November 1, 2021
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Anti-Asian hate is a symptom of intensifying capitalist reaction
Capital can be resilient. Far more resilient than many revolutionaries have anticipated. Marx predicted that communist revolutions would initially come in the countries where the productive forces are most developed. But save for the eastern part of Germany at the cost of a catastrophic war, none of the core imperialist countries have so far undergone… Continue reading
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An Australian horror story
The Premier of the Australian state of Victoria, Daniel Andrews, has just tabled legislation in parliament which is possibly the most monstrous ever introduced into a country calling itself democratic. Basically it gives Andrews the power to do whatever he wants and whenever he wants it. He has been turning Victoria into a police state… Continue reading
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The Fear Pandemic and the Crisis of Capitalism. Sleepwalking Towards A Global Economic Crisis?
In October 2019, in a speech at an International Monetary Fund conference, former Bank of England governor Mervyn King warned that the world was sleepwalking towards a fresh economic and financial crisis that would have devastating consequences for what he called the “democratic market system”. Continue reading
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Migrants Organise! Wow. What a week!
Wow. Last week, hundreds of you took to the streets and went into your communities to deliver the message loud and clear: we demand no borders in the NHS. Together we are shifting the racist and nationalist tide by refusing to allow our healthcare service to become a tool of hostile immigration enforcement. We are… Continue reading
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The November 2021 issue of ColdType (Issue 228) is now online
1 November 2021 — Coldtype Continue reading
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Julian Assange News Links 31 October – 1 November 2021
1 November 2021 — The New Dark Age If Assange dies in UK prison it would mean he’d been ‘tortured to death,’ UN special rapporteur on torture tells RT https://www.rt.com/news/538997-assange-torture-uk-melzer/ Human Rights are for Everyone! Including Julian Assange https://countercurrents.org/2021/10/human-rights-are-for-everyone-including-julian-assange/ Continue reading
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Blinken’s ‘Indo-Abrahamic Accords’ Unravels
Success stories are desperately needed as post-Afghanistan, the superpower has become laughing stock universally. The trans-Atlantic alliance is seriously disoriented and Russia is on the prowl in the heart of Europe with natural gas to sell. The Iranians are yet to give a date for the resumption of talks on the US’ return to the… Continue reading
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COP26: why advanced countries must proportionately make by far the biggest cuts in carbon emissions–factual briefing
The COP26 conference on climate change is discussing an issue which will profoundly affect every person on our planet. Climate change, together with nuclear war, is one of the two issues which can overturn the present basis of human civilisation. Because of the extreme seriousness of this issue, the COP26 conference should therefore be an… Continue reading