residents but the ongoing military operations affected their livelihoo…

Government of the Philippines (2024-01-18). Philippines: DSWD DROMIC Report #5 on the Armed Conflict in Malaybalay City, Bukidnon as of 15 January 2024, 6AM. reliefweb.int Country: Philippines | Source: Government of the Philippines | Please refer to the attached file. | I. Situation Overview | On 25 December 2023 at around 3: 00 AM, an armed conflict transpired in Malaybalay City, Bukidnon between the 4th Infantry Division (4ID) of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA). | Reports indicated series of encounters in the barangays of Can-ayan, Kibalabag, Kulaman, and Mapulo likewise, the LGU of Malaybalay City, assures the safety of the residents but the ongoing military operations affected their livelihoo…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2024-01-18). Cypriots Protest Use of Bases by UK in Imperialist Conflicts. orinocotribune.com By Peoples Dispatch — Jan 16, 2024 | The British military has been using the Akrotiri and Dhekelia bases in Cyprus for its war-mongering, such as in the recent bombing of Yemen | On Sunday, January 14, anti-imperialist groups in Cyprus protested outside the UK bases in Akrotiri, against the use of bases on the island in the imperialist wars raging in the region. | In the protest called by the Pancyprian Peace Council, activists from various anti-war groups and political parties including the Progressive Party of Working People (AKEL), United Democratic Youth Organization (EDON), and Communist Initiative o…

Tanupriya Singh, People's Dispatch. (2024-01-18). The Rich Get Richer While Global Poverty Deepens. popularresistance.org The wealth of the world's top five richest men has more than doubled since 2020 while 4.8 billion people, or 60% of humanity, have been further impoverished. At this rate, while it could only take a decade for the world to have its first trillionaire, it will take 229 years to ensure that no person is living in poverty. | These findings are part of a new report titled Inequality Inc. published by Oxfam International, released on the eve of the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland. | "We're witnessing the beginnings of a decade of division, with billions of people shouldering the economic shockwaves…

Editor (2024-01-16). Paul Burkett (PapaPatty). mronline.org An intellectual and scholar, Paul published many books, journal articles, notes, reviews, and book chapters in his field. He felt his most important books are Marx and Nature: A Red And Green Perspective (1999) and Marxism and Ecological Economics (2006). He was passionate about his work, Socialism, the planet, and justice.

Ellen Brown, Scheer Post. (2024-01-17). Casino Capitalism And Derivatives Market: Time For A 'Lehman Moment'? popularresistance.org Reading the tea leaves for the 2024 economy is challenging. On January 5th, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said we have achieved a "soft landing," with wages rising faster than prices in 2023. But critics are questioning the official figures, and prices are still high. Surveys show that consumers remain apprehensive. | There are other concerns. On Dec. 24, 2023, Catherine Herridge, a senior investigative correspondent for CBS News covering national security and intelligence, said on "Face the Nation," "I just feel a lot of concern that 2024 may be the year of a black swan event. This is a national security event…

Matthew Miles Goodrich, In These Times. (2024-01-16). The Forgotten Socialist History Of Martin Luther King Jr. popularresistance.org In 1952 a 23-year-old Martin Luther King Jr. wrote a love letter to Coretta Scott. Along with coos of affection and apologies for his hasty handwriting, he described his feelings not just toward his future wife, but also toward America's economic system. "I am much more socialistic in my economic theory than capitalistic," he admitted to his then-girlfriend, concluding that "capitalism has outlived its usefulness." | King composed these words as a grad student on the tail end of his first year at the Boston University School of Theology. And far from representing just the…

Editor (2024-01-16). Ellen Brown: Casino Capitalism and the Derivatives Market: Time for Another 'Lehman Moment'? scheerpost.com By Ellen Brown / Original to ScheerPost Reading the tea leaves for the 2024 economy is challenging. On January 5th, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said we have achieved a "soft landing," with wages rising faster than prices in 2023. But critics are questioning the official figures, and prices are still high. Surveys show that consumers …

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2024-01-17). French lawmaker calls for political and economic solidarity with Cuba. plenglish.com Paris, Jan 17 (Prensa Latina) French communist lawmaker André Chassaigne on Wednesday called for political and economic support for Cuba in the face of the US blockade, which he described as disgraceful.

