WSWS (2022-09-14). War and poverty in Elizabeth Strout's novel, Oh William! wsws.org History, poverty and the difficulty of human relationships are baked into the lives of the characters.

WSWS (2022-09-13). Socialism 2022 Conference: The pseudo-left promotes imperialist war. wsws.org The primary aim of the Socialism 2022 Conference was to promote the US-NATO war against Russia, in line with the policy of the Biden administration, while seeking to bolster the trade unions as instruments for the suppression of the class struggle.

____ (2022-09-13). Senior Chinese official meets outgoing Russian ambassador to China. ecns.cn Yang Jiechi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, met on Monday with Andrey Denisov, the outgoing Russian Ambassador to China.

WSWS (2022-09-13). Socialism 2022 Conference: The pseudo-left promote imperialist war. wsws.org The primary aim of the Socialism 2022 Conference was to promote the US-NATO war against Russia, in line with the policy of the Biden administration, while seeking to bolster the trade unions as instruments for the suppression of the class struggle.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-12). The Widening Gap between Rich and Poor is Hastening the Transition to a Multipolar World. libya360.wordpress.com Veniamin Popov According to the charity Oxfam, which fights against poverty throughout the world, the ten wealthiest people in the world have seen their combined assets double in the last two years, from $700 billion to $1.5 trillion. In its briefing on inequality, Oxfam points out that "central banks pumped trillions of dollars into financial…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-12). Urgent: Witch Hunt by Neo-Nazis in Kharkov, Ukraine. libya360.wordpress.com Borotba Borotba banner at a rally outside the Kharkov Regional Administration building in May 2014. Photo: Svetlana Licht. Borotba (Struggle) is a revolutionary Marxist organization based in Ukraine and the Donbass people's republics. It has been outlawed by the Kiev regime since the U.S.-backed coup in 2014. Sept. 10 — Very disturbing news comes from…

Lowkey (2022-09-12). Economist Richard Wolff: Sanctions Against Russia, Inflation & Class War. mintpressnews.com Economist Dr. Richard Wolff joins Lowkey where he exposes ways economic policy can be a code term used by the political establishment for class war. Wolff explains how the cost of enmity with Russia is being placed on the shoulders of the working class in the West, whom recently experienced one of the worst crashes of capitalism in its history.

Editor (2022-09-12). Richard Wolff: Sanctions Against Russia, Inflation and Class War. scheerpost.com Economist Dr. Richard Wolff joins Lowkey where he exposes ways economic policy can be a code term used by the political establishment for class war. Wolff explains how the cost of enmity with Russia is being placed on the shoulders of the working class in the West, whom recently experienced one of the worst crashes of capitalism in its history.

____ (2022-09-12). Documents to be discussed at upcoming CPC Central Committee plenary session deliberated. ecns.cn The Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee on Friday held a meeting to deliberate documents to be submitted for discussion at the seventh plenary session of the 19th CPC Central Committee.

____ (2022-09-12). Let's Stop Pretending America Is a Functioning Democracy. transcend.org 4 Sep 2022 – The U.S. posits itself as a champion of opportunity, freedom, human rights and civil liberties, even as half the country struggles at subsistence level, militarized police gun down and imprison the poor with impunity, and the primary business of the state is war. This collective self-delusion masks who we have become. Under inverted totalitarianism, there is no attempt, unlike fascism and state socialism, to address the needs of the poor.

JANET (2022-09-12). My 70 years and the departed GDR. iacenter.org By Victor Grossman September 9, 2022 Karl-Marx-Allee, Berlin August 2022 — It's a momentous day! Not for the world — for which it's nothing special. But for me! Just 70 years ago, in nervous panic, I took off my U.S. Army jacket, shoes and sleeve insignia, and stepped into the swift Danube River which, at Linz in still-occupied Austria, divided the U.S. Zone from the USSR Zone. Although very wet at this short sector, it was part of the long Iron Curtain. And I was swimming across it in what most [U.S.] Americans would consider a very wrong direction! Author Victor Grossman (left) greets Pete Seeger at…

WSWS (2022-09-12). UAW presidential candidate Will Lehman discusses socialism with libertarian worker (and other correspondence). wsws.org Every week, UAW presidential candidate Will Lehman, a socialist rank-and-file Mack Trucks worker from Macungie, Pennsylvania, receives letters from workers in the UAW and in other industries on his campaign to abolish the bureaucracy and give power to the workers on the shop floor.

