newleftreview (2024-07-13). Cédric Durand: Landscapes of Capital. newleftreview.org A critical engagement with the work of Brett Christophers, whose books—The New Enclosure, Rentier Capitalism, Our Lives in Their Portfolios and The Price Is Wrong—unfold a novel critique of the 'rentier stage' of contemporary capitalism, in the tradition of radical historical geography developed by Lefebvre, Harvey and Davis.

links.org.au (2024-07-13). US empire, global capitalism and the 'internationalisation' of states. links.org.au Rather than globalisation weakening states, domestic states have become more important than ever.

Morning Star (2024-07-11). French Communists warn Macron is attempting to hijack Popular Front victory. peoplesworld.org France's New Popular Front (NPF), which won the most seats in Sunday's parliamentary election, has called on President Emmanuel Macron to ask it to form a government. But the president Tuesday addressed the nation saying that since no bloc had a majority, he intended to keep current Prime Minister Gabriel Attal in place until a …

WSWS (2024-07-11). Socialist Workers Party "Marxism 2024" festival promotes Jeremy Corbyn as leader of a "left" regroupment. wsws.org Corbyn was featured speaker at the SWP's festival on Saturday, with its members giving him a hero's welcome.

newleftreview (2024-07-11). Cédric Durand: Landscapes of Capital. newleftreview.org A critical engagement with the work of Brett Christophers, whose books—The New Enclosure, Rentier Capitalism, Our Lives in Their Portfolios and The Price Is Wrong—unfold a novel critique of the 'rentier stage' of contemporary capitalism, in the tradition of radical historical geography developed by Lefebvre, Harvey and Davis.

Megan Russell (2024-07-10). Inside China-Focused Congressional Hearings, Panic, Paranoia, and Hypocrisy Reign. dissidentvoice.org On June 26th, the Committee on Oversight and Accountability sat down for a Congressional Hearing titled, "Defending America from the Chinese Communist Party's Political Warfare." This was one of many Congressional hearings aimed at tackling the "China threat." As a general premise, I didn't have a lot of hope for the hearing. Language is crucial, …

People's World (2024-07-10). PW conversation with Layana Khoury, an editor of Israeli Communist Party's Al-Ittihad newspaper. peoplesworld.org LAYANA KHOURY is an editor of Al-Ittihad (The Union), the daily Arabic-language newspaper of the Israeli Communist Party. Along with its sister publication, the Hebrew-language Zo Haderekh (This is the Way), Al-Ittihad is operating under the most difficult and repressive conditions. They face constant political attacks from the Netanyahu government and the military censorship of …

Megan Russell (2024-07-10). Inside China-Focused Congressional Hearings, Panic, Paranoia, and Hypocrisy Reign. counterpunch.org On June 26th, the Committee on Oversight and Accountability sat down for a Congressional Hearing titled, "Defending America from the Chinese Communist Party's Political Warfare." This was one of many Congressional hearings aimed at tackling the "China threat." As a general premise, I didn't have a lot of hope for the hearing. Language is crucial,

Systemic Disorder (2024-07-10). Capitalism can't overcome the laws of physics. indybay.org That humanity can dominate nature "is an illusion." The laws of thermodynamics remain in place. "Consequently, a growth-centered capitalist economy finds itself trapped in futile attempts to completely decouple itself from nature — aiming for a 100% circular, service-oriented and zero-waste existence.

WSWS (2024-07-10). After the French elections, New Popular Front swings to the right. wsws.org The task is independently mobilizing working class militancy in struggle for demands that give voice to the objectively revolutionary opposition of the masses to capitalism.

WSWS (2024-07-10). Report reveals nearly one quarter of Canadians are living in poverty. wsws.org The growth of poverty, and the staggering fortunes of the corporations and the rich are not unrelated processes. They arise out of the inner workings of the capitalist system, and political decisions made by all of Canada's major parties, including the Liberals and NDP.

newleftreview (2024-07-10). Cédric Durand: Landscapes of Capital. newleftreview.org A critical engagement with the work of Brett Christophers, whose books—The New Enclosure, Rentier Capitalism, Our Lives in Their Portfolios and The Price Is Wrong—unfold a novel critique of the 'rentier stage' of contemporary capitalism, in the tradition of radical historical geography developed by Lefebvre, Harvey and Davis.

