Time for Socialism: Dispatches from a World on Fire, 2016-2021by Thomas PikettyYale University Press, 2021.346pp. $34.95. “If someone had told me in 1990 that I would publish a collection of articles in 2020 called Long live socialism! in French, I would have thought it was a bad joke,” said ThomasRead More →
Time for Socialism: Dispatches from a World on Fire, 2016-2021By Thomas PickettyYale University Press, 2021.346pp. $34.95. “If someone had told me in 1990 that I would publish in 2020 a collection of articles entitled Long live socialism! in French, I would have thought it was a bad joke,” said ThomasRead More →
review of Suburban socialism (or barbarism) by Oly Durose (Repeater Books, 2022) There’s a line at Christopher Hill The experience of defeat, his masterful portrayal of discouraged radicals after the English Revolution, on the potential uses of political losses. According to Hill, defeat can force ideologues to confront the inadequacyRead More →
When the Berlin Wall came down in November 1989, a cheer went up across the continent as it marked the end of communism in East Germany and Central Europe. This was followed in 1991 by the breakup of the former Soviet Union, with the Central Asian republics becoming sovereign states.Read More →
Although many view socialism through the rigid prism of Soviet orthodoxy, it has always been a work in progress and an evolving, globally adaptable ideology, says Jeremy Friedman, Marvin Bower Associate Professor at Harvard Business School . In his new book, Ripe for Revolution: Building Socialism in the Third World,Read More →
‘ My sister studied economics but she never read Marx or Engels,” says Berkay Kartav, 24. The co-ordinator of the London Young Socialists (a branch of Britain’s Socialist Party) sips black tea at Vagabond on Holloway Road. “It just goes to show that mainstream economics, as taught in universities, doesn’tRead More →
When [BR] Ambedkar and others in the anti-caste movement drew attention to the “Brahminical philosophy” or Brahmanism the Communists were uncomfortable with in usage. For them, Brahmanism was, at best, a historical trend that in the past had sought to justify a birth-based social order, and they did not believeRead More →
EF The PCF felt that it was losing its dominant role within the French left. The Communists have always known that Mitterrand’s goal was to assume the leadership of the entire left, but they believed they could avoid this scenario, thanks to the fact that they had a more popularRead More →
‘Kudlow’ discusses Biden’s failing policies as inflation continues to soar. Happy New Year everyone. It’s great to be back after a great week off. And first of all, I want to make two points. First, I remain resolutely optimistic about America’s future. Conservative values ​​and free enterprise capitalism will handilyRead More →
HR First, I will answer the national question. In general, we see that part of the economic establishment is tempted to play the card of the extreme right to divide and conquer the working class. This is a classic approach in times of economic crisis, in particular by dividing immigrantRead More →
Fresh out of an election victory, the new Japanese Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida, is already giving a glimpse of what his economic policy agenda will look like in practice. Unfortunately, early signs suggest that while its goals are sound, its policies are not. TOKYO – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio KishidaRead More →
After every socialist experiment without exception has failed over the past 100 years, it should be clear that the last thing the world needs is new. But as memories of the collapse of real-world socialism in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe fade, socialist thought is experiencing a renewed renaissance.Read More →
Ttoday is the 32nd anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. It is considered a landmark event in that it signified the collapse of the Iron Curtain that had descended on Europe after World War II. It was the beginning of the end of communism’s fierce grip on centralRead More →
Socialism 2021 is the latest in a series of international conferences on socialism that began in 2005. The theme this year is “Overcoming the Multiple Crises of Capitalism” and will feature speakers including Walden Bello (Philippines) and Saleh Moslem (Rojava / Syria). The conference started as an initiative of theRead More →
The German sociologist Werner Sombart posed a question over a century ago that has occupied social scientists ever since: why there was no American socialism. American sociologist Seymour Martin Lipset answered Sombart’s question with his theory of American “exceptionalism,” which suggested that a series of factors – the anti-state natureRead More →
On Saturday, the Women’s March will hold nationwide “mass mobilization events” in all 50 states to protest counterrevolution against reproductive rights in Texas, Mississippi and many other Republican-controlled states . Protests will take place before the Supreme Court resumes on October 4. In this file photo from June 30, 2021,Read More →
Former Vice President Mike Pence said the Biden administration’s adherence to “big government socialism” was reflected in nearly every political issue emanating from Washington, particularly the multi-trillion dollar spending proposal against to a possible vote in Congress this week. At a Wednesday night event celebrating the opening of Advancing AmericanRead More →
