WSWS (2022-08-16). Creeping martial law in the Philippines as poverty grows. wsws.org The months since the election of Marcos Jr have been marked by the incremental expansion of authoritarian rule.

Frank Scott (2022-08-16). Eco-Socialism, Democratic Communism: Common Sense. dissidentvoice.org Are present ecological stresses so strong that if not relieved they will sufficiently degrade the ecosystem to make the earth uninhabitable by humans? Obviously no serious discussion of the environmental crisis can get very far without confronting this question. — Barry Commoner in The Closing Circle, 1971 More than fifty years after Commoner wrote those …

Abayomi Azikiwe (2022-08-16). Sudanese Communist Party Forms a New Alliance Committed to Ending Military Rule. orinocotribune.com By Abayomi Azikiwe &#1 ; Aug 10, 2022 | After withdrawing from the Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC), the SCP has continued to call for democratic civilian rule | Since December of 2018, the Republic of Sudan has undergone general strikes, mass demonstrations, the forced removal of longtime former President Omar Hassan al-Bashir and the failed formations of several interim administrations. | Hundreds of people have lost their lives due to the repression carried out by the military and its supporters against protests which have been led by the Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC) and its Popular Resistance Commit…

| Rizwan Shehzad | (2022-08-16). Fall of Kabul: Reflections after one year. tribune.com.pk Aziz Khan*, 45, sat at the door of his tent in the heat of the day. Rain or shine, he faces the harsh realities of his new life every day. Dislodged from his home, he's torn between two unreconciled strivings: two meals a day to survive in a new world and a yearning to reunite with his family stranded back in Afghanistan. | With no access to basic facilities such as clean drinking water and electricity, Aziz struggles to come to terms with poverty — a new, alien reality he has not encountered in his life before. | His days are consumed by the memories of the apple orchards that he owned and the stable dry fru…

Ian Angus (2022-08-16). Ecosocialist Bookshelf, August 2022. greenleft.org.au Climate and Capitalism editor Ian Angus introduces seven new books for people who know that the point is to change the world.

____ (2022-08-16). China steps up rural road construction to boost investment, employment. ecns.cn China will launch a new round of construction and rebuilding of rural roads, expand investment in rural construction and create more jobs for the rural population, amid efforts to consolidate poverty alleviation achievements and accelerate rural revitalization.

WSWS (2022-08-15). Worst-ever drought devastates Europe amid capitalism's climate crisis. wsws.org This once-in-every- 0-year drought shows that internationally coordinated action is urgently needed to halt climate change and protect critical food and energy supplies.

____ (2022-08-15). One year on, Afghanistan still a mess after U.S. military withdrawal. ecns.cn The U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan on Aug. 15 last year put an end to the 20-year-long war in Afghanistan, but the destruction caused by U.S.-style "freedom and democracy" still prevails one year later. Almost every Afghan is now living below the poverty line, Foreign Policy cited United Nations data as saying.

Julia Conley (2022-08-15). Richest Country on Earth to One of Its Poorest: We're Keeping the Money We Stole From You. commondreams.org A foreign affairs columnist called the move by the Biden administration a "shortsighted, morally unconscionable, and potentially calamitous decision for a country on the cusp of universal poverty."

Fight Back (2022-08-14). Red Theory: Constant and variable capital. fightbacknews.org To understand Marx's critique of capitalism, it is essential to understand capital dialectically. We see again and again in Capital itself that Marx breaks things down into their contradictory aspects. We've already seen this with value, which considers both use-value and exchange-value. Now, as we look at capital itself, we will see Marx's dialectical method of analysis at work again, as Marx shows how capital is divided into constant and variable capital. | Let's dig a little deeper into the value of a commodity. Remember that the value of a commodity is determined by the socially necessary labor time that is r…

WSWS (2022-08-15). Worst-ever drought devastates Europe amid capitalism's climate crisis. wsws.org This once-in-every- 0-year drought shows that internationally-coordinated action is urgently needed to halt climate change and protect critical food and energy supplies.

