The Racist Underpinnings of the American Way of War
The deadly interplay of racism, genocide, and denial at the heart of American white society has been reproduced in the country’s wars. A look at US wars in Philippines, Korea, Vietnam …
The Storm of Protest in the United States
Foster discusses the future of the ongoing protests in the United States.
Israeli Atrocities on the Rise
Two recent UN reports reveal the extent to which the Israeli regime has intensified systematic violence against Palestinians while it pushes forward with the ‘Annexation Plan’.
Rising Authoritarianism in Philippines and Shrinking Spaces for Democracy
The Corona Pandemic and subsequent lockdown in Philippines have been used by the President Duterte to push for passage of Anti Terrorism Bill, to intimidate civil society and curb any resistance – very similar to what the NDA is doing in India.
How Racism is an Essential Tool for Maintaining the Capitalist Order
Systemic racism survived in the post-Civil War United States partly because it helped capitalism make the effects of its cyclical downturns socially tolerable.
Everything Affects and Is Affected by Every Other Thing
John Bellamy Foster [The following was published as part of roundtable in answer to the question: What is the main lesson that environmental movements should carry forward from the coronavirus pandemic? —Ed.] In his classic ecological work, The Part Played by Labour in the Transition from Ape to Man, Frederick Engels observed that “in nature…
How China and India Came to Lethal Blows
Beijing saw a threat in New Delhi’s steady improvement of borderland infrastructure and renewed Indian claims on disputed territory.
Satyajit Ray: When the Filmmaker Dons His Critic Hat
Satyajit Ray brought to his film writing the same wit and poise that mark his best films.
In Search of God: Death by Misunderstanding
Remembering Amjad Farid Sabri, a highly revered Pakistani Sufi singer and famous qawwal.
A Stock Market Boom amidst a Real Economy Crisis
The myth of the stock market being a barometer for the real economy has finally busted.