AI doesn’t run on magic—it runs on energy, water, and massive physical infrastructure.
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A tribute to all those who fought for a better world and died so young: The Thirty-Second Newsletter (2025)
Though they died young, revolutionaries like Frantz Fanon and Patrice Lumumba made invaluable contributions to anti-colonial and national liberation struggles.
Imperialism and its bullying of India
IT is ironical that on the 78th anniversary of the victory of the Indian people’s struggle against British imperialism, U.S. imperialism is openly bullying India into obeying its diktat.
Poll: 4 out of 5 Jewish Israelis are not troubled by the famine in Gaza
A new poll by the Israel Democracy Institute shows that 4 out of 5 Jewish Israelis – 79% - are not troubled by reports of Palestinian famine and suffering in Gaza.
Deciphering the MAGA Ideology: An Interview with John Bellamy Foster
This interview was conducted by Zhao Dingqi for the journal World Socialism Studies. Zhao Dingqi: You once pointed out that the MAGA movement is essentially an alliance between the monopolistic capitalist right wing and the lower middle class. How do you understand...
Carney is pushing Canadian liberalism to its breaking point
Bill C-5, Indigenous resistance, and the authoritarian turn at the heart of the settler state.
Veterans force New York County Sheriff to take down Israeli flag
The flag of Israel represents the greatest human rights disaster in modern history, yet has flown proudly at the Broome County Correctional Facility by order of Sheriff Akshar.
Tariffs and the U.S. economy
The U.S. has a record high stock market, unlimited spending on AI capacity by the tech giants, along with sharply increased borrowing to pay for it; but no sign yet of any significant revenues or profits from AI—and alongside that: a slowing rest of the economy, a...
Stagflation returns, shining a spotlight on the Federal Reserve’s war on the working class
History exposes the Fed's inflation fight for what it truly is: a decades-long class war waged against working people under the guise of monetary policy.
UN experts urge ‘immediate dismantling’ of U.S.-and Israeli-backed GHF
Thirty-five independent UN human rights experts have called for the immediate dismantling of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), a U.S.- and Israeli-backed organization that operates a controversial aid distribution system in Gaza, citing serious violations of...
Media blame NYC shooting not on Mayor Adams, but on candidate Mamdani
Whether you love him, hate him or never heard of him, Mamdani has not yet won the general election or been sworn in as mayor.
Trump says immigrants ‘do it naturally,’ revives racist labor myths
President Donald Trump has sparked new outrage after declaring that undocumented immigrants are “naturally” inclined to perform grueling farm labor—and that people in “inner cities” simply “don’t do that work.”