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Why the Whole World is Watching Greece
It may seem surprising that an election in a small country of less than 12 million people could create high anxiety in government ministries in Berlin and Paris and at the European Union (EU) headquarters in Brussels. But as the Russian revolutionary Lenin once wrote, the chain of imperialism is only as strong as its weakest link, and Greece certainly fits that description.
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Looking Backward, Looking Forward: 2014 - 2015
The balance sheet for 2014 and the prospects for 2015 provide us with a complex panorama of negative and positive outcomes. In most cases the advances are not earth-shattering but open possibilities for further progress. The negative developments, however, have greater and more threatening systemic outcomes.
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SOS Alternatives to Capitalism
Capitalism re-invents itself often. Even if the world dies, capitalism makes it through in some other metaform. Capitalism has never really been on its death bed. Imperialism has been and is.
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The coming financial crisis: a harbinger of world renewal?
As the prospect of global financial crisis beckons once again, will our elected leaders finally accept the need for an entirely new economic approach that breaks away from the primacy of growth and profit – or will their hand be forced by a resurgence of mass public protest?
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Moving forward after the People’s Climate March
The September 21 People’s Climate March in New York City was a huge success. Over 310,000 people consisting of hundreds of contingents of various origins and interests marched in New York (some have put the number of marchers as high as 400,000). The organizers report that 2,807 similar actions took place in 166 countries during that weekend.
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Obama Buggers Europe: Sanctions Deepen the Recession
The Obama Administration actively pressured Europe to impose harsh sanctions on Russia in order to defend the violent takeover (‘regime change’) in the Ukraine. England, France, Germany and the rest of the European regimes gave in to Washington’s demands.
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Unmaking global capitalism
The fundamental contradiction of capitalism, Marx and Engels argued, was that as capitalists brought workers together to increase profits they opened the door to workers discovering their own potential. Capitalism created its own gravediggers. Sam Gindin explores limits and opportunities to make digging a little easier.
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A practical solution to an urgent need
A personal story about life in a GM factory, alcoholism and the consequences of capitalism upon the individual. A story about why we need a new vision and a practical plan to get there.
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Catastrophism: The Apocalyptic Politics of Collapse and Rebirth
Catastophism is meant as "a political intervention, designed to spur debate among radicals." Catherine Friedrich has taken this as an invitation for discussion.
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Food fights against austerity
Land occupations in Andalusia, the Fast Food Forward Thessaloniki, and restaurant strikes at steakhouses across Germany have created new fault lines in the fight over who is to pay the price of the crisis, writes activist Mark Bergfeld.