Suds, Snacks,, Socialism Forum Committee (2022-09-12). Saturday 9/10: Housing: Commodity or Human Right? indybay.org

_____ (2022-09-12). The Widening Gap between Rich and Poor is Hastening the Transition to a Multipolar World. journal-neo.org According to the charity Oxfam, which fights against poverty throughout the world, the ten wealthiest people in the world have seen their combined assets double in the last two years, from $700 billion to $1.5 trillion. In its briefing on inequality, Oxfam points out that "central banks pumped trillions of dollars into financial markets to …

____ (2022-09-12). Documents to be discussed at upcoming CPC Central Committee plenary session deliberated. ecns.cn The Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee on Friday held a meeting to deliberate documents to be submitted for discussion at the seventh plenary session of the 19th CPC Central Committee.

____ (2022-09-12). Let's Stop Pretending America Is a Functioning Democracy. transcend.org 4 Sep 2022 – The U.S. posits itself as a champion of opportunity, freedom, human rights and civil liberties, even as half the country struggles at subsistence level, militarized police gun down and imprison the poor with impunity, and the primary business of the state is war. This collective self-delusion masks who we have become. Under inverted totalitarianism, there is no attempt, unlike fascism and state socialism, to address the needs of the poor.

WSWS (2022-09-12). UAW presidential candidate Will Lehman discusses socialism with libertarian worker (and other correspondence). wsws.org Every week, UAW presidential candidate Will Lehman, a socialist rank-and-file Mack Trucks worker from Macungie, Pennsylvania, receives letters from workers in the UAW and in other industries on his campaign to abolish the bureaucracy and give power to the workers on the shop floor.

Suds, Snacks,, Socialism Forum Committee (2022-09-12). Saturday 9/10: Housing: Commodity or Human Right? indybay.org

_____ (2022-09-11). Michael Hudson On Debt Relief, Inflation, Ukraine And More. popularresistance.org This is Ben Norton of Multipolarista. I'm joined by one of my favorite guests today, the brilliant economist Michael Hudson. And there are a lot of things that we plan on talking about today. | We're going to address the partial student debt relief in the United States, and the problem of debt, which is something that Professor Hudson has written a lot about. | We're going to talk about the inflation crisis, and some of the history of responses to the inflation that we've seen in the US. For instance, I'm going to pick Professor Hudson's brain about Richard Nixon's response. Nixon imposed price controls and froze…

Fight Back (2022-09-11). Red Theory: The National Question in the era of imperialism. fightbacknews.org Imperialism means monopoly capitalism, but it brings along with it war and national oppression. Because of the peculiar dynamics of imperialism in the era of proletarian revolution, the national question takes on a particular importance, and, concretely, must be understood and dealt with practically in ways that differ from the pre-imperialist period of competitive capitalism. | What do we mean by the "national question" and why is this important? Essentially, Marxist-Leninists, when referring to the national question, are referring to the analysis of the problems posed to the revolutionary movement by the mater…

_____ (2022-09-11). Greek Students And Teachers Protest Deployment Of 'University Police'. popularresistance.org On Thursday, September 8, students, teachers and other university workers took out a massive rally in the Constitution Square in Athens protesting the deployment of police on campuses. Activists from the Students Struggle Front (MAS) and Communist Youth of Greece (KNE) were among those who participated in the mobilization. | They condemned the conservative New Democracy (ND)-led government's bid to put the university campuses under police surveillance. The protesters in Athens denounced the deployment of 'University Police' at the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Athens University of Economics and…

Contributing Writers (2022-09-11). The Truth about the Soviet Gulag — Surprisingly Revealed by the CIA. marktaliano.net Fact and propaganda have been at odds for over a century, and the prospect that the Big Lie will finally vanish remains slim. Introduction Aleksandr Solhenitsyn, a misguided patriot and unapologetic reactionary was used for many years by the West as a propaganda battering ram against the USSR, and communism in general. "Humanitarian" lies serve to …

____ (2022-09-11). Documents to be discussed at upcoming CPC Central Committee plenary session deliberated. ecns.cn The Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee on Friday held a meeting to deliberate documents to be submitted for discussion at the seventh plenary session of the 19th CPC Central Committee.