ecns.cn (2024-01-17). Xi makes important speech at study session on promoting high-quality development of financial sector. ecns.cn A study session on promoting high-quality financial development, attended by provincial and ministerial-level officials, was opened at the Party School of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee(the National Academy of Governance) on the morning of Jan 16.

a guest author (2024-01-16). Death is no one if he rides in your saddle; interview with Leila Ghanem about Gaza's October 7. workers.org By àÅngeles Maestro Leila Ghanem Interview in November 2023 with Lebanese anthropologist and communist leader Leila Ghanem, conducted and translated for the Coordination of Communist Nuclei (CNC) by àÅngeles Maestro (in the Spanish state). Translation to English for presentation at the Jan. 21 Lenin centennial in New York City: John . . . |

guest author (2024-01-16). Death is no one if he rides in your saddleInterview with Leila Ghanem about Gaza's October 7. workers.org Interview in November 2023 with Lebanese anthropologist and communist leader Leila Ghanem, conducted and translated for the Coordination of Communist Nuclei (CNC) by àÅngeles Maestro (in the Spanish state). Translation to English for presentation at the Jan. 21 Lenin centennial in New York City: John Catalinotto. The headline starts with . . . |

Peoples Dispatch (2024-01-16). Cypriots protest use of bases by UK in imperialist conflicts. peoplesdispatch.org On Sunday, January 14, anti-imperialist groups in Cyprus protested outside the UK bases in Akrotiri, against the use of bases on the island in the imperialist wars raging in the region. | In the protest called by the Pancyprian Peace Council, activists from various anti-war groups and political parties including the Progressive Party of Working People (AKEL), United Democratic Youth Organization (EDON), and Communist Initiative of Cyprus, among others have participated and called for the ouster of foreign military bases, from the Cypriot soil. Protesters expressed solidarity with people of Palestine who are under…

Tanupriya Singh (2024-01-16). The rich get richer while global poverty deepens in "decade of division" peoplesdispatch.org Wealth accumulation by the rich has risen to the point that the world could see its first trillionaire within a decade. Meanwhile, it will take more than 200 years to end global poverty, a report by Oxfam International has found.

Alexandra Jacobo (2024-01-16). Billionaires' wealth skyrockets by 114% amid global poverty surge. nationofchange.org This extraordinary accumulation of wealth comes at a time when nearly 5 billion people globally grapple with the challenges of inflation, war, and the climate crisis, slipping further into poverty.

Vijay Prashad (2024-01-12). Why I believe what I believe about the Chinese Revolution: The Second Newsletter (2024). mronline.org I have tried not only to provide some facts to guide our discussion but also to thread them into the theory of socialism that I believe is most attractive.

Robert Hunziker (2024-01-12). The State of Capitalism's Climate System. counterpunch.org Three years ago, 15,000 scientists declared a climate emergency by signing onto a State of the Climate Report. That signing led to annual updates, for example, the most recent version: The 2023 State of the Climate Report: Entering Uncharted Territory, Bioscience, vol. 73, issue 12, December 2023, Oxford Academic (aka: "The Report"). The initial paragraph

Richard D. Wolff (2024-01-11). What Is to Be Done? counterpunch.org

C.J. Atkins (2024-01-12). Taking your side for a century: People's World turns 100. peoplesworld.org The strongest weapon the ruling class possesses is its control of the press—its domination of the sources through which people get their information. A hundred years ago, a group of radical workers and Marxist writers launched a publication they hoped would break the monopoly that bosses and their hired media mouthpieces had in deciding what …

People's World (2024-01-12). Our first issue — January 13, 1924. peoplesworld.org People's World traces its lineage directly to the Daily Worker newspaper, founded in Chicago in 1924 by communists, socialists, union members, and other activists. Here, for the first time since it rolled off the printing press, we republish in full the first article from that inaugural edition. Written as an editorial, the language is brimming …

ecns.cn (2024-01-11). Senior CPC official holds talks with former U.S. officials, business representatives. ecns.cn Liu Jianchao, head of the International Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, met former U.S. officials and representatives from the finance and business community in New York on Tuesday.

