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10Dec

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The Demonization of Jeremy Corbyn

by TONY MCKENNA Drawing by Nathaniel St. Clair For years, under the glitzy brand of ‘New Labour’ and its facile slogans of ‘modernisation’, the British Labour Party had been moving to the right. Encouraging people to get ‘filthy rich’, systematically reducing corporation tax, courting powerful press barons like Rupert Murdoch and committing to the type of bellicose foreign policy which would facilitate the death of hundreds of thousands in the bloody mire of Iraq. Inevitably, inexorably, Labour ceased to be ‘the party of dissent’ as its policies shaded seamlessly into the politics of the ruling elite more generally. The process reached its apogee in 2013 when the then Labour Shadow Chancellor, Ed Balls, made a particularly significant pledge. Although i...

7Dec

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Education, Health, Human Rights, Politics, World

Hunger Games: Food Abundance and Twisted Truths

by COLIN TODHUNTER Farm, Young’s Bay, Oregon. Photo: Jeffrey St. Clair. The world already produces enough food to feed 10 billion people but over two billion are experiencing micronutrient deficiencies (of which 821 million were classed as chronically undernourished in 2018). However, supporters of genetic engineering (GE) crops continually push the narrative that GE technology is required if we are to feed the world and properly support farmers. First of all, it must be stressed that there is already sufficient evidence to question the efficacy of GE crops; however, despite this, conventional options and innovations that outperform GE crops are in danger of being sidelined in a rush by powerful, publicl...

6Dec

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Literature, Politics

Western Progressives and Imperialist Inquisition

Anti-imperialist graffiti in Caracas. | Photo: Reuters By: Tortilla Con Sal They foolishly trust demonstrably false reports from undeservedly prestigious Western NGOs and incessant phony coverage in liberal and progressive news media. Most people who think of themselves as progressive in the imperialist countries of North America and Western Europe, continue to believe the right-wing opposition version of events in Nicaragua in 2018. A great many also accept some version of the right-wing opposition account of the crisis in Venezuela. One obvious reason they do so is that they foolishly trust demonstrably false reports from undeservedly prestigious Western NGOs and incessant phony coverage in liberal and progressive news media. Nicaragua Vows No Retu...

3Dec

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Politics

The Theology of Politics

By Larry Romanoff This is a serious discussion, so let’s be sure we are on the same page by ensuring we apply the same meanings to our words. “Democracy” is NOT government. It is not freedom, it is not human rights, it is not universal values, it is not free speech or free press. It is not capitalism or free markets. It is neither cabbage nor broccoli. Democracy, the fervent “we’ll invade your country and kill half your people” American kind, is nothing more than religion-based politics. Let’s pretend for a moment we live in a normal world where people are not overcome by various political and religious insanities. Now let’s imagine that our national economy develops, our country becomes richer and we all have more free time. American political theology tells us that as we reach ...

28Nov

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Germany, Politics

The Violence of Fascist Leaders, Then and Now

Although lacking internet, the Nazis knew the value of film in order to get their message to the people. by: Christopher Brauchli In a video recently screened at an event hosted at one of his luxury properties, and with his Donald Trump Jr. in attendance, the U.S. President—his head superimposed on video game character—walks down the aisle he stops, pulls out a gun, and opens fire on parishioners who have the faces of his critics, or the logos of media organizations superimposed on their bodies. (Photo: Screengrab) "[A]fter the final destruction of the Nazi tyranny, they hope to see established a peace. . . which will afford assurance that all the men in all the lands may live out their lives in freedom from fear and want." —Atlantic Charter issued August 14, 1941 It was all in...

28Nov

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Human Rights, Politics, World

Hunger Games: Food Abundance and Twisted Truths

by COLIN TODHUNTER Farm, Young’s Bay, Oregon. Photo: Jeffrey St. Clair. The world already produces enough food to feed 10 billion people but over two billion are experiencing micronutrient deficiencies (of which 821 million were classed as chronically undernourished in 2018). However, supporters of genetic engineering (GE) crops continually push the narrative that GE technology is required if we are to feed the world and properly support farmers. First of all, it must be stressed that there is already sufficient evidence to question the efficacy of GE crops; however, despite this, conventional options and innovations that outperform GE crops are in danger of being sidelined in a rush by powerful, publicl...

25Nov

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Politics

Class War Violence: Centralia 1919

by AARON GOINGS, BRIAN BARNES, AND ROGER SNIDER “The Resurrection of Wesley Everest,” mural depicting IWW figures from the Centralia Massacre. Photograph Source: Richard Coit – CC BY-SA 4.0 November 11, 2019, will mark the 100-year anniversary of the Armistice Day Tragedy in Centralia, Washington, a horrible event in Pacific Northwest history. On Armistice Day, 1919, a mob of American Legionaires raided the Centralia Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) hall and later lynched Wesley Everest, an IWW logger.Many Pacific Northwest residents remain engaged in debates about the facts of the incident. Unfortunately, it’s common to hear calls for “balance” in discussions of the tragedy. Balance? Balance between the perspectives of the vigilante lynch mob and the working-class radica...

10Nov

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Literature, Politics

Class War Violence: Centralia 1919

by AARON GOINGS, BRIAN BARNES, AND ROGER SNIDER “The Resurrection of Wesley Everest,” mural depicting IWW figures from the Centralia Massacre. Photograph Source: Richard Coit – CC BY-SA 4.0 November 11, 2019, will mark the 100-year anniversary of the Armistice Day Tragedy in Centralia, Washington, a horrible event in Pacific Northwest history. On Armistice Day, 1919, a mob of American Legionaires raided the Centralia Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) hall and later lynched Wesley Everest, an IWW logger.Many Pacific Northwest residents remain engaged in debates about the facts of the incident. Unfortunately, it’s common to hear calls for “balance” in discussions of the tragedy. Balance? Balance between the perspectives of the vigilante lynch mob and the working-class radica...

9Nov

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Literature, Politics

Left is the New Right, or Why Marx Matters

by ROB URIE Photograph Source: Soman – CC BY-SA 2.5 The American obsession with electoral politics is odd in that ‘the people’ have so little say in electoral outcomes and that the outcomes only dance around the edges of most people’s lives. It isn’t so much that the actions of elected leaders are inconsequential as that other factors— economic, historical, structural and institutional, do more to determine ‘politics.’ To use an agrarian metaphor, it’s as if the miller was put forward as determining the harvest. The American left has had an outsider role in this politics from the inception of the nation as a capitalist oligarchy to the improbable cobbling together of the idea that popular democracy can exist alongside concentrated wealth. If the powers that be wanted popular...

25Oct

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Environment, Europe, Politics, Russia, USA

Don’t Forget: Nuclear Weapons Are an Existential Threat

A new study shows just how bad a nuclear war could get. We need a plan to eliminate this risk permanently. by: Olivia Alperstein No nation on earth can afford the catastrophic regional and global consequences of any use of nuclear weapons. (Photo: A B53 nuclear bomb at the Pantex facility in Texas/NNSA/flickr/cc) There’s a growing awareness now that climate change is an existential threat to humanity. Inspiring movements are demanding solutions, and politicians are scrambling to offer them. That’s good. But there’s another existential threat that gets a lot less attention: nuclear war. And a new study suggests it’s time to pay attention—and eliminate nuclear weapons before they eliminate us. The study, published this October in Science Advances, warns that "rap...