Suds, Snacks,, Socialism Forum Committee (2022-09-11). Saturday 9/10: Housing: Commodity or Human Right? indybay.org

WSWS (2022-09-10). With one week left before potential national rail strike, showdown building between US railroaders and Biden administration. wsws.org All of the institutions, which the ruling class has relied upon for so long to suppress the class struggle, are now mired in crisis, while the working class is being thrust into struggle by the deepest crisis of American and world capitalism in a century.

Benjamin Norton (2022-09-09). Economist Michael Hudson on debt relief, inflation, Ukraine disaster capitalism, petrodollar crisis. multipolarista.com Economist Michael Hudson discusses partial student debt relief in the US, inflation and the Fed, disaster capitalism in Ukraine, and China's challenge to the petrodollar.

Victor Grossman (2022-09-09). Guest commentary/My 70 years and the departed GDR. workers.org Karl-Marx-Allee, Berlin August 2022 — It's a momentous day! Not for the world — for which it's nothing special. But for me! Just 70 years ago, in nervous panic, I took off my U.S. Army jacket, shoes and sleeve insignia, and stepped into the swift Danube River which, at Linz . . . |

____ (2022-09-10). Documents to be discussed at upcoming CPC Central Committee plenary session deliberated. ecns.cn The Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee on Friday held a meeting to deliberate documents to be submitted for discussion at the seventh plenary session of the 19th CPC Central Committee.

Harsha Walia (2022-09-10). We Need a World Without Borders on Our Increasingly Warming Planet. zcomm.org Mass migration is the outcome of the actual crises of capitalism, conquest and climate change…

WSWS (2022-09-10). With one week left before potential national rail strike, showdown building between US railroaders and Biden administration. wsws.org All of the institutions, which the ruling class has relied upon for so long to suppress the class struggle, are now mired in crisis, while the working class is being thrust into struggle by the deepest crisis of American and world capitalism in a century.

Suds, Snacks,, Socialism Forum Committee (2022-09-10). Saturday 9/10: Housing: Commodity or Human Right? indybay.org

Benjamin Norton (2022-09-09). Economist Michael Hudson on debt relief, inflation, Ukraine disaster capitalism, petrodollar crisis. multipolarista.com Economist Michael Hudson discusses partial student debt relief in the US, inflation and the Fed, disaster capitalism in Ukraine, and China's challenge to the petrodollar.

Editor (2022-09-09). An indictment of modern capitalism — a WW editorial. workers.org Just imagine if the Joe Biden administration and Congress had agreed to spend $54 billion to advance health care in the U.S. as COVID-19 variants continued to claim more lives. Instead of life expectancy dropping for the second year in a row, more lives would have been saved. That $54 . . . |

Victor Grossman (2022-09-09). Guest commentary/My 70 years and the departed GDR. workers.org Karl-Marx-Allee, Berlin August 2022 — It's a momentous day! Not for the world — for which it's nothing special. But for me! Just 70 years ago, in nervous panic, I took off my U.S. Army jacket, shoes and sleeve insignia, and stepped into the swift Danube River which, at Linz . . . |

_____ (2022-09-09). Good News In The Financial Arena In Nicaragua. popularresistance.org The international main-stream media rarely focuses on good news from Nicaragua, on its achievements in reducing poverty, and maternal and infant mortality, or on its expansion of health care, education, electrification, water and sewerage, renewable energy, and roadways. However, a recent article published on the web page of the Center for Strategic and International Studies conceded that Nicaragua had made major advances economically and, in spite of US sanctions, had "rebounded relatively well from Covid-19" and had ensured that Nicaraguans could feed themselves. The article noted that the Nicaraguan economy gr…

