‘Who Ended the Holocaust?’
Today in the West, while hypocritical empty crocodile tears are wept over the Nazis’ victims, real history continues to be suppressed, denied and buried beneath mountains of lies.
Burying Pinochet
The Chilean government has finally agreed to a process of constitutional reform. Though the government is trying to sabotage the process, it’s a historic opportunity, won by millions of Chileans taking to the streets, to step out from the long shadow of Pinochet’s dictatorship.
21st Century Socialism Requires a New Culture on the Left
We need a pluralist and tolerant culture that puts first what unites us and leaves as secondary what divides us; that promotes a unity based on solidarity, humanism, respect for differences, defense of nature, and rejection of profit and the market.
Realizing the Dream of Communal Cities: A Conversation with Jennifer Lemus and José Luis Sifontes
Two committed communards walk us through the political and theoretical genesis of a new communal city being built by El Maizal commune in Venezuela, together with 6 other communes, in a process that “puts the people and not capital in the center of territorial organization.”
Economy | Online Blog | USA | World Politics
‘We’re Witnessing a Fundamental Political Realignment’: Mike Davis on the Crisis in the United States
In the wake of the deadly riot in Washington, DC, and with the presidential inauguration of Joe Biden just days away, Ben Hillier spoke to Mike Davis about the crises and transformations of US politics.
Fascism, Imperialism, and Anti-Communism at the Capitol Hill Riots
The flags of U.S. client states, anti-communist regimes, and pre-revolution puppet states dotted the sea of MAGA hats and Confederate flags at the Capitol Hill mobs. Making sense of why requires understanding the convergence between imperialism abroad and fascism at home.
Why India Must Oppose Dumping of Radioactive Water from Fukushima into the Pacific
Next year, the operator of the tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear plant would start releasing radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean. Several nations are up in arms against it, but Indian authorities are silent. A discussion about what is at stake for people and the environment.
Capitalism | China | Economy | Online Blog | World Economy | World Politics
China Cherishes Hanoi’s Nay to ‘Quad’
Vietnam has not bowed to American pressure to join the Quad. The result is that China and Vietnam’s economic relations have steadily prospered, and China is today Vietnam’s largest trading partner and the latter is China’s sixth biggest trading partner.
In Memory of Patrice Lumumba, Assassinated on January 17, 1961
Remembering Lumumba on the 60th anniversary of his assassination by Congolese leaders complicit with Belgian police and soldiers. Lumumba was only 35 years old and could have played a very important role in his country, in Africa and at a global level.
The Battleship That Stormed into Silent Cinema’s Tranquil Waters
Made 95 years ago, Sergei Eisenstein’s masterpiece hasn’t lost any of its power.