Capitalism

27/12/21
Author: 
Vijay Prashad
Unknown victims and prisoners at the Navy School of Mechanics, or ESMA, 1976-1983. (Photographs by Victor Basterra, Argentina; collage by Daniela Ruggeri)

December 20, 2021

U.S. liberalism fears attempts to build independent, sovereign political projects far more than it fears  fascistic governments, writes Vijay Prashad.

 

 

 

 

26/12/21
Author: 
Ideas - CBC
Kim Stanley Robinson

'I absolutely believe capitalism is one name for the problem. It's exploitative,' says the sci-fi writer 

Ideas 53:59Kim Stanley Robinson: The Best-Case Scenario You Can Still Believe In

19/12/21
Author: 
Jonathan Rosenblum
Seattle City Council member Kshama Sawant speaking during an International Women's Day rally in Seattle on March 8, 2017. (Photo by Jason Redmond / AFP via Getty Images)

Dec. 16, 2021

Big business attempted to recall Seattle City Council member Kshama Sawant, but the socialist fought back aggressively—and that made all the difference.

Once again, Seattle City Council member Kshama Sawant and her Socialist Alternative organization have beaten the political odds. Last week, she defeated a million-dollar recall campaign by real estate developers and landlords, Democratic Party leaders, big Trump donors, and newspaper editorialists, who all teamed up to evict the eight-year councilor from City Hall.

18/12/21
Author: 
Climate and Capitalism
Prehistoric art

December 17, 2021

Is inequality inevitable? Is freedom just a choice? Two materialist critiques of a widely-praised book.

Introduction

18/12/21
Author: 
Mia Rabson
A car is charged at a charge station for electric vehicles on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, May 1, 2019. File photo by The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick

Editor: But see "Lithium, Cobalt, and Rare Earths: the Post-Petroleum Resource Race" https://ecosocialistsvancouver.org/article/lithium-cobalt-and-rare-earth... and Lithium-Ion Battery Production Is Surging, but at What Cost? https://ecosocialistsvancouver.org/article/lithium-ion-battery-productio... and more - search lithium here: 

17/12/21
Author: 
Alfred W. McCoy, TomDispatch
Ice melts on tundra and thawing permafrost in Newtok, Alaska. BONNIE JO MOUNT / THE WASHINGTON POST VIA GETTY IMAGES

The climate disruption impacts he outlines are scary enough. But in discussing the need for systemic solutions, he doesn’t even mention the dominant global economic system that is hastening the cataclysms he predicts. Gene McGuckin

Dec. 16, 2021

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