Party for Socialism & Liberation (2022-09-09). Sunday 9/11: Climate Solutions Beyond Capitalism — National Book Tour. indybay.org Peace & Justice Center | 467 Sebastopol Ave., Santa Rosa…

Deweylaura (2022-09-09). How the ruling class does it: 7 strategies to stay in power. cpusa.org The following is adapted from a talk given at the Marxist School in New York City in 2022. As we see the erosion of the rights that working people have won by a Supreme Court that wants to roll people's rights back to 1787 and that cavalierly disregards the will of the majority, it …

WSWS (2022-09-09). Australia: Thousands of early childcare educators protest poverty-level conditions. wsws.org The poverty-level conditions faced by EC educators are the product of the privatisation of childcare services, implemented and overseen by both Labor and Liberal-National governments over decades.

Editor (2022-09-09). An indictment of modern capitalism — a WW editorial. workers.org Just imagine if the Joe Biden administration and Congress had agreed to spend $54 billion to advance health care in the U.S. as COVID-19 variants continued to claim more lives. Instead of life expectancy dropping for the second year in a row, more lives would have been saved. That $54 . . . |

Georg Auernheimer, Friedrich Homann (2022-09-09). Economic war instead of climate policy & Russia as enemy. indybay.org Sustainability and capitalism do not go together. Because capitalism needs growth and drives environmental destruction. The consequences: Species extinction, drought stress for trees, water scarcity. A consistent climate policy would have to get down to the nitty-gritty, but at present it is overshadowed by the economic war.

Suds, Snacks,, Socialism Forum Committee (2022-09-09). Saturday 9/10: Housing: Commodity or Human Right? indybay.org

WSWS (2022-09-09). Australia: Thousands of early childcare educators protest poverty-level conditions. wsws.org The poverty-level conditions faced by EC educators are the product of the privatisation of childcare services, implemented and overseen by both Labor and Liberal-National governments over decades.

Party for Socialism & Liberation (2022-09-09). Sunday 9/11: Climate Solutions Beyond Capitalism — National Book Tour. indybay.org Peace & Justice Center | 467 Sebastopol Ave., Santa Rosa…

____ (2022-09-08). Xi Jinping stresses mobilizing national resources for core technology breakthroughs in key fields. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, president of the People's Republic of China, chairman of the Central Military Commission and head of the Central Commission for Comprehensively Deepening Reform, presided over the commission's 27th meeting on Tuesday afternoon.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-08). The Unity Imperative: Lessons for Building the Anti-Fascist Alliance. libya360.wordpress.com Joe Sims Members of the Communist Party USA and Young Communist League proceed along Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington during the Poor People's Campaign's Moral March, June 18, 2022. | Jose Luis Magana / AP The call for unity resonates across a wide swath of today's democratic and social movements. Attend any demonstration and you're likely…

Reyna Wang (2022-09-08). Labor Day rally demands recognition of Amazon and Starbucks unions. liberationnews.org On Sept. 5, hundreds of workers and organizers gathered in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City for a Labor Day March for Recognition rally. Amazon Labor Union (ALU) and Starbucks Workers United (SWU) organized the action to demand recognition of their respective unions and show support for labor struggles across the city. They were joined in solidarity by workers from Google's Alphabet Workers' Union, the Trader Joe's Union, the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union (RWDSU), and members from the Party for Socialism and Liberation.

TeleSUR (2022-09-08). East and Horn of Africa Epicenter of Forced Migration – IOM. telesurenglish.net 13.2 million people were forcibly displaced in the East and Horn of Africa last year, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM). | Conflict, insecurity, climate stress, poverty, unemployment and pandemic-related shocks fuel the forced migration of vulnerable populations, namely women, children and youth, according to IOM report. Sep. 8, 2022.

