The Rotten Roots of the IMF and the World Bank
A conversation with Jamie Martin about the imperial origins of the world’s economic governance, imagining an alternative to these institutions, and his new book, ‘The Meddlers’.
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Mali, Sudan: The Resistance Continues, and Inspires – Two Articles
The lifting of economic sanctions by ECOWAS against Mali is an indication that resistance of the country’s authorities and people has proven to be effective. Also: The Sudanese revolution continues, despite the fierce repression.
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Victory of the National Strike in Ecuador
The national strike in Ecuador, which ended on Thursday, June 30, was a show of the strength, organization and expression of the different progressive social forces in Ecuador. The struggle for the rights of peoples and nationalities in the country will continue in the future too.
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Cuba, Haiti, the Helms-Burton and the Crime of Insubordination
The Haitian Revolution was a breeding ground of revolutions. The viciousness of the colonial master could not erase its example. Inspired, Our America rose up to fight for its independence, again and again, as tireless as the courageous Haitians who defeated Napoleon’s best generals.
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Capitalism | Imperialism | Online Blog | USA
Chomsky: Overturn of “Roe” Shows How Extreme an Outlier the US Has Become
The U.S. is a “highly unusual society, in many ways,” says Noam Chomsky in this interview about the economic and political organization of the U.S. polity and the shockingly reactionary rulings of the Supreme Court on guns and abortion.
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Imperialism | Online Blog | Russia | Ukraine | USA
NATO Announces Plan for Massive European Land Army
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov commented, “Hitler rallied a significant part, if not most, of the European nations under his banner for a war against the Soviet Union… now, the EU together with NATO are forming another—modern—coalition for a standoff and, ultimately, war with the Russian Federation.”
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Corbyn on the Establishment’s Campaign Against Him
In this interview, Corbyn, the former Labour Party leader, speaks candidly about British media, the U.K. military and intelligence services, Israel, Keir Starmer, Julian Assange and Saudi Arabia.
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Capitalism Is the Real Information War
Under capitalism, corporate dishonesty has become so commonplace that most of us take it for granted. In doing so, however, we’ve allowed ourselves to become numb to the breathtaking scale and bottomless arrogance of corporate deception.
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In Ecuador, Indigenous-led National Strike Intensifies
Ten days into the strongest challenge yet to President Guillermo Lasso’s government, the protests only appear to be growing.
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Summit of the Americas Flops While Workers Summit Exposes Cracks in the Imperial Façade
The final declaration of the Workers Summit called for a robust internationalism to promote solidarity with the sovereign nations and peoples suffering from sanctions imposed by the US and its allies. Latin America and the Caribbean were proclaimed a zone of peace. Also: “People’s Summit for Democracy in Los Angeles Ends with a Bold Plan for the Future”
