Wealth Taxes Will Barely Slow Inequality. So Why Do the Super-Rich Resist Them?
A 2 percent wealth tax is like shaving off a fraction of a spire from a large cathedral, says economist Nancy Folbre.
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We Can’t Understand Capitalism Without Understanding Slavery
Review of: “Slavery in the British Empire and its Legacy in the Modern World”, by Steve Cushion: The book provides a brisk, highly readable discussion of the central role of slavery in the creation of the Industrial Revolution and of capitalism more generally.
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Communal Governance and Production in Rural China Today
The authors elucidate the history of China’s People’s Communes as told through the lens of three present-day rural villages. In these villages, they observe the effects of the project’s dismantling and diminishing collective ownership and land management, with the conclusion that a return to collectivism is vital for carrying forward the socialist project.
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The Alliance of Sahel States Launches Unified Military Force and Strengthens Regional Security
The Alliance of Sahel States has taken a decisive step toward regional self defense after officially launching a joint military force aimed at combating Islamist insurgency and terrorism across the Sahel.
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Insorgiamo: A Factory Occupation for the Climate
Imagine a climate strike in which 40,000 industrial workers, climate activists, pacifists and other non-politically active people are brought together. In their speeches, they denounce the shutdown of an automotive supply factory.
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Why Socialism Always Comes Back; Young Voters Embracing Democratic Socialism; Shift Towards Palestinian Rights in USA – 3 Articles
“Why Socialism Always Comes Back”; “Why Young Voters Are Embracing Democratic Socialism”; “2025 Saw the Most Significant Political Shift Toward Palestinian Rights in U.S. History”: It’s not easy to change American policy that has been entrenched over the course of decades, but the day of that change is finally drawing closer.
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Gunvantrai Ganpatlal Parikh: A Tribute to a Fellow Xavierite Who was “Inspired to Fly”
G.G., as he was endearingly known, was a student at St. Xavier’s College, then Bombay. Thereafter, he joined G.S. Medical College, Parel and graduated to be a medical doctor in 1950. The motto of St. Xavier’s college: “Provocans ad volandum,” translates to “inspire to fly.” This tribute seeks to answer: How was G.G. inspired to fly while at Xavier’s?
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Greta Thunberg and Thousands Arrested for Supporting Prisoners for Palestine Hunger Strike in Britain – 4 Articles
‘Bodies as Barricades’; ‘UK Medical Professionals Warn Palestine Action Hunger Strikers “Will Die in Prison”’; ‘Greta Thunberg Arrested in UK for Supporting Palestine Action and Opposing Gaza Genocide’; ‘Is the Labour Government Willing to Let Palestine Activists on Hunger Strike Die?’.
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Rebranding Genocide; Ralph Corrie’s Parents Await Justice; Israeli Soldiers Committing Suicide in Droves – 3 Articles
‘Rebranding Genocide’: Israel has tossed the ceasefire agreement—brokered by the Trump administration without Palestinian participation—into the bonfire with all the other agreements and peace accords concerning Palestinians. Also: ‘Rachel Corrie’s Parents, and 25,000 Hind Rajabs Await Justice in Gaza’; ‘Israeli Soldiers are Committing Suicide in Droves Because of Gaza’.
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COP30: Promises are No Substitute for Action; Climate-Change Summer or Nuclear Winter? – 2 Articles
‘COP30: Self-Congratulations and Promises to Talk More are No Substitute for Action’. Also: ‘Climate-Change Summer or Nuclear Winter?’: Our planet is indeed experiencing the slow-motion, climate-change equivalent of nuclear war and yet it’s hardly even news. And if that isn’t truly bizarre, what is?