In Modesto (2022-09-08). Anti-Fascists Fight Back at "Straight Pride" Rally. indybay.org Saturday August 27 was Straight Pride's 4th annual appearance in the Central Valley town of Modesto, California. This far right group is on the Southern Poverty Law Center's hate list.

Deweylaura (2022-09-08). Marxist IQ: Dismantling imperialism. cpusa.org The CPUSA is sponsoring an international conference this weekend on the topic of dismantling imperialism in the 21st century. This quiz is dedicated to the goals of that conference. 1. Empires have existed for thousands of years, but it was the rise of capitalism that led nations to a. face for the first time …

WSWS (2022-09-08). RMT, Unite and GMB unions denounce North Sea oil and gas rig wildcat strikes. wsws.org Those taking unofficial action are rebelling against the union/management collusion that is plunging them into poverty.

Georg Auernheimer, Friedrich Homann (2022-09-08). Economic war instead of climate policy & Russia as enemy. indybay.org Sustainability and capitalism do not go together. Because capitalism needs growth and drives environmental destruction. The consequences: Species extinction, drought stress for trees, water scarcity. A consistent climate policy would have to get down to the nitty-gritty, but at present it is overshadowed by the economic war.

____ (2022-09-08). Xi Jinping stresses mobilizing national resources for core technology breakthroughs in key fields. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, president of the People's Republic of China, chairman of the Central Military Commission and head of the Central Commission for Comprehensively Deepening Reform, presided over the commission's 27th meeting on Tuesday afternoon.

Reyna Wang (2022-09-08). Labor Day rally demands recognition of Amazon and Starbucks unions. liberationnews.org On Sept. 5, hundreds of workers and organizers gathered in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City for a Labor Day March for Recognition rally. Amazon Labor Union (ALU) and Starbucks Workers United (SWU) organized the action to demand recognition of their respective unions and show support for labor struggles across the city. They were joined in solidarity by workers from Google's Alphabet Workers' Union, the Trader Joe's Union, the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union (RWDSU), and members from the Party for Socialism and Liberation.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-08). The Unity Imperative: Lessons for Building the Anti-Fascist Alliance. libya360.wordpress.com Joe Sims Members of the Communist Party USA and Young Communist League proceed along Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington during the Poor People's Campaign's Moral March, June 18, 2022. | Jose Luis Magana / AP The call for unity resonates across a wide swath of today's democratic and social movements. Attend any demonstration and you're likely…

WSWS (2022-09-08). RMT, Unite and GMB unions denounce North Sea oil and gas rig wildcat strikes. wsws.org Those taking unofficial action are rebelling against the union/management collusion that is plunging them into poverty.

Party for Socialism & Liberation (2022-09-08). Sunday 9/11: Climate Solutions Beyond Capitalism — National Book Tour. indybay.org Peace & Justice Center | 467 Sebastopol Ave., Santa Rosa…

In Modesto (2022-09-08). Anti-Fascists Fight Back at "Straight Pride" Rally. indybay.org Saturday August 27 was Straight Pride's 4th annual appearance in the Central Valley town of Modesto, California. This far right group is on the Southern Poverty Law Center's hate list.

Suds, Snacks,, Socialism Forum Committee (2022-09-08). Saturday 9/10: Housing: Commodity or Human Right? indybay.org

TeleSUR (2022-09-07). Cry of the Excluded Commemorations in Brazil. telesurenglish.net Thousands of Brazilians gathered this Wednesday in Sao Paulo and the main cities for the Cry of the Excluded, in a context of social setbacks, with high levels of poverty, famine and little help from the State. | RELATED: | Demonstrators question which sectors benefited from independence in a country that, during Jair Bolsonaro's administration, saw an increase in the number of people facing food insecurity, housing short…

WSWS (2022-09-07). Jackson, Mississippi's water disaster is a crime of capitalism. wsws.org The current disaster has been years in the making and was preceded by systemic failures as the city's public water infrastructure became the target for corporate looters and was subjected to criminal neglect by local, state and federal governments.

