Capitalism
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Conservation as genocide in Kenya: REDD versus Indigenous rights By Martin Crook
Sengwer people attacked Neo-colonial ‘developmentalist’ forces with a green sheen are evicting and murdering people in the guise of conservation and climate change mitigation Continue reading
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The Rise of Jeremy Corbyn and Class Struggle in the UK Labour Party – RAI with Leo Panitch (3/5)
On Reality Asserts Itself, Prof. Panitch talks about how the Labour Party moved from being a Tony Blair party of class reconciliation and war, to a truly left mass party with more than 600,000 members that may take power Continue reading
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Media Lens: ‘Follow Your Bliss’ – The Tweet That Brought Corporate Journalism To The Brink Of A Nervous Breakthrough
‘Forget it. Don’t write for the “mainstream”. Don’t write for money. Don’t write for prestige. Just “follow your bliss” by writing what you absolutely love to write to inspire and enlighten other people. Write what seems interesting, important and true, and give it away for free.’ Continue reading
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Top NYT Editor: ‘We Are Pro-Capitalism, the Times Is in Favor of Capitalism’ By Adam Johnson
1 March 2018 — FAIR The Huffington Post piece (2/27/18) that revealed editorial page editor James Bennet’s declaration that “the New York Times is in favor of capitalism.” Media criticism is, more often than not, a practice of inference: seeing patterns and inferring from those patterns the political make-up of media. Occasionally, however, decision-makers from major media outlets come… Continue reading
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THE LABOUR PARTY COULD BE ABOUT TO REPEAT THE MISTAKES OF THE 1970S
As always, the Labour Party indulges in electoral cretinism. Holding on to office is the highest goal. But if preserving council seats is the highest priority, then it means the party cannot lead resistance against the cuts because holding onto seats means making cuts. The alternative, the mass resignation of labour councillors unwilling to pass… Continue reading
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Cyril Ramaphosa relaunches neo-liberalism By Prof. Patrick Bond
Cyril Ramaphosa’s soft-coup firing of Jacob Zuma from the South African presidency on 14 February 2018, after nearly nine years in power and a bitter struggle to avoid resignation, has contradictory local and geopolitical implications. Amidst general applause at seeing Zuma’s rear end in the society, immediately concerns arise about the new president’s neo-liberal, pro-corporate… Continue reading
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Making America Great Through Exploitation, Servitude and AbuseBy Prof. James Petras
US capitalism thrives on and requires unlimited power and the capacity to have the public treasury pay for its untrammeled pillage of land, labor, transport systems and technological development. Capitalist power, in the United States , has no counterpart; there are few if any countervailing forces to provide any balance. Continue reading
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Damp, Mould and Dying of Cold: Fuel Poverty in Austerity Britain by Clare Hymer
Like people in over 4m UK households, Lea, a 59 year-old woman from Worthing, is living in fuel poverty. Every winter – come snow, storms and sub-zero temperatures – low-income individuals and families already struggling with basic living expenses are faced with the additional cost of heating their homes. In many cases, people are forced… Continue reading
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Africa: New evidence of ongoing corporate looting By Patrick Bond
Africa’s smash-and-grab ‘development policies’ aiming to attract Foreign Direct Investment have, even the Bank suggests, now become counter-productive: “Especially for resource-rich countries, the depletion of natural resources is often not compensated for by other investments. The warnings provided by negative ANS in many countries and in the region as a whole should not be ignored.”… Continue reading
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Blackouts and Flashpoints in 2018: Who Rules America, Globalization and Geopolitics By Prof. James Petras
I believe that we will experience a radical making and remaking of political and economic integration, East and West, within and without nations states. ‘States Rights’ will re-emerge as an antidote to globalization. Big countries will compete in regional wars with limited commitments but with global goals. Continue reading
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The Exploitation of the World’s Poor: Selected Articles
25 January 2018 — Global Research Federal Government Shutdown and the Duopoly System of Two-party Politics By Abayomi Azikiwe, January 25, 2018 After three days of recriminations from both sides of the political aisles, the government was reopened on January 22. What is described as “essential services” were continued over the weekend of the closure. Continue reading
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WaPo Defends Its Owner Against Charges That He's Very Wealthy By Jim Naureckas
Awkwardly enough, one of the world’s six wealthiest people is the owner of the paper doing the factchecking. Or as the Post coyly put it, “(Among the names on the list: Jeffrey P. Bezos, the chief executive of Amazon and owner of the Washington Post.)” The Post’s Nicole Lewis didn’t say that Sanders was wrong,… Continue reading
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Cape Town Water Wars: A Literal Shitstorm
In Cape Town, one of the most unequal cities in the world, poor people are taking the buckets they use for chemical toilets and turning them into weapons, as the water shortage intensifies class conflicts Continue reading
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Participate in Copyright Week with us!
Copyright law has now been captured by major media interests all over the world. That’s why digital rights organisations in Brazil, Pakistan, Canada and Austria all fight to make it better for everyone: accessible and open, not just owned by a few huge corporations. Continue reading
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Carillion’s collapse in UK and the East Coast bailout: What would ending the “Private Financial Initiative rip-off” entail? By Jean Shaoul
In a YouTube video, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn described the collapse of Carillion, the UK’s second largest construction company, as a “watershed moment,” a signal it is “time to put an end to the rip-off privatisation policies that have done serious damage to our public services and fleeced the public of billions of pounds.” Continue reading
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UK: The political lessons of Carillion’s collapse By Julie Hyland
The jobs, wages and pensions of tens of thousands of workers along with vital public services are in danger, following on the collapse of Carillion into liquidation on Monday. Carillion employed 20,000 workers in the UK and 23,000 overseas. It went into compulsory liquidation with more than £2.2 billion debts, of which an estimated £800… Continue reading
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GMOs and Pesticides – Global Breaking News
17 January 2018 — Sustainable Pulse US Organic Food Movement Protests USDA Interference in Animal Welfare Standards The U.S. organic food movement, representing dozens of brands, thousands of organic farmers and millions of organic consumers, as well as retailers, certifiers, and organizations, has published an open letter in the Washington Post. The cosigners are demanding that… Continue reading
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Virgin Care and other private companies seize another £3.1 billion of NHS assets By Ajanta Silva
With a £101 billion ($US 137 billion) budget in the National Health Service (NHS) in England alone, private companies have found a gold mine to plunder with the blessings of the Tory government. Continue reading
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NHS IN CRISIS – FIX IT NOW!
Emergency Demonstration 12pm, Saturday 3 February Assemble Gower Street Central London WC1 We’re calling on everyone; all campaigns and local groups, all round the country – to come down to London and demand proper funding, beds and full staffing levels on fair pay. Continue reading
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GMOs, Global Agribusiness and the Destruction of Choice By Colin Todhunter
One of the myths perpetuated by the pro-GMO (genetically modified organisms) lobby is that critics of GMOs in agriculture are denying choice to farmers and have an ideological agenda. The narrative is that farmers should have access to a range of tools and technologies, including GM crops. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 