Michael Fox, The Real News Network. (2024-01-11). Guatemala's 'Silent Holocaust' Under The Shadow. popularresistance.org In the third episode of Under the Shadow, host Michael Fox visits a memorial for the disappeared on the outskirts of the Guatemalan town of San Juan Comalapa. Then, he walks back in time to the 1980s, into the country's genocide of Indigenous peoples—and the overwhelming support for the violence that came from the United States and then-President Ronald Reagan in the name of fighting the so-called "communist threat." | Between 1962-1996, 200,000 Guatemalans were killed and 45,000 were forcibly disappeared. For the majority of families, the whereabouts of those lost loved ones are still unknown, even decades…

Gabisile (2024-01-12). 2 000 new waste management job opportunities in Mbombela. sanews.gov.za 2 000 new waste management job opportunities in Mbombela | The Deputy Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Makhotso Sotyu, has launched the Cleaning and Greening Programme for the City of Mbombela with 2 000 new job opportunities in Nelspruit, Mpumalanga. | Delivering the keynote address on Thursday, the Deputy Minister explained how the programme tackles poverty and unemployment while ensuring that the environment is clean and protected. | According to the department, illegal dumping and littering are some of the most common problems in South Africa that affect all municipalities, irrespective…

Honduras Solidarity Network, Popular Resistance. (2024-01-11). Delegation To Honduras Launches Campaign To Indict The US, Canada. popularresistance.org Members of a ten-day US/Canada delegation hosted by the Cross Border Network of Kansas City and the Honduras Solidarity Network of North America have investigated how their two nations prioritize protecting the political, economic, and military interests of their governments and corporations over the rights and interests of the Honduran people. The delegation visited communities affected by mining and land grabbing, met with labor movement activists, and spoke with US, Canadian and Honduran officials and found that the continuing poverty, inequality, and dispossession of the Honduran people result from the crimes…

Maurizio Guerrero (2024-01-10). ICE May Get Its Largest Budget Ever, Signaling Surveillance Capitalism's Triumph. truthout.org Aided by electronic monitoring and data mining companies that extract, aggregate, and sell personal information from tens of thousands of private and public digital databases without the consent of individuals, the Biden administration is expanding the surveillance of immigrants to unprecedented levels — stifling dissent and political organizing and sowing fear among non-citizens and civil rights… |

Akkanut Wantanasombut, Grassroots Economic Organizing. (2024-01-10). Creating A Support System For Platform Cooperatives In Thailand. popularresistance.org Since its first proposal in 2014, Platform Cooperativism has evolved into a global movement as an alternative to Platform Capitalism. The concept has been adopted in over 546 known projects across 50 countries. The establishment of the Platform Cooperativism Consortium (PCC), serving as a knowledge hub for the global community, marked a significant milestone. PCC fosters inspiration, knowledge, outcomes, and impacts—I am a testament to this, considering myself a small yet integral piece of the evidence. During the COVID-19 pandemic, I enrolled in the online course 'Platform Co-op Now!'

Richard D. Wolff (2024-01-11). What Is to Be Done? counterpunch.org

Ian Angus (2024-01-10). Paul Burkett, rest in power. mronline.org In memory of Paul Burkett, Marxist scholar and jazz musician, 1956-2024.

thecommunists (2024-01-11). Huda Ammori: Why I risked prison to shut Elbit down. thecommunists.org This article is reproduced from Declassified UK, with thanks. The video above shows footage of Palestine Action's successful campaign to close down Elbit's central London HQ. ***** During Israel's intensified genocide of the Palestinian people, I was sitting in the dock of a court facing 11 charges for disrupting the production of weapons used to …

thecommunists (2024-01-11). Jury unanimously acquits Palestine Action's Balfour 2 who defaced statue. thecommunists.org Two Palestine Action activists, Gamze Sanli and Sally Woodward, were acquitted unanimously by a jury in Southwark crown court in December 2023, having been charged with criminal damage against a memorial after they doused the House of Commons' Arthur Balfour statue in red last year. To mark the 105th anniversary of Balfour's signing of his …

thecommunists (2024-01-10). Free the Elbit Seven! No cooperation with Israeli war crimes! thecommunists.org Download this leaflet as a pdf. In May 2022, nine members of Palestine Action occupied the Bristol headquarters of the international arms manufacturer Elbit Systems in protest against British complicity with Israeli war crimes. The trial of seven of those activists is now taking place at Bristol crown court, where they are pleading not guilty …

thecommunists (2024-01-10). Ronnie Kasrils on South Africa parallels and the Palestinian liberation struggle. thecommunists.org The following article, a reply to a scurrilous attack by western security-aligned commentator Greg Mills in South Africa's Daily Maverick, is reproduced from Politics Web, with thanks. The author is a communist and was a founding commander of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC). He later served as a …

ecns.cn (2024-01-11). Senior CPC official holds talks with former U.S. officials, business representatives. ecns.cn Liu Jianchao, head of the International Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, met former U.S. officials and representatives from the finance and business community in New York on Tuesday.