Georg Auernheimer, Friedrich Homann (2022-09-07). Economic war instead of climate policy & Russia as enemy. indybay.org Sustainability and capitalism do not go together. Because capitalism needs growth and drives environmental destruction. The consequences: Species extinction, drought stress for trees, water scarcity. A consistent climate policy would have to get down to the nitty-gritty, but at present it is overshadowed by the economic war.

Harsha Walia (2022-09-07). We Need a World Without Borders on Our Increasingly Warming Planet. zcomm.org Mass migration is the outcome of the actual crises of capitalism, conquest and climate change…

In Modesto (2022-09-07). Anti-Fascists Fight Back at "Straight Pride" Rally. indybay.org Saturday August 27 was Straight Pride's 4th annual appearance in the Central Valley town of Modesto, California. This far right group is on the Southern Poverty Law Center's hate list.

Suds, Snacks,, Socialism Forum Committee (2022-09-07). Saturday 9/10: Housing: Commodity or Human Right? indybay.org

WSWS (2022-09-07). Jackson, Mississippi's water disaster is a crime of capitalism. wsws.org The current disaster has been years in the making and was preceded by systemic failures as the city's public water infrastructure became the target for corporate looters and was subjected to criminal neglect by local, state and federal governments.

Party for Socialism & Liberation (2022-09-07). Sunday 9/11: Climate Solutions Beyond Capitalism — National Book Tour. indybay.org Peace & Justice Center | 467 Sebastopol Ave., Santa Rosa…

Oneworld.press (2022-09-06). The Crisis Of Success In The United States. oneworld.press The case to be presented here is that none of the internal problems of the United States are matters of "decline." It will be shown, rather, that the problem is that the United States has become too rich, too productive, and too developed to continue much longer as a capitalist country. Or, as Karl Marx said, "The problem with capitalism is capitalism."

Deweylaura (2022-09-06). LGBTQ+ theory, history, and the CPUSA (part 2). cpusa.org The following article has been adapted from a talk presented at the Little Red Schoolhouse in New York City, July 28, 2022. Part 1 was published here. Like other forms of oppression under capitalism, the oppression of gay people gave rise to resistance and struggle. Now let's quickly survey a few of the landmarks …

Special to People's World (2022-09-06). Bea Lumpkin, still going strong at 104, leads Chicago Labor Day parade. peoplesworld.org Longtime People's World contributor and supporter Bea Lumpkin served as Grand Marshall for the Chicago Labor Day Parade. She got her start as an activist with the Young Communist League in the 1930s, fighting against rising tuition fees, fascism, and militarism. She organized hunger strikes for unemployment relief during the Great Depression and protested the …

Kwjorinoco (2022-09-06). The Media in Latin America: New Spotlight, Old Tricks. orinocotribune.com While El Clarín in Argentina teaches its readers how to use a firearm, to avoid "errors" like the one that spared the vice president's life, the Chilean media has dusted off old "communist ghosts" to protect the Pinochet constitution. These events are proof that Latin America, that scene of symbolic disputes, is more alive than ever. | It is no surprise that the South is once again a headache for the North, after a period which saw the rise of right-wing governments in which Colombia was a leader, thanks to its leading role in the conspiracy against Venezuela. | Gustavo Petro's victory, the immanent return of Lul…

Martha Grevatt (2022-09-05). Cyber surveillance = 21st century Taylorism. workers.org "In the factory we have a lifeless mechanism," Karl Marx wrote in "Capital," whereby the worker "becomes its mere living appendage." Although the monumental work was first published in 1867, Marx's words speak to the condition of many workers today — and not only to factory workers. Across all sectors . . . |

Georg Auernheimer, Friedrich Homann (2022-09-06). Economic war instead of climate policy & Russia as enemy. indybay.org Sustainability and capitalism do not go together. Because capitalism needs growth and drives environmental destruction. The consequences: Species extinction, drought stress for trees, water scarcity. A consistent climate policy would have to get down to the nitty-gritty, but at present it is overshadowed by the economic war.