____ (2022-08-15). One year on, Afghanistan still a mess after U.S. military withdrawal. ecns.cn The U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan on Aug. 15 last year put an end to the 20-year-long war in Afghanistan, but the destruction caused by U.S.-style "freedom and democracy" still prevails one year later. Almost every Afghan is now living below the poverty line, Foreign Policy cited United Nations data as saying.

Colette Payne (2022-08-15). I Stole to Feed My Family and Was Incarcerated. We Need Resources, Not Prisons. truthout.org This essay is a 2022 winner of the Keeley Schenwar Memorial Essay Prize. | "A menace to society," is what I was called by the judge at the age of 14. Those words rang in my ear and stabbed my mother in her heart. | "Not my baby," she cried, "Not my baby." | I was a bad kid in the eyes of the law. They labeled me and I wore that jacket for many years. It was fitting, considering where I came from. All the kids that were born into poverty in my community wore the jacket: promiscuous, too ghetto, nappy hair, liar. Why so many jackets with labels? I am not what you call me. | I want my words to paint a picture, so yo…

WSWS (2022-08-14). A new wave of strikes erupts in Turkey as inflation surges. wsws.org Surging inflation, poor working conditions and deepening poverty are pushing workers in Turkey into struggle amid a rising wave of strikes internationally.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-14). Understanding Maduro's Successful Socialist Economic Strategy. libya360.wordpress.com Franciso Dominguez CHAVISTAS TO THE CORE: The 23 de Enero working-class neighbourhood in western Caracas, commemorates on July 28 2022 what would have been Hugo Chavez's 68th birthday. January 23 1958 was the day dictator Marcos Perez Jimenez was overthrown. After years of calling Venezuela's economy a dismal failure that demonstrates the dangers of socialism,…

Fight Back (2022-08-14). Red Theory: Constant and variable capital. fightbacknews.org To understand Marx's critique of capitalism, it is essential to understand capital dialectically. We see again and again in Capital itself that Marx breaks things down into their contradictory aspects. We've already seen this with value, which considers both use-value and exchange-value. Now, as we look at capital itself, we will see Marx's dialectical method of analysis at work again, as Marx shows how capital is divided into constant and variable capital. | Let's dig a little deeper into the value of a commodity. Remember that the value of a commodity is determined by the socially necessary labor time that is r…

Staff (2022-08-14). Spanish solidarity associations send new donations to Cuba. en.cubadebate.cu The Communist Party of Asturias, in coordination with the Cien x Cien Cubanos Association and the Valle del Nalón Hospital, also in Asturias, sent a donation with more than 340 kg of first-aid material, medicines and health products. It is expected the cargo to arrive in Cuba in coming few hours, based on coordination with IBERIA Airline. The Cuban citizen, Bárbara Marín, Cien x Cien Cubanos Association Chair, will hand over the cargo in Cuba on behalf of all people who contributed to this shipment.

____ (2022-08-14). (W.E. Talk) Why has religious extremism become rootless grass in China's Xinjiang. ecns.cn "Islamism is not the original religious belief of Uygur people, let alone the unique religion of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang." Wang Zhen, a professor of the The Central Institute of Socialism, pointed out in a recent interview with "W.E. Talk" of China News Service that many religions have been existing in Xinjiang for a long time and subject to evolution until now.

____ (2022-08-14). (W.E. Talk) Why has religious extremism become rootless grass in China's Xinjiang. ecns.cn "Islamism is not the original religious belief of Uygur people, let alone the unique religion of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang." Wang Zhen, a professor of the The Central Institute of Socialism, pointed out in a recent interview with "W.E. Talk" of China News Service that many religions have been existing in Xinjiang for a long time and subject to evolution until now.

WSWS (2022-08-13). Gustavo Petro praises capitalism, military and right wing in inauguration as president of Colombia. wsws.org His voters hardly thought that Petro's "love politics" would in fact be directed to the old right-wing politicians and the murderous military.

