A Triumphant Return to Power for Bolivia’s Social Movements
The most important victory, however, did not come at the ballot box, but rather on the
streets.
Marx, Engels and Metabolic Rift – Part Two
In this part, Mark Walsh explores the impact of the metabolic rift over the 20th century, including how the drive of capitalist forms of agriculture and primary industry have led to species extinction, ecological collapse and the increased outbreaks of deadly epidemics.
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.
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.
Europe’s COVID-19 Pandemic Spirals Out of Control
2.5 lakh new cases of COVID-19 are found each day in Europe. The inability of governments in Europe, as in America, to act decisively to stop the pandemic reflects the bankruptcy of capitalism.
Walter Rodney: Marxist, Pan-African, Organic Intellectual
On the socialist revolutionary Walter Rodney’s many accomplishments and intellectual prowess.
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Marxism and Intersectionality
Review of Ashley Bohrer’s book, “Marxism and Intersectionality: Race, Gender, Class and Sexuality under Contemporary Capitalism”.
How to Rebuild from the Disaster of Neoliberalism
Socialist writer and activist Naomi Klein discusses her work from No Logo to On Fire, connecting the fight against climate change to the fight for good jobs, and how COVID-19 is showing the utter failure of the neoliberal model.
Industrial Food Production and the Pandemic
Covid-19 may become unstoppable. But not so the next pestilence. For that, we need to revamp our food production system now.