New Production Strategies: Stories of Resistance from El Maizal Commune – Part II
A flagship commune in Venezuela responds to the US blockade by diversifying its production.
Democracy: Enemy of the Powerful
When I proclaim a belief in democracy, I mean the right to truly participate in the creation of our world. If it weren’t for democracy, we could easily be an undivided nation — united, with a shrug, in our acceptance of slavery, or at least in the necessity of whites-only drinking fountains.
Let Us Learn from Hiroshima and End All Nuclear Weapons
The world’s governments refuse to learn from the Hiroshima tragedy, and their nuclear policies are pushing the world towards a nuclear war. The nine nuclear nations today have an arsenal of 14,500 nuclear weapons. A nuclear war would destroy life on earth.
Mythmaking and the Atomic Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The real reason why the US dropped atom bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was to prevent the Soviets from making a contribution to the victory against Japan, which would have forced Washington to allow Moscow to participate in the postwar occupation and reconstruction of the country.
Nicaragua’s Sandinistas Battle ‘Diabolical’ U.S. Empire and Poverty on 42nd Anniversary of Revolution
Report from Nicaragua on the 42nd anniversary of the Sandinista revolution. Nicaraguans discuss their improved quality of life. President Ortega condemns the dictatorial US “empire that wants to dominate all countries”.
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What Is Socialism for the Twenty-First Century?
Socialism for the twenty-first century is not a statist society where decisions are top-down and where all initiative is the property of state office-holders or cadres of self-reproducing vanguards. It rejects a state that stands over and above society and squeezes “the living civil society like a boa constrictor”.
For the BJP’s Failed Chanakyas, the Allure of Pegasus was Irresistible
From its apprenticeship days in Gandhinagar, the Modi crowd has had a fascination for unorthodox policemen and their unconventional – and often unlawful – repertoire of tricks and treats.
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Why Neo-Fascist and Far Right Parties are So Tame Toward Big Business
Unlike in the 1930s, now it is globalised capital, with which domestic big business is integrated, confronting the nation-State.
WikiLeaks Expose: Council on Foreign Relations Controls Most Mainstream Media in USA
While a handful of companies control almost everything the Western world consumes in regard to media, a report by the Swiss Propaganda Research center says that all these media companies are tied to a single organization—the Council on Foreign Relations.
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Civilizing the Savage
I fear that as we unite, we diminish our ability to respect, and understand, the complexity of the universe, and of our fellow humans…. This is history’s primary lesson: The savage we need to civilize, continually, is within ourselves.