Capitalism
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Capitalism has no endgame besides collapse & feudalistic warfare
In the future that capital and empire are creating, the ones with the power will be people like Erik Prince. The ultra-wealthy oligarchs that have created private armies, and can hold a monopoly on violence in a world where even the imperialist countries have largely devolved into failed states. This type of dystopian vision for… Continue reading
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Gaslighting 1.1 Billion Africans
oday’s global energy inequities are staggering. Video gamers in California consume more electricity than entire nations. The average Tanzanian used only one-sixth the electricity consumed by a typical American refrigerator in 2014. Continue reading
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Chris Hedges: The Anonymous Executioners of the Corporate State
PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY (Scheerpost) — Judge Loretta Preska, an advisor to the conservative Federalist Society, to which Chevron is a major donor, sentenced human rights attorney and Chevron nemesis Steven Donziger to six months in prison Friday for misdemeanor contempt of court after he had already spent 787 days under house arrest in New York. Continue reading
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The Big Green Lie
At the next Convention on Biological Diversity summit [phase one: 11-15 October 2021], world leaders plan to agree turning 30% of the Earth into “Protected Areas” by 2030. Big conservation NGOs say this will mitigate climate change, reduce wildlife loss, enhance biodiversity and so save our environment. They are wrong. Continue reading
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‘Climate change is the single biggest health threat facing humanity’
12 October, 2021 — Origin: Climate & Capitalism Will COP26 Act? World Health Organization urges ‘rapid and ambitious action to halt and reverse the climate crisis’ On October 11, the World Health Organization published a special report on climate change and health. The Health Argument for Climate Action is being submitted to participants in the… Continue reading
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Watch: Pfizer Exposed
7 October 2021 — Internationalist 360° Continue reading
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Moderna: A Company “In Need Of A Hail Mary”
Those analyzing the COVID-19 crisis and its effects have mostly focused on how its disruptive nature has led to major shifts and recalibrations throughout society and the economy. Such disruption has also lent itself to a variety of agendas that had required an event of “reset” potential in order to be realized. In the case… Continue reading
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Does Capitalism Make Us Crazy?
Life under capitalist rule is perilous. We can’t survive on our own, and we can’t rely on society to support us. We live with perpetual uncertainty: Can I pay my bills? Will I lose my home, my job? What happens if I’m sick or injured? Add the constant threat of racism, war, and climate change… Continue reading
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The WEF and the Pandemic
The Davos World Economic Forum (WEF) is a premier forum for governments, global corporations and international entrepreneurs. Founded in 1971 by engineer and economist Klaus Schwab, the WEF describes its mission as “shaping global, regional and industry agendas” and “improving the state of the world”. According to its website, “moral and intellectual integrity is at… Continue reading
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Ecosocialist Bookshelf, October 2021
Ecosocialist Bookshelf is a monthly column, hosted by Ian Angus. Books described here may be reviewed at length in future. Inclusion of a book does not imply endorsement, or that C&C agrees with everything (or even anything!) these books say. Continue reading
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The Project of Capital and the Project of the Proletariat in a time of World Crisis
This is a response to the two sets of articles written by Sajai Jose on the Fourth Industrial Revolution and on the world’s and India’s hunger crisis. It is in two parts. In the first part it lays the historical background of the response of capital in the face of periodic crises it faces and… Continue reading
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Blairism, first the tragedy now the farce
The Labour Party Conference is notable for two things. The failed rear-guard action by the left, followed by the takeover of the party by the Blairites. What a bunch of political clowns. Blair gained office at the height of neo-liberalism, but now neo-liberalism is at its end, reduced to rubble. And they want to resurrect… Continue reading
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UK: Putting money before life
UK government’s response to public consultation on gene editing is scientifically indefensible and a slap in the face for democracy The UK government has released its response to the public consultation on its plans to deregulate gene editing – but only AFTER all the morning news broadcasts hyping the potential of the technology. Continue reading
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Charity work is the most unproductive of labours
This is not about occasional volunteering on a Sunday. This article describes the state orchestrated, regulated and systemic expenditure of labour time in the sphere of charity work in order to compensate for the withdrawal of public services carried out by waged labour. I was asked to write an article on this subject by my… Continue reading
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Lab-grown meat is vapourware, expert analysis shows
Cell-cultured meat is “a fable driven by hope, not science, and when the investors finally realise this the market will collapse” Continue reading
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For a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty
Stop exploration, phase-out all production, ensure a just transition for every worker, community and country Continue reading
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America’s broadband crisis: the making of a twenty-first-century cartel
Invoking president Franklin Roosevelt’s Rural Electrification Plan of 1936 in scope and vision, the statement announced: “The President believes that we can bring affordable, reliable, high-speed broadband to every American through a historic investment of $100 billion.”2 In the months since Biden introduced his plan, it has been politically revised with the most recent broadband… Continue reading
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Eric Schmidt Cashes in on Artificial Intelligence Arms Race
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA — The United States is leading a new artificial intelligence arms race that could spell the end of humanity. Continue reading
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China: Not so Evergrande
China’s Evergrande Group is the second largest property developer in China and it is teetering on the brink of bankruptcy. Evergrande has hired ‘restructuring advisers’ and warned that its liquidity is under “tremendous pressure” from collapsing sales, facing protests by home buyers and retail investors. Based in Shenzhen in southern China, Evergrande is saddled with almost Rmb2tn… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 