ecns.cn (2024-07-08). Insights丨Bangladeshi politician: Chinese nation getting stronger under CPC's leadership. ecns.cn Nader Chowdhury, joint general secretary of the Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal, a socialist political party in Bangladesh, said the Communist Party of China (CPC) has been taking up a leading role in facilitating the Chinese nation to its rejuvenation, during a recent interview with China News Network.

ecns.cn (2024-07-08). Insights丨Bangladeshi politician: Chinese nation getting stronger under CPC's leadership. ecns.cn This year marks the 103rd anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC). Nader Chowdhury, joint general secretary of the Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal, a socialist political party in Bangladesh, believes that the CPC has been taking up a leading role in facilitating the Chinese nation to its rejuvenation, during a recent interview with China News Network.

Systemic Disorder (2024-07-08). Capitalism can't overcome the laws of physics. indybay.org That humanity can dominate nature "is an illusion." The laws of thermodynamics remain in place. "Consequently, a growth-centered capitalist economy finds itself trapped in futile attempts to completely decouple itself from nature — aiming for a 100% circular, service-oriented and zero-waste existence.

Prabhat Patnaik (2024-07-08). The specific form of poverty under capitalism. mronline.org There are roughly four proximate features of capitalist poverty.

C.J. Atkins (2024-07-08). France proved the popular front strategy is the way to beat fascism. peoplesworld.org Georgi Dimitrov would be smiling this morning in Marxist heaven, if such a thing existed. The Bulgarian Communist is credited with introducing the "people's front" (or popular front) strategy of uniting labor, left, progressive, and centrist forces to block fascism back in 1935, and France — the first country to elect a popular front government …

Human Rights Watch (2024-07-08). Iran: Security Forces Killing Kurdish Border Couriers. hrw.org Click to expand Image | Kulbars carry goods on their backs along the mountains of the Iran-Iraq border, Kurdistan, Iran, April 29, 2017. | © 2017 Abed Jalilpouran/Middle East Images/Middle East Images via Getty Images | Iranian authorities have used excessive and lethal force against predominantly Kurds crossing the border from Iraq with goods for resale.High rates of unemployment and poverty are among the drivers for people to work as border couriers, known as Kulbars, legally or illegally, which is a physically demanding and dangerous work.Iranian authorities should develop sustainable economic opportun…

newleftreview (2024-07-08). Cédric Durand: Landscapes of Capital. newleftreview.org A critical engagement with the work of Brett Christophers, whose books—The New Enclosure, Rentier Capitalism, Our Lives in Their Portfolios and The Price Is Wrong—unfold a novel critique of the 'rentier stage' of contemporary capitalism, in the tradition of radical historical geography developed by Lefebvre, Harvey and Davis.

ecns.cn (2024-07-01). (W.E. Talk) British scholar: A strong government is China's advantage in tackling climate crisis. ecns.cn "China has a very strong government which is one of the advantages that China has in tackling climate crisis."said David McLellan, author of Karl Marx: A Biography, in a recent interview.

ecns.cn (2024-07-01). (W.E. Talk) 'If you are an intelligent person, you'll necessarily be interested in what Marx has to say'. ecns.cn In a BBC poll in 1999, revolutionary writer Karl Marx was voted the greatest thinker of the millennium. What was the reason behind it? What are the characteristics of Marxism? How can Marxism help us understand the relationship between people, artificial intelligence, and the natural world? | Speakers at the latest W.E. Talk included David McLellan, author of Karl Marx: A Biography, fellow of Goldsmiths College, University of London, and four scholars at the Central Institute of Socialism – Zuo Peng, director of the Marxist Theory Department, Xu Feng, deputy director of the United Front Theory Department, Weng He…

Patrick Chura (2024-07-01). Michael Wilson's 'Salt of the Earth' script, miracle of the blacklist era. peoplesworld.org Michael Wilson (1914-1978) was born in McAlester, Oklahoma, and educated at the University of California-Berkeley, where he took a B.A. in philosophy in 1936. As an undergraduate he was active in student politics and joined the communist movement. Wilson had always planned to become a writer and initially experimented with proletarian short stories. Eventually his …

Maria Calvo (2024-07-01). Presidente de Cuba desea éxitos a Partido Comunista de China. radiohc.cu La Habana, 1 julio (RHC) El presidente de Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, deseó hoy éxitos al Partido Comunista de China (PCCh) en la importante tarea de construir el socialismo, a propósito del aniversario 103 de la organización política.

newleftreview (2024-07-01). Oliver Eagleton: Stakeholder Capitalism, Again. newleftreview.org Oliver Eagleton on Will Hutton, This Time No Mistakes. Lessons for the incoming Labour government on humanizing British capitalism, from a proselytizer of Blair's Third Way.

