Tag: Imperialism
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Monetary Reform is a Foundation Issue
It is important to realize that the nature of the monetary system is a foundational or fundamental political issue. The Green Party platform policies are quite unlikely to be achieved under the Federal Reserve monetary system. This is due to the Green Party platform policies being oriented to the overall wellbeing of society — people…
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The United States in the World: Making Sense of the Past Forty Years (1981-2023)-Part 1
The United States in the World: Making Sense of the Past Forty Years (1981-2023)-Part 1 –Kim Scipes NOTE TO READER: This is a lengthy article, co-published with Z Network, that is broken up into five parts so as not to make it too overwhelming; the sections differ in length; it will be published on…
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The Imminent Threat of Trump and the Value of Progressive Third Parties
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As predictable as death and taxes is the quadrennial injunction from liberals for progressive third parties to cease and desist. Equally predictable is the admonition that this will be the most decisive presidential election in US history. Given the prospect of four more years of Trump, do they have a valid thesis or are they…
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Over 70 Experts Call for US to Stop Interfering in Venezuela
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Noam Chomsky, Alfred de Zayas, Sujatha Fernandes, Boots Riley, John Pilger, Vijay Prashad and many others oppose US interventionism in Venezuela. The statement is worth the read.
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Venezuela Defeated the U.S. in Its Election. Now It Must Build an Independent Economy.
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Kevin Zeese sets the record straight on the recent elections in Venezuela.
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Imperialism Is Alive and Kicking: A Marxist Analysis of Neoliberal Capitalism
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C.J. Polychroniou interviews Prabhat Patnaik on the continuing role imperialism plays in the capitalist world-system.
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It Didn’t End With the Cold War
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The recent controversy over claims of Russian hacking of the DNC during the 2016 presidential elections overlook the fact that the US government has been interfering in elections throughout the world for decades.
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A Revolutionary Speech: Patrice Lumumba and the Birth of the Republic of Congo
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A Revolutionary Speech: Patrice Lumumba and the Birth of the Republic of Congo by Ludo de Witte Patrice Lumumba, the Congolese independence leader and first democratically elected Prime Minister, was executed 55 years ago on 17th January, 1961. He had been beated and tortured in a culmination of two assassination plots by the Belgian government and the CIA, ordered directly by President…
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America’s Astounding Human Rights Hypocrisy in Cuba
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Harvey Wasserman provides the facts that demonstrate the hypocrisy of the U.S. lecturing Cuba about human rights.