ALL regimes based on class antagonism require a discourse to legitimise class oppression and this discourse in turn requires a vocabulary of its own. The neoliberal regime too has developed its own discourse and vocabulary and a key concept in this vocabulary is...
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South Korean Dictator Dies, Western Media resurrects a Myth
The Death of South Korean dictator Chun Doo Hwan signals the consolidation of a false media narrative that is misleading and dangerous.
Indonesia’s new criminal code: An attack on human rights and marxism
In early December, last year, the Indonesian government legislated a new criminal code to replace the old code that the country inherited from its past colonial oppressor, the Dutch. The government has claimed that the legislation of the new criminal code was an...
How not to deal with a debt crisis
Jayati Ghosh warns against historically disastrous approaches to the sovereign-debt crisis hitting low- and middle-income countries.
When the people have nothing more to eat, they will eat the rich: The Third Newsletter (2023)
On 8 January, large crowds of people dressed in colours of the Brazilian flag descended on the country’s capital, Brasília. They invaded federal buildings, including the Congress, Supreme Court, and presidential palace, and vandalised public property.
Labour leader finally appears on a picket line…
... in the form of a life-size cardboard cut-out.
Public libraries continue to thrive despite defunding and privatization attacks
The public sector in the U.S. has been shrinking rapidly since the 1990s as a deluge of privatization has, to various degrees, overtaken many so-called public services and institutions.
The Realities of Capitalist Denmark
It is not uncommon for me to see U.S. citizens point to Denmark as a socialist alternative. With this article, I would like to correct this misconception and demonstrate that capital accumulation is the guiding principle in Danish society.
South Korea prosecutes its citizens for screening North Korean drama
According to the Jeju Today newspaper, the Yoon government is claiming that screening the North Korean film "The Story of Our Home", shown in South Korea in February 2019 as part of a national reunification festival, violated SK National Security Law. It is now...
Practical nuclear fusion is still just hype
Don’t believe the headlines: there’s much less happening than pro-fusion pundits claim.
Richest 1% bag nearly twice as much wealth as the rest of the world put together over the past two years
According to a new report published by Oxfam, the richest 1 percent grabbed nearly two-thirds of all new wealth worth $42 trillion created since 2020, almost twice as much money as the bottom 99 percent of the world’s population, reveals a new Oxfam report today....
Venezuela’s Seed Law should be a global model
For peasant farmers, the battle over seed rights is critical to their livelihoods.











