Remembering Occupy Wall Street 10 Years Later: The Movement Moment that Revived the U.S. Left
Ten years ago this fall a protest movement took root in Lower Manhattan that transformed how we think about inequality and reinvigorated the Left.
Remembering Paulo Freire as a Freedom Fighter
September 19th was Paulo Freire’s birthday. He was a revolutionary whose passion for justice and resistance was matched by his hatred of neoliberal capitalism and loathing for authoritarians of all political stripes. Put simply, he was not merely a public intellectual but also a freedom fighter.
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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.
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.
Is Public Investment Holding Up Global Capitalism’s Dynamism?
Conventionally, it is private investment that drives capitalism. But in recent times, in the U.S. and China, it is public investment that has been the driving force.
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Robbing the Soil – Part 1: Commons and Classes Before Capitalism
The rise of industrial capitalism was accompanied by a complex transformation of rural society wherein most people were separated from the land, and land was concentrated in the hands of a tiny minority. It happened in different ways and at different times in different parts of the world, and is still going on today.
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.
Assata Shakur: The Making of a Revolutionary Woman
In commemorating Black August, we commemorate the struggle of those who have fought before us and faced violent repercussions from the state. When I think of political prisoners, and when I think of those who have committed themselves to Black Liberation, I always think of Assata Shakur.
Climate Crisis: A Prescription from 200 Medical Journals
A momentous statement has just been published in the British medical journal The Lancet and in 200 other health journals. It says, “We are united in recognizing that only fundamental and equitable changes to societies will reverse our current trajectory.”
Capital, Profits and Wages in 2021
There are three elements that define the core of capitalism: capital, profits and wages. In recent decades, with the emergence of monopolies and growth of neoliberalism, the relationship between these three have changed.