Lewis Raven Wallace, Truthout. (2024-06-25). Queer Activists Are Making BDS A Key Question Of Pride This Year. popularresistance.org Every June, as rainbow boas and blue and pink banners unfurl, and jello shots and plastic cups of light beer tumble onto the streets, borne by tens of thousands of happy gays, a cultural battle ensues. Pride season is here, and everyone is pissed. | On one side of the battle, you have the corporate gays, the nonprofit-industrial complex of LGBTQ organizations, the glitzy and boozy Pride parades and parties, and the representation of gay and trans identity as a fully assimilated, capitalism-compatible lifestyle. | On the other, you have all of us who recognize that Pride emerged from a legacy of anti-police uprisi…

Editor (2024-06-25). Jun 25, 2024. sitrepworld.info This Song Will Lift Your Spirit | Oceans — Hillsong United Julian Assange Is Free! by Joe Lauria 'Draft Notice' from the Shop of Horrors, by Dennis Kucinich Here It Comes, by James Howard Kunstler Putin's "war" to re-shape the American Zeitgeist, by Alastair Crooke Bring Back Capitalism !?, by Matt Taibbi Stumbling Into Ruin: Reflections on senescence, amnesia, and war, by John Leake Belief in eternal progress has been a driving element of liberalism for generations, by eugyppius We're all buying more nukes. Here are the five main reasons why, by Martin Jay American Pravda: JFK, LB…

David Giesen (2024-06-25). Tuesday 6/25: A Close Reading by Leo Tolstoy of POVERTY, BY AMERICA. indybay.org on line: ZOOM: us05web.zoom.us/j/82330465191?pwd=HYB7va3R7hDegBbiamybmqE6qKaK5U.1…

Geopolitical Economics (2024-06-25). A look inside China: Is this the most sovereign country on Earth? indybay.org Journalist Ben Norton discusses his experience living in China. | China went through a partial colonialization, a century of humiliation. | China is responsible for 3/4 of all poverty reduction and has lifted 800 million out of extreme poverty…

WSWS (2024-06-25). An actor of the anti-establishment, Donald Sutherland, dies aged 88. wsws.org Unlike Jane Fonda, who has done everything in her power to make the public forget her onetime radical days and views, Sutherland retained a general hostility to capitalism until his death.

Staff (2024-06-25). France, the new Popular Front, hopes and contradictions. defenddemocracy.press By Dimitris Skarpalezos After the thunderous victory of the far-right "National Rally" in the French European elections, under the pressure of the mass of their supporters, the parties of the broader left formed a coalition for the parliamentary elections called the "New Popular Front" in reference to the Popular Front of communists and socialists …

| Peter Boyle | (2024-06-25). Why ecosocialism is not just a good idea but a necessity. socialist-alliance.org As the climate emergency and extinction crises deepen, there is no choice but to struggle to democratise the economy so that it can be made to serve social needs and ecological sustainability. Peter Boyle reports.

newleftreview (2024-06-25). Oliver Eagleton: Stakeholder Capitalism, Again. newleftreview.org Oliver Eagleton on Will Hutton, This Time No Mistakes. Lessons for the incoming Labour government on humanizing British capitalism, from a proselytizer of Blair's Third Way.

ecns.cn (2024-06-25). (W.E. Talk) How to meet the challenges posed by AI using Marxism views. ecns.cn In the latest W.E. Talk with China News Service, Xu Feng, deputy director of the United Front Theory Department at the Central Institute of Socialism, said that the answer to the question of whether there will be an emergence of autonomous consciousness as a result of AI's autonomous learning is still controversial, and the standards and criteria for examining it are varied.In his opinion, there is still a high probability that humankind will be able to control AI as much as possible and make it work for humankind and will not rapidly go in the direction of alienation and dissimulation."ÄÄ"&…

