“ What about the Supreme Court?” Those words are used to thwart any discussion which questions support for the Democratic Party.
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China plays a crucial role supporting progress and sovereignty in Latin America
In the last two decades, economic links between Latin America and the People’s Republic of China have been expanding at a dizzying rate.
Tibet railway in focus as China vows change for landlocked Nepal
In May 2017, Nepal joined the BRI with a hope of obtaining long-term benefits through a myriad of projects. The line has already reached Xigaze (or Shigatse) in Tibet. In July 2020 the next secton of line in Tibet from Xigaze to was still in the planning stage,...
Teachers across Iran take strike action demanding jailed trade unionist is freed
Thousands of protesting teachers assembled in front of the Majlis, or Iranian parliament building, in central Tehran today demanding justice and the release from prison of a leading teacher trade unionist.
The Judicial kidnapping of Julian Assange
What is at stake is both a courageous man’s life and, if we remain silent, the conquest of our intellects and sense of right and wrong: indeed our very humanity.
The Triumph of Financial Capital
Financial capital, once cut loose from its original role as a modest helper of a real economy of production to meet human needs, inevitably becomes speculative capital geared solely to its own self-expansion. In earlier times no one ever dreamed that speculative...
Revisiting Marx on Alienation and Communism
A review of Karl Marx’s Writings on Alienation, edited and introduced by Marcello Musto.
The right is surging in the U.S., but there’s cause for hope
Emma Norton speaks to Sherry Wolf and Joel Geier, two long-time revolutionary socialists in the United States, about the turmoil, contradictions and possibilities of the U.S. political situation.
ACT-UP and Win: a riveting account of NYC activism during the AIDS crisis
Sarah Schulman's recently released political history shines light on AIDS activism that often goes unrecognized.
India’s post-pandemic economic recovery
The pandemic alas is not yet over, but there are no economic disruptions in the current fiscal year in the form of lockdowns or workers’ absence. The economy’s performance therefore can no longer be attributed to the prevalence of the pandemic; whatever it is, it is...
COP26 was a failure… the future is in our hands now
What does COP26 mean for the climate movement? simon hannah offers his assessment.
Ten contradictions that plague Biden’s ‘Democracy Summit’
Biden hopes to secure his place at the head of the “Free World” table by coming out as a champion for human rights and democratic practices worldwide.