Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-08-20). You Are Not a Capitalist! If You Are Afraid of Socialism, You Are Afraid of Yourself! libya360.wordpress.com Ekaterina Cabylis "We don't think you fight fire with fire best ; we think you fight fire with water best. We're going to fight racism not with racism, but we're going to fight with solidarity. We say we're not going to fight capitalism with black capitalism, but we're going to fight it with socialism. We're…
Gareth Dale (2023-08-20). The politics of degrowth – Technology, ideology, and the fight for eco-socialism. internationalviewpoint.org Degrowth identifies and critiques growth as fundamental to the capitalist system. Growth enriches property owners and the wealthy, leaving the rest of humanity behind with devastating environmental consequences. | – | / |
Tanupriya Singh (2023-08-19). Dilemmas of Humanity conference calls for Pan-African, working class power. peoplesdispatch.org At the Dilemmas of Humanity: Pan African Dialogues to Build Socialism conference, 184 delegates from 38 radical organizations charted the socialist way forward for Africa at a time of dramatic change in the world order…
WSWS (2023-08-19). An interview with Ukrainian socialist Maxim Goldarb. wsws.org Union of Left Forces — For a New Socialism Party (SLS) head speaks with the WSWS about the persecution of his party, the growing anti-war sentiments in Ukraine, and the impact of the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians on society.
mforinoco (2023-08-20). LandBack or Nothing: Capitalism Is the True Culprit, Not Humanity. orinocotribune.com By Agonas — Aug 17, 2023 | "All human beings are descendants of tribal people who were spiritually alive, intimately in love with the natural world, children of Mother Earth. When we were tribal people, we knew who we were, we knew where we were, and we knew our purpose."- John Trudell | Land Back involves a collaborative global multipolar process that centers on returning ancestral lands to Indigenous communities and restoring their sovereignty. Climate doomers, often perpetuated by the media, present an exaggerated sense of hopelessness regarding the climate crisis. This narrative can paralyze action by ma…
Brian Williams (2023-08-19). For first time ever, debt owed on credit cards in US tops $1 trillion. themilitant.com In a stark sign of the challenges facing working people as the crisis of capitalism deepens, credit card debt in the U.S. for the first time ever topped $1 trillion in the second quarter this year. That's up 4.6% from the previous three months. "Compared to other debt categories this quarter," the New York Federal Reserve said, "credit card balances saw the most pronounced worsening in performance." | And it will keep rising as workers and farmers increasingly have to wrack up more and more debt for food, car repairs, rising rents and mortgages and all kinds of family emergencies. Inflation and sharply higher int…
John Studer (2023-08-19). Maui wildfire disaster caused by capitalism, gov't disdain. themilitant.com A rapidly moving wildfire rampaged across Lahaina, a historic town on Maui in Hawaii Aug. 8, laying waste to over 2,000 buildings, mainly residences, and causing the death of over 100 people to date, all but two unidentified, with more expected. It is the deadliest wildfire in modern U.S. history, surpassing the 2018 Camp Fire in Paradise, California, which wiped out the town leaving 19,000 buildings destroyed, 85 dead and displacing hundreds more. | Working people in Hawaii and elsewhere have responded with solidarity and a mobilization of help. People on the island organized to gather and deliver food and other…
Enzo Traverso (2023-08-20). Livio Maitan Is a Forgotten Giant of Italian Marxism. internationalviewpoint.org Livio Maitan belonged to a lost world of professional revolutionaries whose struggles and sacrifices left a deep mark on twentieth-century history. Historian Enzo Traverso pays tribute to one of the Italian left's most creative activist-intellectuals. | – | / |
midwesternmarx (2023-08-19). Argentina adopting US dollar to fight inflation would be 'insane' neocolonialism, says economist Ha-Joon Chang. By: Ben Norton. midwesternmarx.com 
Right-wing politicians in Argentina want to adopt the US dollar as the national currency to fight inflation. Development economist Ha-Joon Chang said this is "insane", warning dollarization would make the Latin American nation a "colony".Argentina is suffering from high rates of inflation, largely due to odious debt owed in US dollars to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Western vulture funds.The South American nation sometimes suffers from a current accoun …
midwesternmarx (2023-08-19). China's ecological civilization a profound contribution to humanity. By: Carlos Martinez. midwesternmarx.com 
A view of Yucun, a village in Zhejiang Province, in August 11, 2023. Photo: Xinhua Tuesday, August 15, marks China's first National Ecology Day. On August 15, 2005, 18 years ago, Xi Jinping, then Secretary of the Zhejiang Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), first put forward the concept that green mountains are themselves gold mountains, when he visited Yucun, a village in Zhejiang Province.At a national conference on ecological and environmental protection in Jul …
