Transatlantic Slave Trade: Legacy of Entangled Affair Between Imperialism, Racism, Slavery
To legitimize slavery and its atrocities, western imperialism birthed racism, idea of superiority of Whites over Black people.
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Capitalism | Economy | Imperialism | Print Edition | USA | World Economy | World Politics
Canadian Imperialism in Africa
Scratch the surface of African history and you’ll find Canadian involvement in colonial rule. This country’s role in the impoverishment of Ghana and Africa in general deserves far greater attention.
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Afghanistan | Capitalism | Imperialism | Online Blog | USA | World Politics
Average People Still Have the Power to Stop Wars
Noam Chomsky talks about why the US withdrawal from Afghanistan won’t change US imperialism, the many war crimes of George W. Bush, and why he still believes in average people’s ability to push back against the war machine.
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El Salvador: Declaration by Popular Movements on Bicentennial of Independence
On the Bicentennial of Central America’s independence from Spain, social movements and organizations from across the political spectrum protested in rejection of Bukele’s authoritarianism, militarization, political persecution, and passed this declaration.
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Towards Common Prosperity
A meeting of a committee of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China recently held a discussion on “common prosperity”, namely how to produce growth with equity. The focus of the discussion was on the need to generate welfare for all citizens.
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I Write What I Like: Steve Biko’s Legacy of Black Consciousness and Anti-Capitalism Revisited
In the new student movements taking place in South Africa, the legacy of Steve Biko, who was murdered by the apartheid regime on 12 September 1977, have become important again. A look at the life of Steve Biko.
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The Hidden History of Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali’s resistance to racism and war belongs not only to the 1960s, but the common future of humanity.
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Elisa Loncon, President of the Constitutional Convention: “Chile Will Never Go Back to the Way it Was”
For the last two months, the Mapuche Elisa Loncon has presided over the constituent assembly in charge of writing the new Chilean constitution that will replace the Pinochet era constitution. In this interview, Loncon talks about the threats and challenges faced by the Constitutional Convention.
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Rights for Rivers: Fighting for the Legal Rights of Nature
Arguing for the legal standing of nature was greeted as ridiculous in the 1970s. But now the idea is catching on.
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Standing Rock Is Everywhere: The Indigenous Heart of the Climate Change Fight
This is a story of victory for the earth and of the end of the Keystone XL pipeline. It also involves the Dakota Access pipeline and the Standing Rock Lakota reservation, indeed the entire world, all of which is threatened by our desperate last burst of fossil fuel exploitation.