WSWS (2022-08-13). Gustavo Petro praises capitalism, military and right wing in inauguration as president of Colombia. wsws.org His voters hardly thought that Petro's "love politics" would in fact be directed to the old right-wing politicians and the murderous military.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-12). The Nobodies Take Office in Colombia: An In-Depth Analysis. libya360.wordpress.com Alina Duarte Fleas dream of buying themselves a dog, and the nobodies dream of escaping poverty: that one magical day good luck will suddenly rain down on them—will rain down in buckets. But good luck doesn't rain down yesterday, today, tomorrow, or ever. Good luck doesn't even fall in a fine drizzle, no matter how hard…

Monica Moorehead (2022-08-12). Twenty years ago, Nigerian women took over ChevronTexaco and won concession. workers.org The following article first appeared on workers.org in two parts, dated Aug. 1 and 8, 2002. In honor of Black August founded in 1979, WW is reprinting slightly edited versions of both articles which can also be found in "Marxism, Reparations and the Black Freedom Struggle" on workers.org/book/marxism-reparations-and-the-black-freedom-struggle/. Nigerian women . . . |

Rainer Shea (2022-08-12). The Crypto-Fascist Group That's Infiltrating the Online Communist Community. orinocotribune.com By Rainer Shea &#1 ; Aug 7, 2022 | Marxist Anti Imperialist Collective, a crypto-Strasserite group, has MAC runs several "communist" subreddits that are easy to mistake for being trustworthy, namely European Socialists, Americas Socialists, and Africas Socialis…

Colin Todhunter (2022-08-11). What Was Covid Really About? Triggering A Multi-Trillion Dollar Global Debt Crisis. "Ramping up an Imperialist Strategy"? globalresearch.ca If it was indeed about public health, why close down the bulk of health services and the global economy knowing full well what the implications would be? And why mount a military-style propaganda campaign to censor world-renowned scientists and terrorise entire populations…

Cameron orr (2022-08-11). Party youth and our political moment. cpusa.org Good morning comrades! I am really excited and honored to be able to welcome you this morning to the opening of the 2022 national Communist Party youth school! I also want to extend these welcoming remarks on behalf of our NY State District and our National Board and National leadership, our co-chairs Joe and Rosanna. …

_____ (2022-08-10). Black Women Will Face The Brunt Of Abortion Bans. popularresistance.org On July 29, Louisiana reinstated a controversial abortion ban, which led to the immediate cancellation of procedures in the state. Following the Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade in late June, a number of states across the country have moved to outlaw abortion, and in Louisiana, women in poverty will bear the worst burdens of the newly reinstated ban. These women are the true experts regarding the fatal risks of taking away reproductive freedom in the state‚Äâ—‚Äânot anti-abortion politicians. | The politicians gutting abortion rights likely don't understand the pa…

Colin Todhunter (2022-08-11). What Was Covid Really About? Triggering A Multi-Trillion Dollar Global Debt Crisis. "Ramping up an Imperialist Strategy"? globalresearch.ca If it was indeed about public health, why close down the bulk of health services and the global economy knowing full well what the implications would be? And why mount a military-style propaganda campaign to censor world-renowned scientists and terrorise entire populations…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-10). Sudanese Communist Party Forms a New Alliance Committed to Ending Military Rule. libya360.wordpress.com Abayomi Azikiwe Sudanese Communist Party Leader Mohamed Mokhtar Al Khatib Forms New Alliance After withdrawing from the Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC), the SCP has continued to call for democratic civilian rule Since December of 2018, the Republic of Sudan has undergone general strikes, mass demonstrations, the forced removal of longtime former President Omar…

_____ (2022-08-10). Black Women Will Face The Brunt Of Abortion Bans. popularresistance.org On July 29, Louisiana reinstated a controversial abortion ban, which led to the immediate cancellation of procedures in the state. Following the Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade in late June, a number of states across the country have moved to outlaw abortion, and in Louisiana, women in poverty will bear the worst burdens of the newly reinstated ban. These women are the true experts regarding the fatal risks of taking away reproductive freedom in the state‚Äâ—‚Äânot anti-abortion politicians. | The politicians gutting abortion rights likely don't understand the pa…