Hannah Davenport (2024-06-25). Damning analysis reveals shocking rise in child poverty under Tories. leftfootforward.org New analysis has revealed the devastating rise of child poverty in working families in Britain under the Conservative government. | The Trades Union Congress (TUC) found that between 2010 and 2023, the number of children growing up in poverty in working households has increased by a staggering 44 per cent. | This is on average an increase of over 1,300 a week and refers to households with at least one parent in work. Children growing up in poverty in working households now account for 69% of all children in poverty, while making up for nearly a quarter of all children in working families. | In 2023, there wer…

Editor (2024-06-25). How Karl Marx influenced Abraham Lincoln and his position on slavery & labor. mronline.org If resistance to the Slave Power was the reserved watchword of your first election, the triumphant war cry of your re-election is Death to Slavery.

ecns.cn (2024-06-25). (W.E. Talk) British scholar: China is better placed to cope with possible dangers of AI. ecns.cn The development of AI should be regulated, and compared to the United States, China is better placed to cope with the possible dangers of AI, said David McLellan, author of Karl Marx: A Biography, in the latest W.E. Talk.

Prabhat Patnaik (2024-06-25). AI and employment. mronline.org This problem, it must be noted, relates exclusively to the application of AI under capitalist conditions; but, capitalism being the reality over much of the world, the threat of AI to the working people remains extremely serious.

Editor (2024-06-25). Cuba tells the United States there is only one Cuba. mronline.org Far from being a sign of the U.S. government softening its economic and financial siege on Cuba and contributing to help Cuba's private sector, this new policy attempts to destroy the core of the ideological makeup of Cuban socialism.

Monthly Review (2024-06-23). Two (wrong) views on Marx, degrowth, and productivism (plus John Bellamy Foster on ecosocialism and degrowth). links.org.au Monthly Review — The myth of Prometheanism in Marx's thought, revived by two opposite extremes on the issue, has resulted in the erection a "Tower of Babel" that threatens to extinguish much that has been achieved by Marxian ecology.

newleftreview (2024-06-23). Oliver Eagleton: Stakeholder Capitalism, Again. newleftreview.org Oliver Eagleton on Will Hutton, This Time No Mistakes. Lessons for the incoming Labour government on humanizing British capitalism, from a proselytizer of Blair's Third Way.

Micky Metts, Keegan Rankin, Benjamin Melancon, Grassroots Economic Organizing. (2024-06-19). Technology Cooperatives In The Movement: Where Are We Now? popularresistance.org Cooperatives have many benefits to their members and communities. The transformation of the economy to one that works for all, likely requires a much greater role for cooperatives—worker owned cooperatives perhaps most of all. Marxist economist Richard Wolff has gone so far as to posit that the critical failing of past socialist revolutions has been not democratizing the workplace. Certainly, catalyzing a solidarity economy network will require as much of the economy and public infrastructure as possible to be under people's direct control. | Tech worker cooperatives have the potential to provide particular…

Carlos L. Garrido, Edward Liger Smith, Orinoco Tribune. (2024-06-19). Pioneers For Communism: Strive To Be Like Che. popularresistance.org The French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre once called Ernesto Che Guevara the "most complete human being of our age." Today, 96 years after his birth, it is still difficult to find a better example of the socialist human being than the one who proclaimed courageously with his unforgettable last words, "Shoot, coward! You are only going to kill a man!" Che was for Fidel Castro "the most extraordinary of [the] revolutionary comrades;" a man with an infectious character who organically lifted those around him to emulate his revolutionary virtues of "altruism," "selflessness," and the "immediate [and] instantaneous wil…

ecns.cn (2024-06-19). Xi inspects northwest China's Qinghai Province. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, inspected northwest China's Qinghai Province on Tuesday.

W. T. Whitney (2024-06-19). Colombian Paramilitaries Encounter Adverse US Court Decision and People's Resistance. counterpunch.org Other than in industrial countries, capitalism has worked its way through enslavement, die-offs, wars, plunder, and thugs. Colombia specializes in thugs, since the 1970s. Paramilitaries, shock troops for Colombia's rich and powerful, are an arm of Colombia's military. A recent court decision in the United States provokes questions about the future of Colombia's paramilitaries and

Hannah Davenport (2024-06-19). EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Teachers' union leader urges Labour to go further to tackle child poverty. leftfootforward.org There is room for Labour "to do better" when it comes to funding pledges and tackling child poverty, the leader of the National Education Union (NEU) has said as he highlighted the crises in education the next government must take on. | Daniel Kebede, NEU General Secretary, told LFF that the omission of removing the two-child benefit cap in Labour's manifestos was "disappointing", as the devastating effects of child poverty are acutely felt in the education sector. | The next government must do three things for education, Kebede said, address the funding crisis, tackle the recruitment and retention issue and t…

newleftreview (2024-06-19). Oliver Eagleton: Stakeholder Capitalism, Again. newleftreview.org Oliver Eagleton on Will Hutton, This Time No Mistakes. Lessons for the incoming Labour government on humanizing British capitalism, from a proselytizer of Blair's Third Way.

