Sovereign Virtues?
In a recent article, Joshua Rahtz has expressed optimism about the new outfit in Germany, the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance – for Reason and Justice (BSW). A closer look at the character of the BSW. How radical are its policies?
Dealing with Patent Monopolies and High Prices
Government-granted patent monopolies are the cause of high-priced drugs, not the free market.
“We Don’t Choose to Be Land Defenders, We Are Born Land Defenders”
The people of Ecuador recently voted in a referendum to halt oil exploitation in the Yasuní National Park in the Amazon and prohibit mining in the Chocó Andino region in the Andes. An interview with one of the people at the heart of the Sí Al Yasuní campaign, Kichwa activist Leo Cerda.
Zapatistas at 30: Building and Inspiring Autonomy
For decades, the EZLN has informed struggles down and up the continent. Amid climate chaos and endless war, they continue to imagine and create better worlds.
The Four Horsemen of the Capitalist-Imperialist Apocalypse
Capitalism produces four mutually reinforcing and multiplying apocalyptic horsemen: ecocide, pandemicide, potentially terminal nuclear war, and fascism.
So Long, and Thanks For All the Hamburgers
It’s not true that humanity is committing suicide, as exemplified by the COP28 farce of a climate summit. The world’s industrialists and financiers are committing humanity to ecocide. More than ever, it’s easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism.
Ten Victories for the Working Class in 2023
Looking for something positive to celebrate on New Year’s Eve? Here are ten inspiring victories of 2023.
Refaat Alareer: In Memoriam – Article, Poem
‘‘Let It Be a Tale’: Israel Kills the Storytellers of Gaza But Will Not Kill the Story’; To Refaat Alareer: In response to Refaat al Areer’s poem, ‘If I Must Die’.
The Death of Israel
Settler colonial states have a terminal shelf life. Israel is no exception.
Supreme Court’s Judgment on Article 370 – 3 Articles
In upholding the removal of J&K’s special status and its downgrading, the SC has imperilled the rights of States and weakened the limits on the Union’s power; Also: ‘The Last Pillar of Indian Democracy Has Fallen’; and: ‘The Supreme Court’s Article 370 Judgment Is Injustice Writ Large’.