Tina Renier (2024-01-21). Reflections on Racism, "Coloniality of Power", Mal-Development and Contemporary Capitalism. globalresearch.ca

Rick Thomas (2024-01-21). The Transnational Capitalist Class. The Billionaires, the Trillionaires. Stake Holder Capitalism and The New World Order. globalresearch.ca

C.J. Polychroniou (2024-01-21). The Only Solution to "Wealth Supremacy" Is a Democratic Economy. truthout.org The extraction of wealth is a pathology of late capitalism and is defined by the cultural and political processes by which the rich establish themselves as the dominant class. Social theorist and organizer Marjorie Kelly labels this phenomenon "wealth supremacy" which is also the title of her latest book. But as she points out in this exclusive interview for Truthout, wealth supremacy… |

midwesternmarx (2024-01-21). Capitalism and the Production of Poverty By: Jim Silver. midwesternmarx.com The perpetual production of ever-changing forms of poverty is an inevitable part of the creative destruction that characterizes capitalism. The form of the poverty changes, because capitalism is dynamic and constantly changing, but poverty remains. The production of poverty is not only an inevitable but also a necessary part of capitalism. This has been the case in Britain, the world's first capitalist industrial power, for the past eight hundred years.Poverty is in large part about …

midwesternmarx (2024-01-21). Our Postmodern Crisis and the Progressive Alternative in the Harlem Renaissance By: Kathie Jiang. midwesternmarx.com This article explores the Harlem Renaissance's ideological and artistic contributions to the American social consciousness for imagining possibilities for political struggle, and as a timely alternative to the dominant postmodern aesthetic and cultural tendencies of nihilism of our times — including 1950's Pop Art, the 1980's neo expressionist art of Jean-Michel Basquiat, and contemporary hip-hop culture. Between World War I and the Great Depression, in New …

Editor (2024-01-21). Experts Worry About At-Risk Women's Access to New Postpartum Depression Pill. scheerpost.com

ecns.cn (2024-01-21). UN-contracted cargo plane crashes in Somalia. ecns.cn A United Nations-contracted cargo plane carrying humanitarian supplies for the World Food Programme crashed while landing on an airstrip in El-Barde in Somalia's South West State, the UN reported on Thursday.

The Independent (2024-01-21). Nuclear weapons test ban treaty boss in Uganda. independent.co.ug Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Executive Secretary of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban-Treaty (CTBT) Organization, Dr. Robert Floyd made his first visit to Uganda as he rallied countries against testing nuclear weapons. Dr. Robert Floyd attended the opening of the 19th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM). His attendance at the Summit in Uganda has …

mforinoco (2024-01-21). Russian Strike On Elite French Merc Nest Delivers 'Devastating Blow' to Ukraine's War Effort. orinocotribune.com On the evening of 16 January, Russian missiles hit a building in Kharkov that had been converted into a major center for high-level European (mostly French) mercenaries. It was a devastating blow, with at least 60 killed and 20 wounded. | It is important to note that these were elite soldiers, not the run of the mill American thrill-seekers and "Tik Tok soldiers", nor Colombian hitmen. The European mercenaries tend to be highly trained specialists who work on specific weapons systems too complex for the average Ukrainian conscripts and Nazi footsoldiers to operate efficiently. | This strike did not just elimin…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2024-01-21). "Preemptive Nuclear War": The Historic Battle for Peace and Democracy. A Third World War Threatens the Future of Humanity. globalresearch.ca US nuclear doctrine consists in portraying nuclear weapons as a means of "self defense" rather than a "weapon of mass destruction". There are powerful financial interests behind Joe Biden's $1.3 trillion nuclear weapons program initiated under Obama.

krish-rad_ind (2024-01-19). Commune or Nothing! Communes Against Capitalism. mronline.org

Kathleen Wallace (2024-01-19). The Hostile Architecture of Late Stage Capitalism. counterpunch.org The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that will undoubtedly set the course for future dealings with the homeless population. That already sounds ominous, right? The case involves the city of Grants Pass, Oregon and the practice of banning individuals from using means to protect themselves from the elements when occupying public spaces. By that I mean items like blankets.

Rania Khalek (2024-01-19). Accumulation of Death: How Israel's Genocide in Gaza Serves U.S. Imperialism, w/ Prof. Ali Kadri. thealtworld.com Where does Israel's genocide in Gaza fit in to our late stage global imperialist order? What does it mean about the role of Zionism in the Middle East? How do the U.S. wars on other Middle Eastern countries factor in? How has China managed to escape this and the neoliberal rot that has consumed so much of the world? And how come some Western Marxists get it so wrong? | To discuss this and more, Rania Khalek was joined by Ali Kadri, author of many books including "Arab Development Denied: Dynamics of Accumulation by Wars of Encroachment," "The Unmaking of Arab Socialism," "China's Path to Development: Against Neol…

ARG Medios (2024-01-19). Argentina's far-right libertarian president warns in Davos, "the West is in danger" peoplesdispatch.org The Argentine president also said that "socialism is an impoverishing model that failed", blamed the economic crisis on "radical feminism" and denied climate change.

ecns.cn (2024-01-19). UN-contracted cargo plane crashes in Somalia. ecns.cn A United Nations-contracted cargo plane carrying humanitarian supplies for the World Food Programme crashed while landing on an airstrip in El-Barde in Somalia's South West State, the UN reported on Thursday.

Cynthia Papermaster (2024-01-19). Saturday 1/20: CODEPINK S.F. Bay Winter Gathering. indybay.org Tarea Hall Pittman South Branch Library, Russell Street @MLK Jr. Way, Berkeley…

Larry Johnson (2024-01-19). The Thomas Crown Affair Houthi Style. sonar21.com Please do not interpret this piece as making light of the U.S. and U.K. bombing of the Houthis in Yemen. There are people dying on the ground and that is no laughing matter. The reason for my title is that the U.S. and U.K are acting like the clumsy cops chasing Pierce Brosnan in the movie, The Thomas Crown Affair. Watch the following snippet from the movie and I think you'll grasp my point: | Yep. The Houthis are moving their missiles and drones around in the same fashion that all of the Bowler hatted, wool-coat wearing, Pierce Brosnan look-alikes are doing as they run around the museum exchanging fake…

Editor (2024-01-19). Gaza War offers the ultimate marketing tool for Israeli arms companies. mronline.org As investors worldwide drop cash on Israeli start-ups for 'battle-tested' weapons, defence tech CEOs are poised to be the war's only victors.

Pressenza New York (2024-01-19). Asking President Biden to Sign the Nuclear Ban Treaty. pressenza.com January 22, 2024, marks the third anniversary of the entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). To date, 70 nations have ratified the treaty. NuclearBan.US, on behalf of 120 national, state, and local organizations, delivered a letter to President Biden urging him to sign the treaty exactly one year ago and is still awaiting a response. | This is a summary of the full letter to President Biden: | It's the right thing to do. According to the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, the world stands closer to "doomsday" than at any point even during the darkest days of the Cold War. Even one…

John Laforge (2024-01-19). Blocking the Doors of the Treaty Blockers & the Nuclear Ban Treaty's 3d Anniversary. counterpunch.org This weekend marks the 3d anniversary of the coming-into-force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. (disarmament.unoda.org/wmd/nuclear/tpnw/) The TPNW now has seventy "states parties" and two dozen governments moving to see it ratified. The Entry Into Force anniversary will be celebrated all over the world as the best means of preventing accidental or