With the beginning of the reform and opening-up policy, the People’s Republic of China entered a new historical period in its development. Starting in 1978, the country began to prioritize a development model with characteristics quite distinct from those prevailing...
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Whose workers, whose wages? A revolutionary intervention against the Imperial Left’s China syndrome
While China brings electricity, roads, and rail to the Global South, the imperial left brings its measuring tape—only to weep over wage gaps. But whose gap are they really mourning? And in whose name?
Air Canada flight attendants have made Labour history
After delivering an impressively strong strike mandate vote, Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) flight attendants at Air Canada walked off the job on August 16. Within hours, Minister of Jobs and Families Patty Hajdu heeded the company’s call for intervention...
Modi’s so-called Diwali “gift”
Calling this concession a Diwali “gift” of course betrays a repugnant feudal mindset.
Pentagon’s secret plans to send troops into Chicago
Meanwhile, Fox News revealed that 1,700 National Guard troops were being prepared to deploy to 19 states this fall to back up Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids and detention of migrants.
Venezuelan people rise to defend the homeland against imperialism
Venezuela is once again facing a psychological and media offensive from the U.S. government, led by President Donald Trump.
Administration tries to pretend slavery never happened
The administration blasted the Smithsonian Institution for telling the truth about slavery, systemic racism, and inequality in America.
West Bank village devastated as Israel uproots thousands of olive trees in 72 hours
The Israeli military carried out a three-day campaign of collective punishment against Palestinian residents of Al-Mughayyir.
Empire, colonialism and solidarity: A conversation with Nick Estes
The struggles of Indigenous peoples of North America have much in common with Venezuela’s Bolivarian Process.
U.S. and oil producers block a treaty to clean the world of plastic pollution
The fifth session of the UN Plastics Treaty negotiations ended on Aug. 15, once again in a deadlock.
African Peoples, revolutionary change, and the importance of Marxist materialism
If there was one word for the dominant challenge afflicting “the left” and African/Black radicals, it is confusion.
State Dept. fires official after internal debates over Israel
Shahed Ghoreishi recommended expressing condolences for slain journalists in Gaza and opposing the forced displacement of Palestinians, according to documents reviewed by The Post. He was fired days later.