Michael Fox, The Real News Network. (2024-01-11). Guatemala's 'Silent Holocaust' Under The Shadow. popularresistance.org In the third episode of Under the Shadow, host Michael Fox visits a memorial for the disappeared on the outskirts of the Guatemalan town of San Juan Comalapa. Then, he walks back in time to the 1980s, into the country's genocide of Indigenous peoples—and the overwhelming support for the violence that came from the United States and then-President Ronald Reagan in the name of fighting the so-called "communist threat." | Between 1962-1996, 200,000 Guatemalans were killed and 45,000 were forcibly disappeared. For the majority of families, the whereabouts of those lost loved ones are still unknown, even decades…

Alina Ramos Martin (2024-01-10). Díaz-Canel commemorates Julio Antonio Mella's murder in Mexico. plenglish.com Havana, Jan 10 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel commemorated the 95th anniversary of the murder, in Mexico, of student and communist leader Julio Antonio Mella, an act perpetrated by hitmen of dictator Gerardo Machado (1925-1933).

Honduras Solidarity Network, Popular Resistance. (2024-01-11). Delegation To Honduras Launches Campaign To Indict The US, Canada. popularresistance.org Members of a ten-day US/Canada delegation hosted by the Cross Border Network of Kansas City and the Honduras Solidarity Network of North America have investigated how their two nations prioritize protecting the political, economic, and military interests of their governments and corporations over the rights and interests of the Honduran people. The delegation visited communities affected by mining and land grabbing, met with labor movement activists, and spoke with US, Canadian and Honduran officials and found that the continuing poverty, inequality, and dispossession of the Honduran people result from the crimes…

Maurizio Guerrero (2024-01-10). ICE May Get Its Largest Budget Ever, Signaling Surveillance Capitalism's Triumph. truthout.org Aided by electronic monitoring and data mining companies that extract, aggregate, and sell personal information from tens of thousands of private and public digital databases without the consent of individuals, the Biden administration is expanding the surveillance of immigrants to unprecedented levels — stifling dissent and political organizing and sowing fear among non-citizens and civil rights… |

Akkanut Wantanasombut, Grassroots Economic Organizing. (2024-01-10). Creating A Support System For Platform Cooperatives In Thailand. popularresistance.org Since its first proposal in 2014, Platform Cooperativism has evolved into a global movement as an alternative to Platform Capitalism. The concept has been adopted in over 546 known projects across 50 countries. The establishment of the Platform Cooperativism Consortium (PCC), serving as a knowledge hub for the global community, marked a significant milestone. PCC fosters inspiration, knowledge, outcomes, and impacts—I am a testament to this, considering myself a small yet integral piece of the evidence. During the COVID-19 pandemic, I enrolled in the online course 'Platform Co-op Now!'

ATTAC (2024-01-10). 28th session of the Conference of the Parties on Climate Change (COP 28) No to green colonialism, no to the false solutions of green capitalism, no to green normalization, Yes to the sovereignty of peoples over their territories. cadtm.org

Ian Angus (2024-01-10). Paul Burkett, rest in power. mronline.org In memory of Paul Burkett, Marxist scholar and jazz musician, 1956-2024.

thecommunists (2024-01-10). Free the Elbit Seven! No cooperation with Israeli war crimes! thecommunists.org Download this leaflet as a pdf. In May 2022, nine members of Palestine Action occupied the Bristol headquarters of the international arms manufacturer Elbit Systems in protest against British complicity with Israeli war crimes. The trial of seven of those activists is now taking place at Bristol crown court, where they are pleading not guilty …