Walden Bello (2024-06-17). How Capitalism Really Works. fpif.org Vulture Capitalism is, at one level, a really good read, for the scandals that it brings together in one volume—like the Boeing 737 MAX debacle, where the pursuit of profits, lack of regulation, and corporate cost-cutting culture resulted in two crashes that killed hundreds of people, or the ways most of the $800 million allocated by Washington for the Paycheck Protection Plan (PPP) to enable workers to get through the COVID 19 pandemic actually ended up with their employers. Among the direct or indirect beneficiaries of the PPP were House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband, Senate majority leader Mitch McConne…

Peter Koenig (2024-06-17). Video: Geopolitical Issues. "War is a Racket… The Most Profitable". Fear, Poverty and Homelessness, The Depopulation Agenda. Peter Koenig. globalresearch.ca

Editor (2024-06-17). Pioneers for Communism: Strive to be like Che. mronline.org The French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre once called Ernesto 'Che' Guevara the "most complete human being of our age."

WSWS (2024-06-17). Social banditry: Oligarch Elon Musk takes record $45 billion payout. wsws.org The awarding by Tesla shareholders on Thursday of a massive pay package worth more than $45 billion to CEO Elon Musk is part of accelerating social inequality and the deepening economic, social, military and political crisis of world capitalism.

WSWS (2024-06-17). Campaigning in Detroit, Trump incites violence against immigrants. wsws.org Speaking at a church in Detroit, Trump blamed immigrants for the poverty and unemployment caused by capitalism.

newleftreview (2024-06-17). Oliver Eagleton: Stakeholder Capitalism, Again. newleftreview.org Oliver Eagleton on Will Hutton, This Time No Mistakes. Lessons for the incoming Labour government on humanizing British capitalism, from a proselytizer of Blair's Third Way.

Eric Brooks (2024-06-16). Greeting to the 32nd CPUSA Convention: Palestinian People's Party. cpusa.org Dear comrade Joe Sims, Dear comrades in the leadership of CPUSA, | On behalf of the leadership and all members of Palestinian Peoples Party (PPP) we extend to you and through you to all members of your party our congratulations for the successful end of the 32nd national convention of your party hoping you every success in your struggle for better future of your people and the peoples of the world for social justice, peace and socialism. | With this opportunity we would like also to thank you for your firm position of solidarity with the just struggle of our people for ending the ongoing genocide and ending th…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2024-06-16). War, Terrorism and the Global Economic Crisis. Ninety-nine Interrelated Concepts. globalresearch.ca Everything is interrelated: war, terrorism, the police state, the global economy, financial fraud, corrupt governments, poverty and social inequality, media disinformation, war propaganda, WMD, international law,…

Harry Glasbeek (2024-06-16). Law At Work: Class, Property, Capitalism. socialistproject.ca This essay is an excerpt from Harry Glasbeek's new book For thousands of years, workers have produced goods and services for themselves and others, sometimes being paid, sometimes not. But, for the most part, workers had few legally recognized political or social rights. Workers were not free, at least not in the way in which we describe freedom in our time. It was not until the late 1800s that the goods and services provided for others by workers in the Angl…

Mehret Ayalew Mandefro (2024-06-16). A New Documentary Highlights China's Expansion Into Ethiopia. fairobserver.com This Sunday, Made in Ethiopia premiers at the DC/DOX documentary festival in Washington, DC. This film rejects simplistic narratives and explores Ethiopia's burgeoning industrial sector and partnership with China through three individuals' perspectives. Ethiopia is the most populous nation in East Africa. In the 20th century, it faced economic troubles and civil war between communist…

newleftreview (2024-06-16). Oliver Eagleton: Stakeholder Capitalism, Again. newleftreview.org Oliver Eagleton on Will Hutton, This Time No Mistakes. Lessons for the incoming Labour government on humanizing British capitalism, from a proselytizer of Blair's Third Way.