– Counter Punch / Nathaniel St Clair DEMOCRACY exists if and when a community organizes its autonomy around the full participation, on an equal footing, of all members of the community. Its other, autocracy, exists when a community organizes (or allows) its governance by an individual or a subgroup ofRead More →
Democracy exists if and when a community organizes its autonomy around the full participation, on an equal footing, of all members of the community. Its other, autocracy, exists when a community organizes (or allows) its governance by an individual or a subgroup of that community, a leader. Universal suffrage isRead More →
Democracy exists if and when a community organizes its autonomy around the full participation, on an equal footing, of all members of the community. Its other, autocracy, exists when a community organizes (or allows) its governance by an individual or a subgroup of that community, a leader. Universal suffrage isRead More →
Over the next few weeks, Republicans will have the opportunity to rename Democrats as Big Government Socialists. It’s the kind of opportunity that can come once in a lifetime. Every senator and Democratic representative has already voted for a draft $ 3.5 trillion spending bill. No matter what lies theyRead More →
Labor Day is here, and it’s about work in America. Our beloved workforce. Especially the middle-income American blue collar workers who have literally made this country a great country. They make our businesses work. They produce our goods and services. They are also the brave soldiers who defend our nationRead More →
Félix Pierre Genel, 36, whose arm was amputated after being injured in the earthquake, is treated in a hospital in Cayes, Haiti, on August 25, 2021, a week after a magnitude 7.2 earthquake. The disaster was only the latest in a series of disasters that hit the Haitian people. |Read More →
According to a study, a growing proportion of young people see capitalism as the root of the world problem and socialism as capable of solving their problems. New poll by the right-wing Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) reveals that 75% of young Britons think socialism is a “good idea”. TheRead More →
In the United States and Western Europe, many people support large-scale systemic change. In four countries surveyed in November and December last year, about four in ten or more in each country describe their economic or political system as requiring at least major changes, if not comprehensive reform. But whatRead More →
TThe last thing Pamela Lorduy remembers on June 8, 2019, was arguing with her then boyfriend. The next day, she woke up in the hospital. She had broken her pelvis in six places, three ribs, four vertebrae, her tibia, fibula, heel, ankle, sacrum and humerus. Lorduy, now 29, believes herRead More →
The United States’ response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been a disaster compared to other countries. This is because our political system values ​​economic production above all other considerations, including public health. Leaders from other countries, like New Zealand, have shown how to prioritize public health and have been politicallyRead More →
The rapid spread of protests across the West under the Black Lives Matter banner left political steam from Baltimore to Berlin. People in positions of authority go out of their way to show that they are tackling endemic racism and, in the commercial sphere, do not find themselves on theRead More →
The political-economic structure of the United States, whose commerce and industry are controlled by private owners in search of more profit, does not have the nature of giving due attention to ordinary people in time, has writes an editor of an analytical website in an article, providing the coronavirus crisisRead More →
Countless symbols of neoliberalism were attacked during protests in Chile over the long weekend of October 18-20. A skyscraperuh housing the headquarters of a European electricity company, profiting from the production of electricity in Chile, was set on fire. Protesters also took giant televisions from looters and used them forRead More →
Published on: 07/04/2016 – 07:56Amended: 07/04/2016 – 15:08 French Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday launched a new political movement which, according to him, would be neither left nor right, likely to upset the political landscape one year before the presidential elections. The initiative of one of the most popularRead More →
The iconoclastic French Minister of the Economy Emmanuel Macron is preparing to upset the political landscape ahead of next year’s presidential election by launching a political movement, sparking speculation about his own ambitions to run for power. Macron, 38, a charismatic and outspoken former investment banker, has seen a meteoricRead More →
Highlights of history Roland Martin: To say that the protesters are in tune with the Democrats is intellectual dishonesty Candidates from both political parties should make their wishes come true, says Martin Martin: The civil rights movement was not about electing candidates; this one either Editor’s Note: Roland S. MartinRead More →