_____ (2022-08-09). How Activism Labour Defies Capitalism. popularresistance.org It only takes one doom scroll through social media to see there is no shortage of injustice in the world. But there is also no shortage of people who have dedicated themselves to dismantle systems of violence and advance justice through activism. | With how deeply entrenched injustice is in our society, the work to dismantle injustice is a full-time job. Despite the hours put in, this job does not fit a capitalist and colonial view of labour. | El Jones, a prison abolitionist dedicated to fighting state violence, said that for Black people, there is a historical precedent that makes it easier for this work to go…

Staff (2022-08-10). Biden to End Trump-Era "Remain in Mexico" Border Policy; Immigrants Face Ongoing Trauma, Separation. democracynow.org The Biden administration says it is officially ending the controversial Trump-era "Remain in Mexico" policy that forces asylum seekers to wait in Mexico as their cases wind through court, often in grueling conditions for months or years. We speak to attorney and activist Efrén Olivares with the Southern Poverty Law Center's Immigrant Justice Project about the impact of this policy, as well as ongoing efforts to reunite families separated at the U.S.-Mexico border under the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" policy in 2018. Olivares represented some of the children and thei…

_____ (2022-08-09). How Activism Labour Defies Capitalism. popularresistance.org It only takes one doom scroll through social media to see there is no shortage of injustice in the world. But there is also no shortage of people who have dedicated themselves to dismantle systems of violence and advance justice through activism. | With how deeply entrenched injustice is in our society, the work to dismantle injustice is a full-time job. Despite the hours put in, this job does not fit a capitalist and colonial view of labour. | El Jones, a prison abolitionist dedicated to fighting state violence, said that for Black people, there is a historical precedent that makes it easier for this work to go…

Deweylaura (2022-08-09). What's wrong with capitalism? The Supreme Court, for starters. cpusa.org Get out the trumpets. Roll out the drums. David Brooks has just announced that he was wrong about . . . capitalism! In an op-ed prompted by a New York Times "assignment" in which columnists were asked to write about what they were wrong about, Brooks said that he didn't see the "inequalities" being …

Joel Wendland-Liu (2022-08-09). 'Maelstrom Over the Killing Fields': Dire underdevelopment and the Filipino national idea. peoplesworld.org E. [Epifanio] San Juan Jr. is a Marxist literary critic who has taught at many major universities in the U.S. and the Philippines. Born in 1938, he is the Harvard-trained author of about four dozen books in English and Tagalog on Marxist theory, criticism of U.S. racism and imperialism, literary studies of Filipino, U.S., and …

____ (2022-08-08). Xi extends condolences to Cuban president over fuel farm explosions. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, sent a message of condolence on Monday to Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel over explosions at a fuel storage facility in Cuba.

____ (2022-08-08). Xi extends condolences to Cuban president over fuel farm explosions. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, sent a message of condolence on Monday to Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel over explosions at a fuel storage facility in Cuba.

Orinoco Tribune2 (2022-08-08). CPUSA to Host International Anti-Imperialist Conference in September. orinocotribune.com Houston—For the past several months, the International Department and the Peace and Solidarity Commission of the Communist Party USA have been working to organize the first ever international conference hosted by the CPUSA, occurring on the weekend of September 10th and 11th. The conference comes at a very important and dynamic time. U.S. imperialism is on the march around the globe. The looming end of the unipolar world order is causing much distress among the ruling class, and they are desperate to preserve their power. Whether it's through the expansion of NATO into Eastern Europe, the continued illegal…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-08). King's Forces Attack Communist Party of Swaziland Members as Protests Continue. libya360.wordpress.com Pavan Kulkarni A protest by the Communist Party of Swaziland "I was held face down at gunpoint with my arms and legs bound behind for half an hour, while they fired shots and chased down my comrades," CPS central committee member Vuyiswa Maseko told Peoples Dispatch. The Operation Support Service Unit (OSSU), a militarized police…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-07). The Crypto-Fascist Group Infiltrating the Online Communist Community. libya360.wordpress.com Rainer Shea Marxist Anti Imperialist Collective, a crypto-Strasserite group, has advocated for Socialism with Richard Spencer characteristics by endorsing the idea of a white state. Big surprise. Why should we care so much? Well, this group is using certain tactics to spread its ideas widely. MAC runs several "communist" subreddits that are easy to mistake…

