Mexico: First the Poor
The achievements of the first anti-neoliberal President of Mexico, AMLO, in his first year-and-a-half are striking – but questions are also being raised by explicitly anti-capitalist organisations like the Zapatistas.
The USA and Nicaragua Now: An Interview with S. Brian Willson
Brian, a Vietnam war veteran, discusses not only Nicaragua but the broader issues of US foreign policy and racially violent police brutality in the United States.
It Is More than 3 Months of Non-Stop Protests in the USA Now – Three Articles
Capping a week of protests, thousands of protestors gathered in Washington D.C., on 28 August to protest yet another police shooting of a black man in Kenosha – the day also marked the 1963 March on Washington.
Hollywood and the Pentagon are Cheating on the American Public
Long have Hollywood and the Pentagon worked together in what has been called a relationship of “mutual exploitation,” producing war agitprop for the masses.
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Trump Losing His Tech War with China – Two Articles
From tariffs to the TikTok ban to slurs about the “kung flu”, Trump has been expressing mounting frustration over China and ramping up attacks on an inexorably rising power on the global stage.
Bernie Sanders’ Speech to the Democratic National Convention
Full transcript of the US Senator’s speech on August 17, 2020.
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United States of America: Socialism for Big Capital and Wild Capitalism for the Poor – Two Articles
Martin Luther King’s characterisation, “The problem is that we all too often have socialism for the rich and rugged free enterprise capitalism for the poor”, perfectly describes what is happening in the USA during the pandemic.
US: Crimes Against Humanity at Home and Abroad
Since its inception the US has brutally repressed every country that stood in its way of its expansion for control of resources and its entitlement to limitless accumulation of vast wealth for a few.
Capitalism | COVID19 | Print Edition | USA | World Politics
Could the Duterte Regime be COVID-19’s Next Victim?
Like Trump in the U.S. and Bolsonaro in Brazil, the Philippine strongman’s utter failure to contain COVID-19 may kneecap his authoritarian ambitions.
Capitalism | COVID19 | Print Edition | USA | World Politics
Trump’s Withdrawal From WHO: A Cover-Up for His Abject Failure on COVID-19
The WHO, with its warts and all, still stands for global cooperation and fostering public health policies, and is the only instrument we have for global cooperation. It is hated by the right-wing precisely for these reasons.