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Topic: Thinking Politically

  • Brexit: Symptom, Not Cause, of Turmoil

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    rsburke

    Immanuel Wallerstein argues that the 'Brexit' vote is a symptom of deeper dysfunctions in the capitalist world-system, and that the political meaning of it will only become clear as a result of further struggles.

  • A Word for the Green Party in the 2016 Elections: De-Privatize!

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    fitzdon
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      In the middle of June 2016 the US House Committee on Natural Resources approved HR 3650, an effort to expand privatization of public lands. The bill would transfer control of “up to 2 million acres of eligible portions of the National Forest System” from the federal to state governments. Since state governments cannot afford…

  • The First Demand for Slave Reparations

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    fitzdon

      This is written for those who argue against reparations for slavery on the grounds that slavery happened oh so very – too – long ago to be a rational idea; for those who contend that no living black people were slaves; who argue that no living white people were slave owners; for people who…

  • Panic in the House: Brexit as Revolt Against the Political Establishment

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    rsburke

    Tariq Ali offers his thoughts on Brexit.

  • Can People’s Power Save the Bolivarian Revolution?

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    fitzdon

      Seventeen years after Hugo Chávez was elected Venezuela’s President for the first time, the supporters of his Bolivarian Revolution, now led by President Nicolás Maduro, suffered their first major defeat in a national election in the December 6 elections to the country’s parliament, the National Assembly. Coming only two weeks after the victory of…

  • Why the UK Said Bye Bye to the EU

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    rsburke

    A post election summing up of the situation centered around the recent UK vote to leave the EU by Pepe Escobar. 

  • Lessons We Can Learn from the Electoral Setback in Venezuela

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    fitzdon

    The most important lesson for solidarity activists and opponents of the US Empire is the crucial role of our international solidarity in defending Third World countries under threat.  The constant corporate media disinformation war on target countries such as Venezuela is as much a weapon of aggression and a tool for regime change as missiles…

  • Let Them Drown

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    squirrel

    We have dangerously warmed our world already, and our governments still refuse to take the actions necessary to halt the trend. There was a time when many had the right to claim ignorance. But for the past three decades, since the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change was created and climate negotiations began, this refusal to…

  • Book Review: Endgame

    Book Review: Endgame

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    rsburke
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    When socialism first appeared as a modern political movement, it did so in a form that later came to be termed as ‘utopian.’ Charles Fourier, Robert Owen, Henri de Saint-Simon, and later Pierre Joseph Proudhon all strove to put forward plans and policies that they hoped would lead to a better, more desirable world. Such…

  • A Revolutionary Speech: Patrice Lumumba and the Birth of the Republic of Congo

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    fitzdon

    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…