BY RICHARD D. WOLFF Container ship on the lower Columbia River, heading toward the Pacific. Photo: Jeffrey St. Clair. Early U.S. capitalism was centered in New England. After some time, the pursuit of profit led many […]
BY MELVIN GOODMA Photograph Source: U.S. Department of State – Public Domain Democratic presidents have a way of reaching out to undeserving Republicans to protect their domestic flanks on the right. Bill Clinton appointed James Woolsey […]
The targeting of such a pro-imperialist figure is a warning to all those who might engage in acts of dissent against the establishment. Proletarian writers Former United Kingdom Independence party (Ukip) leader Nigel Farage has revealed that […]
How can we explain the seemingly absurd combination of British workers’ failing health from malnutrition alongside rising obesity? Proletarian writers Around 11,000 people in England were hospitalised with malnutrition last year. Read that again. Provisional data recently obtained […]
Capitalist dystopia in action: behind the ‘economic miracle’, the daily grind keeps getting harder. Renaud Lambert The following article is reproduced from Le Monde diplomatique, with thanks. ***** It’s a tired old media trope. When someone […]
Seven months in and, in the face of brutal state repression, the people of Peru continue their struggle against the neoliberal dictatorship of the US-backed junta. Clau O’Brien Moscoso This article is reproduced from Black Agenda […]
Human rights in Britain? What human rights? Lalkar writers The Public Order Act (POA) 2023 is another extreme limitation of, and general attack on, the civil liberties of protesters who want to stay within the legally acceptable […]
BY ALFRED DE ZAYAS Photograph Source: VasenkaPhotography – CC BY 2.0 Deliberate provocations of a nuclear rival, coups d’état, colour revolutions, broken promises, broken treaties, escalation of tensions, demonization, invective, double-standards — all this while asserting adherence to […]
BY W. T. WHITNEY Photograph Source: Diliff – CC BY-SA 3.0 Signs were evident. Touring Spain in May, the Cuban musical duo Buena Fe (Good Faith) had their concerts disrupted by thugs; some were canceled. A month later […]
BY BINOY KAMPMARK Photograph Source: The White House – Public Domain Again, he was at it, that charming show on two legs, playful and coy. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been burning the charismatic fuel […]