Corporate media used the 2022 Beijing winter Olympics to create endless anti-China screeds. An athlete was even condemned for choosing to affirm her Chinese heritage. White supremacy drives foreign policy decisions and American thinking.
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The Battle of Billings Bridge
Ottawa residents’ blockade of the convoy is a model for confronting the extreme-right.
National Lawyers Guild International calls for the immediate release of Venezuelan Diplomat Alex Saab
The National Lawyers Guild International calls for the immediate release of Venezuelan Special Envoy Alex Saab, imprisoned in a Miami federal prison by the United States in a violation of diplomatic norms and protections.
What red book will you read this year on Red Books Day (21 February)?: The Seventh Newsletter (2022)
Out of his world of struggle and his world of books emerged Pansare’s commitment to culture and to intellectual liberation. Along with his comrades, he set up the Shramik Pratishthan (Workers’ Trust), which not only published books but also held seminars and lectures....
‘Mega-retailers are using inflation as a cover to raise prices and turn record profits’
CounterSpin interview with Rakeen Mabud on supply chain breakdown.
With Its Doomsday Clock at 100 Seconds to Midnight, The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists calls for escalating U.S. aggression against Russia
The Bulletin emerged after World War II as a voice for peace, but has since drifted into being an echo chamber for the U.S. imperial project.
The gains of Nicaraguan women during the second Sandinista Government
Women in the Third World (and increasingly in the imperial First World) face problems of violence at home and in public, problems of food and water for the family, of proper shelter, and lack of health care for the family, and their own lack of access to education and...
It’s time for the Left to embrace the Critical Race Theory debate
Pretending CRT isn't real robs us of the chance to mount a strong defense.
Biden’s multi-Billion Afghan theft gets scant mention on TV News
Two months ago (FAIR.org, 12/21/21), I noted the striking contrast between vocal media outrage—ostensibly grounded in concern for Afghan people—over President Joe Biden’s withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, and the relative silence over the growing...
AOC warns failure to cancel student debt has ‘demoralized’ critical voters
"This really isn't a conversation about providing relief to a small, niche group of people," said the congresswoman. "It's very much a keystone action politically." –AOC
“When all you have is a hammer…”: why Agamben’s ideas were bound to lead to this
He has founded an intellectual group opposed to the restrictions, public health measures, vaccination requirements and other actions taken by public officials to combat the spread of the virus and its lethality.
Folk economics
Mainstream economists have, it seems, discovered the existence of economic ideas outside the official discipline of economics.