Alina Ramos Martin (2024-01-10). Díaz-Canel commemorates Julio Antonio Mella's murder in Mexico. plenglish.com Havana, Jan 10 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel commemorated the 95th anniversary of the murder, in Mexico, of student and communist leader Julio Antonio Mella, an act perpetrated by hitmen of dictator Gerardo Machado (1925-1933).

thecommunists (2024-01-10). Ronnie Kasrils on South Africa parallels and the Palestinian liberation struggle. thecommunists.org The following article, a reply to a scurrilous attack by western security-aligned commentator Greg Mills in South Africa's Daily Maverick, is reproduced from Politics Web, with thanks. The author is a communist and was a founding commander of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC). He later served as a …

Garrett Brown, Against the Current. (2024-01-08). Talking Socialism On The Job. popularresistance.org With a new generation of socialist activists entering the workforce to build unions and the socialist movement, experiences from 45 years ago may provide lessons about what works and what does not work when talking socialism on the job. | I joined the Young Socialist Alliance in 1971 and the Socialist Workers Party in 1973, resigning from the party in December 1983. I was a student activist in California, Massachusetts, and Illinois, before becoming the labor reporter for The Daily Calumet newspaper in southeast Chicago in 1976. | While a journalist at The Daily Calumet I covered the United Steel Workers of Ameri…

krish-rad_ind (2024-01-08). Talking Socialism On The Job. popularresistance.org

Paul Burkett (2024-01-08). Marx's Vision of Sustainable Human Development. mronline.org With global capitalism's worsening poverty and environmental crises, sustainable human development comes to the fore as the primary question that must be engaged by all twenty-first century socialists in core and periphery alike. It is in this human developmental connection, I will argue, that Marx's vision of communism or socialism (two terms that he used interchangeably) can be most helpful.

midwesternmarx (2024-01-08). "OUR CAPACITY TO RESIST AND WIN IS BASED ON SOCIALISM" By: MLToday. midwesternmarx.com Compatriots: We arrive at the 65th anniversary of the triumph of our socialist Revolution. Many have been the challenges we have had to face to reach this point; but it has been worth it, the work of the Revolution and its social achievements, even in the midst of difficulties, corroborate this.For Fidel has been the first thought of Cubans in this historic commemoration, especially here, in the heroic city of Santiago de Cuba that treasures his immortal remains, and also for all those who …

ATTAC (2024-01-08). 28th session of the Conference of the Parties on Climate Change (COP 28) No to green colonialism, no to the false solutions of green capitalism, no to green normalization, Yes to the sovereignty of peoples over their territories. cadtm.org

ATTAC (2024-01-07). 28th session of the Conference of the Parties on Climate Change (COP 28) No to green colonialism, no to the false solutions of green capitalism, no to green normalization, Yes to the sovereignty of peoples over their territories. cadtm.org

midwesternmarx (2024-01-08). Genocide in Gaza By: John J. Mearsheimer. midwesternmarx.com I am writing to flag a truly important document that should be widely circulated and read carefully by anyone interested in the ongoing Gaza War.Specifically, I am referring to the 84-page "application" that South Africa filed with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on 29 December 2023, accusing Israel of committing genocide against the Palestinians in Gaza.1 It maintains that Israel's actions since the war began on 7 October 2023 "are intended to bring …

midwesternmarx (2024-01-08). SUCCESS OF FAR-RIGHT PARTIES HIGHLIGHTS THE DEAD END OF SOCIAL DEMOCRACY By: MLToday. midwesternmarx.com The far-right, anti-immigrant party Alternative for Germany (AfD) surged in the Bavaria's state election in October, coming third with just under 2 million votes and gaining 10 seats in the state legislature. This follows a trend of electoral success for AfD, which is now polling at around 20 percent across all of Germany.Interestingly, the far right enjoys large support in the formerly socialist east German states where until recently the working class largely supported the democra …

ecns.cn (2024-01-07). Two senior officials expelled from CPC. ecns.cn Two former senior officials from China's State-owned enterprises have been expelled from the Communist Party of China for serious violations of discipline and the law, according to China's anti-graft watchdog.

thecommunists (2024-01-07). Who wants war with Iran? thecommunists.org John Bolton, erstwhile US national security advisor (and neocon blowhard for all seasons, in or out of office) wrote an article in the Telegraph newspaper shortly after Christmas. The article lambasted the inaction of the Biden administration over attacks on Israel-affiliated shipping, accusing it of "ignoring the reality of who is calling the shots in …

