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Economics, Politics, Technology, War
How the Military-industrial Complex Works
Andrew Cockburn, The Spoils of War: Power, Profit and the American War Machine. Verso, 2021 In this book Cockburn lays bare the inner workings of the military-industrial complex ...
Solidarity Forged From the Chains of Slavery
By Alan Johnstone February is black history month. With conservatives challenging Critical Race Theory, there’s one thing we must always remember when studying history — it is the victors ...
International relations, News, War
War in Ukraine: Background
Developments within Ukraine Ukraine has been in the grip of civil war since the coups of 2014 — the Ukrainian-nationalist coup in Kiev and the west and ...
Human Nature, media, News, police
No One Helped — Or Did They?
Most ordinary people do not passively stand by and watch when someone needs help.
Dying From Overwork
Many workers are forced to work such long hours that they die from stroke or heart disease.
Labor movement, media, News, police
Upheaval in Kazakhstan
This article is devoted to the upheaval that swept Kazakhstan in the first week of January and its subsequent suppression. The peaceful workers' protests and strikes in most of the country are contrasted with the armed insurgency in and around Almaty.
Before and Without Marx: Chartist Thought
The ideas of Marx did not arise out of thin air. They grew out of the works of many others before him. Here we focus upon the independent thought that developed within the working class and that Marx would incorporate into his own conception of the world around him.
Trump’s ‘Blue-collar’ Image
Donald Trump still struts on the American political scene. It seems probable that he will stand again for president in 2024. This article considers one important aspect of his popular appeal – his carefully cultivated ‘blue-collar’ image.
Slavery and Genocide in California
California was home to an estimated 150,000 indigenous people. But they were too weak and too peaceable to put up much resistance to the hordes of armed European invaders. They were easily wiped out and – except by a few experts -- easily forgotten.
Capitalism, Class, Environment, Poetry
New Issue of Imagine
Our companion party to the north, the Socialist Party of Canada, has just issued the Winter 2021 issue of its quarterly journal, Imagine.
