Topic: Thinking Politically

Clinton Emails Reveal Direct US Sabotage of Venezuela

Nov 20, 2016

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fitzdon

While Hillary Clinton publicly welcomed improved relations with Venezuela as secretary of state, she privately ridiculed the country and continued to support destabilization efforts, revealed her emails leaked by WikiLeaks. In 2010, Clinton asked Arturo Valenzuela, then assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere Affairs, how “to rein in Chavez.” Valenzuela responded that, “We need…
There are no Democratic or Green saviors: Get in the streets!

Nov 20, 2016

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fitzdon

There are no Democratic or Green saviors: Get in the streets! « Systemic Disorder Regardless of the outcome of November’s U.S. elections, what will count most is what happens in the streets. As Frederick Douglass put it plainly a century and a half ago, “If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Power concedes…
Review: Facing the Anthropocene: Fossil Capitalism and the Crisis of the Earth System by Ian Angus

Nov 9, 2016

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kimscipes

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Reviewed by Kim Scipes. Ian Angus’ book tries to do three things: (1) establish the reality that we’re in a completely new geologic time period (the Anthropocene), and argues that this means that activities of human beings threaten the continued existence of life on this planet; (2) demonstrate that these changes have been brought about…
Review of Atilio Borón’s “Twenty-First Century Socialism: Is There Life after Neoliberalism?”

Nov 8, 2016

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mesrod

Borón determines that present-day Marxism has to prove that alternatives to neoliberal capitalism exist, and that these alternatives can be useful as ‘guides to action’. Borón wittingly uses a prison break analogy demonstrating that in order to escape capitalism one must imagine a strategy and exit point for escape. Borón adamantly doubles down that in…
Don’t Feed the Snakes

Nov 7, 2016

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fitzdon

On Wednesday, Dilma Rousseff was formally impeached by the Brazilian senate. It’s another tragic chapter in the history of the Brazilian Workers’ Party (PT). After thirteen years at the head of government, the party was wrenched from office in a reactionary judicial and parliamentary coup orchestrated by the right wing. In place of PT president…
Venezuela’s Economic Crisis: Does It Mean That the Left Has Failed?

Oct 23, 2016

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rsburke

Mark Weisbrot discusses the current economic problems facing Venezuela, suggests possible solutions, and debunks disinformation regarding the situation.
¡Carmelo Ruiz, Presente!

Sep 12, 2016

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briant

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All of us on the Green Social Thought editorial board were terribly saddened to learn of the sudden passing of our friend, comrade and former editorial board member Carmelo Ruiz-Marrero during the afternoon of Tuesday, September 6th. Carmelo apparently had a sudden, fatal heart attack while at work in his home city of San Juan,…
What Does Black Lives Matter Want?

Sep 3, 2016

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rsburke

Robin D.G. Kelley reports on the publication of a document expressing the guiding vision of the Black Lives Matter movement.
Workers’ Control in the Crisis of Capitalism

Sep 3, 2016

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rsburke

Dario Azzelini examines the increasing turn to worker's control in response to the ongoing crisis of capitalism.
The Twilight of Liberalism: Decline of the Working Families Party

Aug 29, 2016

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fitzdon

The Working Families Party – darling of The Nation-reading liberals in New York State – is in trouble. The NY Daily News reported this week that major unions (SEIU 1199, United Federation of Teachers, and the Hotel Trades Council) had quietly dropped financial support of the organization in late 2014.