For as long as Western countries continue to hold their hands over Israel, protecting it from sanctions and any other consequences of its violent discrmination against and oppression of the land’s Indigenous population, no Israeli government is going to take any significant strides anywhere.
G7: Vaccine apartheid maintained!
19 June 2021, by“Far too long, far too late, far too many deaths. Who would dare to boast to the opinion of rich countries about such a timetable for their own people! ”
Imperialist Keynesianism
18 June 2021, byAshley Smith contextualizes the Biden administration program, and argues that it represents a Keynesian break from decades of neo-liberal policy. However, it is a break driven in the first instance by the imperative to rehabilitate the profitability of U.S. capitalism and U.S. imperial power.
Ortega Arrests Opposition Candidates Ahead of November 2021 Election
17 June 2021, by“We on the left should be opposed to both the United States and to the Ortega dictatorship. […] As international socialists, we stand with all movements for democracy, civil rights, and for socialism.”
To Address Increasing Inequality and Global Poverty, We Must Cancel Debt
16 June 2021, byMassive debt levels are a feature of contemporary capitalism that cannot be eradicated without radical change, argues political scientist Éric Toussaint.
Who’s afraid of Pedro Castillo?
15 June 2021, by“It is possible that the “electoral storm” will be the harbinger of more to come if the elites want to continue governing as they have become accustomed to doing.”
Israel: Bibi, is it over?
14 June 2021, byIs the announced government, if it is given a vote of confidence by the Knesset, not so surreal that it risks exploding at the first serious obstacle, possibly giving Netanyahu a chance?
Legislative elections without any legitimacy
13 June 2021, by“The majority has not been respected: a minority decides for the majority of Algerians, who reject the elections. It is time to cancel all the elections that have no value for the people, no legitimacy.”
A Century Since the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
11 June 2021, by“Racism remains endemic in America, and the struggle continues today with the Black Lives Matter movement that brought millions into the streets against police violence.”