Absolute Capitalism

Absolute Capitalism

  John Bellamy Foster This article is based on a keynote address, entitled “Absolute Capitalism: The Neoliberal Project and the Marxian-Polanyian-Foucaultian Critique—Where Do We Go from Here?,” presented to the 2nd Biennial Conference of the Caucus for a New Political Science, February 25, 2019, South Padre Island, Texas. The French poet Charles Baudelaire wrote in…

Romila Thapar on Bhagat Singh’s 112th Birth Anniversary

Romila Thapar on Bhagat Singh’s 112th Birth Anniversary

Courtesy: Sabrang India September 28, 2019 was the 112th birth anniversary of freedom fighter and iconic youth leader, Bhagat Singh. On this occasion, a book, ‘The Bhagat Singh Reader’, edited by professor Chaman Lal, was released at the Jawaharlal Nehru University on September 25. Professor Romila Thapar, professor emeritus of the university, sent this message…

60 Years of Defending Cuba Against a Barbarous Empire

60 Years of Defending Cuba Against a Barbarous Empire (Commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the Cuban Revolution.) When Fidel Castro triumphantly announced the people’s victory on January 1, 1959, it had been barely 15 years since the United States had savagely bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This atrocity marked the passage of the baton of barbarism…

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Nicaragua Defeats the Not-So-Soft Coup

Nicaragua Defeats the Not-So-Soft Coup The July 19, 2018 demonstration in Managua, the capital of Nicaragua, is a massive celebration of the coup’s defeat and a categorical vindication of President Daniel Ortega’s Sandinista government’s efforts for peace in the country. On July 19, hundreds of thousands of people from across Nicaragua converged on the capital…