Party for Socialism & Liberation (2022-09-06). Sunday 9/11: Climate Solutions Beyond Capitalism — National Book Tour. indybay.org Peace & Justice Center | 467 Sebastopol Ave., Santa Rosa…

In Modesto (2022-09-06). Anti-Fascists Fight Back at "Straight Pride" Rally. indybay.org Saturday August 27 was Straight Pride's 4th annual appearance in the Central Valley town of Modesto, California. This far right group is on the Southern Poverty Law Center's hate list.

Deweylaura (2022-09-06). LGBTQ+ theory, history, and the CPUSA (part 2). cpusa.org The following article has been adapted from a talk presented at the Little Red Schoolhouse in New York City, July 28, 2022. Part 1 was published here. Like other forms of oppression under capitalism, the oppression of gay people gave rise to resistance and struggle. Now let's quickly survey a few of the landmarks …

Fight Back (2022-09-05). Red Theory: Imperialism, or monopoly capitalism. fightbacknews.org Now that we've spent some time looking at the basic concepts of Marx's critique of political economy, let's move on to Lenin's analysis of imperialism. Toward the end of the 1800s, the internal laws of motion of capitalism caused it to enter a new and final stage in its development — monopoly capitalism. In the essay "Imperialism and the Split in Socialism," Lenin defines it like this: | "Imperialism is a specific historical stage of capitalism. Its specific character is threefold: imperialism is monopoly capitalism; parasitic, or decaying capitalism; moribund capitalism. The supplanting of free competition…

Sam Marcy (2022-09-05). Why the imperialists praise Gorbachev. workers.org When the last Secretary General of the ruling Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Mikhael Gorbachev, died Aug. 30, the rulers of the imperialist world powers made it clear that they considered him their hero. That praise could only take place if his historic role was to facilitate the dismantling . . . |

Martha Grevatt (2022-09-05). Cyber surveillance = 21st century Taylorism. workers.org "In the factory we have a lifeless mechanism," Karl Marx wrote in "Capital," whereby the worker "becomes its mere living appendage." Although the monumental work was first published in 1867, Marx's words speak to the condition of many workers today — and not only to factory workers. Across all sectors . . . |

Fight Back (2022-09-05). Red Theory: Imperialism, or monopoly capitalism. fightbacknews.org Now that we've spent some time looking at the basic concepts of Marx's critique of political economy, let's move on to Lenin's analysis of imperialism. Toward the end of the 1800s, the internal laws of motion of capitalism caused it to enter a new and final stage in its development — monopoly capitalism. In the essay "Imperialism and the Split in Socialism," Lenin defines it like this: | "Imperialism is a specific historical stage of capitalism. Its specific character is threefold: imperialism is monopoly capitalism; parasitic, or decaying capitalism; moribund capitalism. The supplanting of free competition…

Party for Socialism & Liberation (2022-09-05). Sunday 9/11: Climate Solutions Beyond Capitalism — National Book Tour. indybay.org Peace & Justice Center | 467 Sebastopol Ave., Santa Rosa…

In Modesto (2022-09-05). Anti-Fascists Fight Back at "Straight Pride" Rally. indybay.org Saturday August 27 was Straight Pride's 4th annual appearance in the Central Valley town of Modesto, California. This far right group is on the Southern Poverty Law Center's hate list.

Dave DeCamp (2022-09-04). Around 70,000 People Protest Against Czech Government, NATO in Prague. news.antiwar.com Around 70,000 protesters marched in Prague on Saturday to demonstrate against the Czech government over rising energy prices and to demand The protest included demonstrators from across the political spectrum, including the populist right-wing Freedom and Direct Democracy Party and the Czech Republic's Communist Party. | The parties that participated were described in media reports as "fringe," but 70,000 demonstrators is a s…

Deutsche Welle (2022-09-03). 70,000 Rally in Prague Against EU, NATO and the Czech Government. anti-empire.com Source: An estimated 70,000 protesters from the far-right and far-left rallied Some of the groups represented at the demonstration were the populist anti-migrant Freedom and Direct Democracy Party and the Communist Party. | Dubbed "Czech Republic First," the protest highlighted rising inflation fueled by a rise in energy prices, Covid-19 vaccinations, and immigra…