IMF ‘Double Standard’ Displays Capitalism’s Inherent Inhumanity
Human lives in the periphery are worth less than human lives in the metropolis.
Africa Is on the Move
Adapted from Vijay Prashad’s speech on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of How Europe Underdeveloped Africa: in 1975, Walter Rodney said, Africa is on the move. This line stays with me, digs deep into my sense of historical possibility. What did Rodney mean when he said that line?
Crisis of Sri Lankan Capitalism Provokes a Popular Uprising
The crisis is not going away any time soon. While this will mean even greater devastation for workers and students, it leaves open the possibility for this struggle to deepen its assault on Sri Lanka’s elites.
India’s ‘No-Plan’ Planning Will Hurt its Weakest Sections the Most
Cuts in budgets for planned economic development continue as long-term goals for the economy and society are shelved for the foreseeable future.
It’s Not Enough to Resist—We Have to Build, Too
In India, the farmers organised the world’s largest strike in history; at Amazon, the workers are fiercely resisting its exploitation; in Latin America, the people are rallying to support progressive political leaders. But it’s not enough to just resist. We have to build a new world brimming with life, and powered by popular sovereignty.
Amazon Labor Union and the Awakening of the American Working Class
A wave of unionization in the United States is enthusing and inspiring workers all around the world. The crisis of capitalism is crushing workers, and they are beginning to fight back. They increasingly understand that they can rely only on their own means.
The Brief Origins of May Day
On 1st May 1886, radical pamphlets appeared in America. One of the pamphlets famously declared, “Arouse ye toilers of America! Lay down your tools…one day of revolt, not of rest… a day on which to enjoy eight hours of work, eight hours for rest, eight hours for what we will”. This struggle gave rise to the International Workers Day or May Day.
Beyond Eurocentrism
In this book, Amin argues that the story of capitalism emerging from endogenous European characteristics of rationality and triumph – which continues to dominate social theory – is distorting. It disguises the true nature of the capitalist system, including the role of imperialism and racism in its history.
Climate Crisis: Scientists Hit the Streets; Vow to Keep Fighting
Scientists have had enough. On April 6, they hit the streets, organising demonstrations in several cities around the world; and on April 11, they pledged to keep fighting for the ambitious action they warn is necessary to prevent the most catastrophic impacts of the fossil-fueled global emergency.
How Movements can Maintain Their Radical Vision While Winning Practical Reforms
Forty years of struggle by Brazil’s landless workers movement offers lessons on engaging the system without being co-opted.