midwesternmarx (2023-08-19). Syria: A Tale of Plunder and Resurrection. By: Pepe Escobar. midwesternmarx.com The war on Syria has vanished from the collective West ethos. Yet it's far from finished. Multitudes across the Global Majority may feel the deepest empathy towards Syrians while acknowledging not much can be done while the Western Minority refuses to leave the stage.In parallel, there are slim chances the New Development Bank (NDB) — the BRICS bank — will start showering Damascus with loans for Syria's reconstruction. At least not yet, despite all the pledges by R …
midwesternmarx (2023-08-19). The Plague of American Deindustrialization. By: Travis Cunha. midwesternmarx.com 
Destruction In the Wake of DeindustrializationIt has been a decade since the residents of Flint, Michigan confronted a severe water crisis. City officials detected elevated levels of lead as well as the spread of legionella bacteria. The media circulated images of town hall participants holding contaminated brown water and stacks of bottled water. Even today, the children exposed to lead continue to suffer from its effects, including increased behavioral issues and a higher rate of m …
lareviewofbooks (2023-08-19). Red and Green Make … Degrowth. lareviewofbooks.org
Peoples Dispatch (2023-08-20). Books are not a crime! Solidarity with Toko Buku Rakyat in Malaysia. peoplesdispatch.org The International Union of Left Publishers expresses solidarity with the Toko Buku Rakyat bookstore that suffered a raid by officers looking for "The Communist Manifesto"
Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-08-20). Russia's Communist Party on Ukraine: 'If We Lose This Conflict, We Will Be Destroyed'. libya360.wordpress.com The Communist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF) is the second largest party in Russia, yet their views are often ignored in Western media. How do they view the war in Ukraine, the nature of the Russian state under Putin, and the character of the Ukrainian state under Zelensky? What's their position on Russia's foreign…
ecns.cn (2023-08-20). (W.E. Talk) Fundamental Nature of Chinese Civilization (8) Gai Lin: Why do we need to understand the Communist Party of China from the perspective of the fundamental nature of Chinese civilization?>. ecns.cn
ecns.cn (2023-08-20). CPC leadership studies and arranges work on flood prevention and relief, post-disaster reconstruction. ecns.cn The Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee held a meeting on Thursday to study and arrange work on flood prevention and relief as well as post-disaster restoration and reconstruction. Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, presided over the meeting and delivered an important speech.
thecommunists (2023-08-19). Celac-EU summit and the rise of Latin-American sovereignty. thecommunists.org Eight years after the last meeting between the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) and the European Union (EU) in June 2015, European and Latin-American leaders met for a third summit on 17 and 18 July 2023. In the intervening years, political and economic conditions have markedly changed. The growing influence of China …
ecns.cn (2023-08-20). Children from China's once poverty-stricken areas stun world with beautiful songs. ecns.cn Children dressed in traditional Yi ethnic costumes chorused a song to inaugurate the opening ceremony of the 31st summer edition of the FISU World University Games"ÄÄin southwest China's Sichuan Province."ÄÄ…
greenleft.org.au (2023-08-20). Antipoverty Centre report calls for income-first approach. greenleft.org.au 
Tony Kirby (2023-08-19). Perspectives] Kelley Lee: putting the governance of global health under scrutiny. thelancet.com Kelley Lee, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Global Health Governance at Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada, spent her early childhood in Vancouver's Chinatown area, where she learned how social disadvantage can profoundly shape life chances. The area, now known as the Downtown Eastside, was already a place of struggle against addiction and poverty in the 1960s. For the Asian community, it was also a place born from institutionalised anti-Chinese policies and racial segregation. Lee's grandfather paid the notorious head tax in 1911 to enter Canada, while her Canadian-born parents were denied citiz…
youtube (2023-08-19). Why Public Transportation Sucks in the US. youtube.com Access to transportation is the single most important factor in escaping poverty.
I was recently asked how I became a Marxist-Leninist and I feel like the simplest answer I can provide is my experience as a Black person, who is often perceived as a woman. Throughout my life, I have struggled tremendously with not feeling good enough, while simultaneously feeling like I'm too much. A lot of this comes down to the unfair expectations and standards people hold me to, as a Black femme, while also making me feel invisible for my achievements and accomplishments. I've noticed in school and work, I would always be doing more than my white peers, only to be less respected, acknowledged, and support…
The Biblical prophets — Elijah, Amos, Jeremiah, Isaiah — believed that anything worth living for was worth dying for. Their enemy was not only suffering, calumny, poverty, injustice, but a life devoid of meaning.
