Nigerian Youth Fight Back Against Police Terror
Despite intense repression, the protests in Nigeria continue to escalate.
Time for Democrats To Betray the Donor Class—Not the People
A great many people did not vote for Joe Biden, they voted against Trump. We have to recognise how narrow this win was.
Five Centuries of Pillage and Resistance: Latin America and Africa
A review of one of the most important books of the 20th century, written by the Uruguayan journalist and writer, Eduardo Galeano: “Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent”.
Is Peru Witnessing a Parliamentary Coup?
What are the forces behind Peruvian president Martín Vizcarra’s impeachment following a rapid and bizarre session of the Congress? Why have thousands taken to the streets to protest?
Advertising vs. Democracy
Kilbourne’s work shows how the corporate imperative to boost consumption by generating ever more specious and evanescent pseudo-needs corrupts and distorts society. An interview with her about the influence of advertising culture on politics.
How the Green Revolution Is Harming Africa
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded this year’s Nobel Peace Prize to the United Nations World Food Programme, declaring that it wanted “to turn the eyes of the world toward the millions of people who suffer from or face the threat of hunger.” Those numbers are now greater than ever – and the dysfunctional global…
In Defense of Jeremy Corbyn
His true offence is being a radical, a socialist, an anti-imperialist.
Controlling Epidemics? The WHO Had the Answer 40 Years Ago
Today, everyone agrees that the best way to deal with Covid 19 is through comprehensive, equitable, universally accessible health systems. The WHO had proposed this at the Alma Ata International Conference in 1978.
Why Capitalism Was Destined to Come Out on Top in the 2020 US Election
No matter who “won” the U.S. election, what will not change is the capitalist organization of the country’s economy.
The United States Is Not a Democracy
The United States boasts one of the most farcical democratic systems to have been invented. The country’s constitution is an eighteenth-century relic penned by merchants and slave owners, amendments to which can be blocked by as few as 13 states representing less than 4 percent of the population. Its Supreme Court, conservative by nature and…