Tanupriya Singh, People's Dispatch. (2024-01-08). Construction Workers Reject Labor Export Deal To Israel As 'Sinister Ploy'. popularresistance.org Over the past few weeks, at least two states in India, governed by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), have issued notices for the recruitment of construction workers to be sent to Israel. | Reports emerged towards the end of last year that Israel was seeking to hire up to 100,000 workers from India to replace Palestinian workers in its construction sector. After the Al-Aqsa Flood Operation began on October 7, Israel revoked the work permits given to all Palestinian workers from Gaza, where unemployment and poverty rates are rampant due to the ongoing 17-year-long siege imposed by the Zionist occupation.

Rick Baum (2024-01-08). In 2023: The Ludicrous Amount of Wealth of the U.S. Wealthiest Shot Up. counterpunch.org In 2023, we learned from the government that poverty and homelessness both increased in 2022. In 2023, there is also evidence of a massive surge in the already enormous wealth held by the wealthiest among us. On the last day of the year, one can read in the Guardian an article with the headline "Smiles

Guest Blogger (2024-01-07). Climate Change Weekly #492: Climate Goals Undermining Global Poverty Reduction. wattsupwiththat.com Efforts to rapidly restrict the use of fossil fuels is hampering the #1 goal of poverty reduction in Africa and is restricting Africa's efforts to develop and utilize its own oil and gas resources (goal #7), as funds previously used for development are being redirected to CO2 mitigation (goal #13).

scorinoco (2024-01-07). President-Elect of Guatemala Promises Radical Changes. orinocotribune.com By Alejandra García and Bill Hackwell — Jan 4, 2024 | Guatemala's president-elect, Bernardo Arévalo de León, will take office on January 14 with high expectations for radical change. It remains to be seen if his ambitious plan will succeed, but for the time being, any of his decisions will be a step forward in a country where 44% of the population of 17 million is Mayan and where more than 50% of the population lives in conditions of extreme poverty. | In statements to foreign press, Arévalo stated that his first action upon assuming power will be to revoke "irresponsible" and "absurd" decrees of the outgoin…

ATTAC (2024-01-07). 28th session of the Conference of the Parties on Climate Change (COP 28) No to green colonialism, no to the false solutions of green capitalism, no to green normalization, Yes to the sovereignty of peoples over their territories. cadtm.org

thecommunists (2024-01-07). Who wants war with Iran? thecommunists.org John Bolton, erstwhile US national security advisor (and neocon blowhard for all seasons, in or out of office) wrote an article in the Telegraph newspaper shortly after Christmas. The article lambasted the inaction of the Biden administration over attacks on Israel-affiliated shipping, accusing it of "ignoring the reality of who is calling the shots in …

ecns.cn (2024-01-07). Two senior officials expelled from CPC. ecns.cn Two former senior officials from China's State-owned enterprises have been expelled from the Communist Party of China for serious violations of discipline and the law, according to China's anti-graft watchdog.

scorinoco (2024-01-07). President-Elect of Guatemala Promises Radical Changes. orinocotribune.com By Alejandra García and Bill Hackwell — Jan 4, 2024 | Guatemala's president-elect, Bernardo Arévalo de León, will take office on January 14 with high expectations for radical change. It remains to be seen if his ambitious plan will succeed, but for the time being, any of his decisions will be a step forward in a country where 44% of the population of 17 million is Mayan and where more than 50% of the population lives in conditions of extreme poverty. | In statements to foreign press, Arévalo stated that his first action upon assuming power will be to revoke "irresponsible" and "absurd" decrees of the outgoin…

Guest Blogger (2024-01-07). Climate Change Weekly #492: Climate Goals Undermining Global Poverty Reduction. wattsupwiththat.com Efforts to rapidly restrict the use of fossil fuels is hampering the #1 goal of poverty reduction in Africa and is restricting Africa's efforts to develop and utilize its own oil and gas resources (goal #7), as funds previously used for development are being redirected to CO2 mitigation (goal #13).