Fight Back (2022-08-07). Red Theory: Marxism and the Law of Value. fightbacknews.org In our previous article we looked at what a commodity is and examined use-value and exchange-value. This discussion of value is a cornerstone of Marx's critique of political economy. The value of any commodity is equal to the socially necessary labor time required to produce that commodity. This is the Law of Value, and it is essential to understand if we are to really grasp what is revolutionary about Marx's critique of capitalism. | In Capital, Marx writes, "That which determines the magnitude of the value of any article is … the labor-time socially necessary for its production. Each individual commodity, in…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-07). The CIA, Universities, and Anti-Communist Marxism. libya360.wordpress.com On this week's release of "On the Barricades," host Maria Cernat speaks to the French-American writer, cultural critic, and activist, Gabriel Rockhill. Gabriel completed his graduate studies under the direction of Jacques Derrida, Luce Irigaray and Alain Badiou, and is now a professor of philosophy at Villanova University. Gabriel's work in academia led him to…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-07). The Crypto-Fascist Group Infiltrating the Online Communist Community. libya360.wordpress.com Rainer Shea Marxist Anti Imperialist Collective, a crypto-Strasserite group, has advocated for Socialism with Richard Spencer characteristics by endorsing the idea of a white state. Big surprise. Why should we care so much? Well, this group is using certain tactics to spread its ideas widely. MAC runs several "communist" subreddits that are easy to mistake…

Fight Back (2022-08-07). Red Theory: Marxism and the Law of Value. fightbacknews.org In our previous article we looked at what a commodity is and examined use-value and exchange-value. This discussion of value is a cornerstone of Marx's critique of political economy. The value of any commodity is equal to the socially necessary labor time required to produce that commodity. This is the Law of Value, and it is essential to understand if we are to really grasp what is revolutionary about Marx's critique of capitalism. | In Capital, Marx writes, "That which determines the magnitude of the value of any article is … the labor-time socially necessary for its production. Each individual commodity, in…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-07). The CIA, Universities, and Anti-Communist Marxism. libya360.wordpress.com On this week's release of "On the Barricades," host Maria Cernat speaks to the French-American writer, cultural critic, and activist, Gabriel Rockhill. Gabriel completed his graduate studies under the direction of Jacques Derrida, Luce Irigaray and Alain Badiou, and is now a professor of philosophy at Villanova University. Gabriel's work in academia led him to…

TeleSUR (2022-08-07). Efforts Continue to Put Out Industrial Fire in Cuba. telesurenglish.net First secretary of the Cuban Communist Party in Matanzas, Susely Morfa Gonzalez, informed via the social network Twitter that the fire caused by a fuel spill from the damaged tank number 52 has been extinguished. | Foam began to be poured ontank number 52 and the third tank has not caught fire, despite the heat and close proximity of the fire. Aug. 07, 2022.

_____ (2022-08-06). Big Chip In US-China Crisis. popularresistance.org One aspect of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's trip to Taiwan that has been largely overlooked is her meeting with Mark Lui, chairman of the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (TSMC). Pelosi's trip coincided with U.S. efforts to convince TSMC — the world's largest chip manufacturer, on which the U.S. is heavily dependent — to establish a manufacturing base in the US and to stop making advanced chips for Chinese companies. | U.S. support for Taiwan has historically been based on Washington's opposition to communist rule in Beijing, and Taiwan's resistance to absorption by China. But in rec…

TeleSUR, yart, JGN (2022-08-06). Conozca cinco datos curiosos sobre Federico Engels. telesurtv.net El teórico comunista estuvo motivado por el arte y la literatura desde pequeño, pues creció en un ambiente propicio para ello.