Where Is France Insoumise Going?
A look at the direction of Jean-Luc Mélenchon and the new French left after their electoral breakthrough earlier in the year.
Online Blog | Russia | Ukraine | USA
Our Latest Interview with Jacques Baud
In this interview, Jacques Baud talks about the latest situation in the geopolitical struggle that is the Ukraine-Russia war. He argues that the world is not either black or white and that Western countries have taken the situation too far.
China | Imperialism | Online Blog | Racism | Russia
Black King of Songs
Chinese broadcasters have several times aired shows that feature Paul Robeson (1898-1976), one of the most popular African American singers and actors of his era and a well-known civil rights activist. It’s part of the history that connects Black internationalism with the experiences of Chinese people.
Germany Is Still Run by Nazi Billionaires
‘Nazi Billionaires’, a new book by Bloomberg journalist David de Jong, reminds us who runs Germany: the grandchildren of war criminals.
Ghost Stories of Capitalism: Mental Health is a Class Issue
We can’t fight capitalism or imperialism without confronting the psychic suffering that these systems have spread far and wide among us
Chile’s New Constitution Will Empower Chilean Workers
After decades of its dictatorship-era constitution drastically reducing the rights of workers, women, and others, a new constitution is on the way in Chile. The draft paves the way for collective labor rights, public health care, and much more.
An Engineered Food and Poverty Crisis to Secure Continued U.S. Dominance
We see an abundance of food but skyrocketing prices. The issue is not food shortage but speculation on food commodities and the manipulation of an inherently flawed global food system. It is not the first time the U.S. has engineered a major crisis to maintain global hegemony.
US Taunts Russia to Escalate in Ukraine
While Russia is steadily winning the ground war in Ukraine, the US is determined not to lose the information war.
Why Lithium Power Politics are Playing Out Very Differently in Chile and Bolivia
The people of Potosí in Bolivia, like the people of Tierra Amarilla in Chile, want to imagine a different kind of extraction: one that is controlled by those who live by the sources of the metal and one that does not destroy the earth, creating sinkholes everywhere.
Imperialism | Online Blog | Russia | Ukraine
Europe for Peace: A Movement Grows – 2 Articles
On a weekend of coordinated protests across Europe calling for and end to the war in Ukraine; Also – “Despair and Joy in Berlin”: on the biggest peace rally in Berlin in many, many years.