Jeff Mackler (2024-01-05). Capitalism's Deepening Crisis and the Coming Fightback. counterpunch.org We are horrified to daily witness the monstrous deeds of a crisis-ridden world capitalism that knows no way out other than by inflicting new waves of catastrophe on the world's people. Today's US-backed and orchestrated Zionist genocide of the Palestinian people is but one more glaring example. But a broader assessment is essential. President Biden

Brenda Norrell (2024-01-05). Warrior Klee Benally Never Surrendered: A Life of Revolutionary Love: 'Regain Your Power'. indybay.org Our hearts are broken by the sudden passing of our friend Klee Benally. Reflecting on Klee's life, we remember the words of Che Guevara that the true revolutionary is guided by great feelings of love. Klee never surrendered, he never surrendered to capitalism, the media, or the forces of conformity that sought to change who he was.

midwesternmarx (2024-01-05). We Are Entirely Too Close To Another Major War In The Middle East By: Caitlin Johnstone. midwesternmarx.com The US and its allies have published a joint statement warning Yemen's Houthis to cease the attacks they've been making on commercial vessels in the Red Sea. The Houthis, officially known as Ansarallah, have successfully slashed Israeli port activity by an extremely massive margin with their maritime tactics in response to Israel's ongoing massacre in Gaza.The statement asserts that the Yemeni attacks "are a direct threat to the freedom of navigation that serves as th …

midwesternmarx (2024-01-05). John Pilger (1939-2023) By: K.J. Noh. midwesternmarx.com A bright star in the firmament of justice has gone out. One of the greatest journalists of our era has passed away.John Pilger was always on the side of the oppressed. He denounced Imperialism and all its violent predations—war, genocide, exploitation—as well as its endless lies and propaganda. Till his death, he fought tirelessly for the freedom of Julian Assange, and his last article was a call to solidarity.John gave voice to the invisible and the …

cameron orr (2024-01-05). Dashiell Hammett: from Pinkerton spy to proletarian writer. cpusa.org Note from the author: I first wrote this tribute to Dashiell Hammett for Political Affairs in 2013. Today, literally thousands of books are being banned from school and public libraries by right-wing vigilante groups and Republican-dominated state governments. Pen America, which catalogs such bans, found 3,362 instances of individual book bannings this year, affecting 1,557 unique titles in 33 states, a 33% increase over last year. Today, works dealing in any way with the history of Black Americans and racism, women's liberation and sexism, and especially LGBTQ equality have joined Marxism and Communism as tar…

midwesternmarx (2024-01-05). An education policy for colonizing minds By: Prabhat Patnaik. midwesternmarx.com IMPERIALIST hegemony over the third world is exercised not just through arms and economic might but also through the hegemony of ideas, by making the victims see the world the way imperialism wants them to see it. A pre-requisite for freedom in the third world therefore is to shake off this colonisation of the mind, and to seek truth beyond the distortions of imperialism. The anti-colonial struggle was aware of this; in fact the struggle begins with the dawning of this awareness. And sinc …

thecommunists (2024-01-05). Benjamin Zephaniah — lifelong champion of the oppressed. thecommunists.org One of Britain's most important and impactful cultural workers breathed his last breath on 7 December 2023, having been diagnosed with a brain tumour eight weeks previously. Benjamin Zephaniah was widely known as a poet, author and actor, but also as a tireless and courageous campaigner for justice. He never hesitated to speak his mind; …

ecns.cn (2024-01-04). Top Party leadership hears series of annual work reports. ecns.cn A key meeting underlined on Thursday the need to uphold the Communist Party of China's overall leadership and focus on the most important political issue of advancing Chinese modernization as this year is a crucial year for fulfilling the goals and tasks of the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25).

W. T. Whitney (2024-01-05). Cuba's Government Analyzes and Responds to Economic Woes. counterpunch.org "Our joy is immense … We don't deceive ourselves thinking that everything ahead will be easy, when perhaps everything is going to be more difficult." That was Fidel Castro, hours after the victory of Cuba's Revolution. Difficulties were center stage 65 years later, at a plenary session of the Central Committee of Cuba's Communist Party

Gregory Elich (2024-01-05). Migration as Economic Imperialism. counterpunch.org Numbering an estimated 169 million, [1] international migrant laborers are generally regarded in mainstream economic circles as playing a substantial role in poverty alleviation and economic development in their home countries. This is accomplished, it is asserted, through remittances sent home by migrants, reaching an estimated $647 billion arriving in low- and moderate-income countries in 2022, a