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SR 2021: Ursula Huws on “Reaping the Whirlwind,” via Marxist Education Project

February 20, 2024

Sunday, January 31 @ 1:30pm-4:00pm: Join this online reading group and discussion of the most recent issue of Socialist Register dedicated to Leo Panitch. This first session begins with Ursula Huws‘ essay, “Reaping the Whirlwind: Digitalization, Restructuring, and Mobilization in the Covid Crisis.” This work addresses the changes currently sweeping through global labor markets during the coronavirus pandemic….

Gerald Horne on the Roots of White Supremacy, via Blog Talk Radio

February 20, 2024

Gerald Horne, author of the recently published The Dawning of the Apocalypse, talks to Greg Rasheed, host of Blog Talk Radio’s The Root and Roots Show about the roots of white supremacy, begun in the 16th century, reaching all the way into the US Capitol on January 6 … and beyond…

Spend February 14 with a book you’ll love: Socialist History Society launches “The Return of Nature” by John Bellamy Foster

February 20, 2024

Twenty years ago, John Bellamy Foster’s Marx’s Ecology: Materialism and Nature introduced a new understanding of Karl Marx’s revolutionary ecological materialism. More than simply a study of Marx, it commenced an intellectual and social history, encompassing thinkers from Epicurus to Darwin, who developed materialist and ecological ideas. Now, with The Return of Nature: Socialism and Ecology, Foster continues this narrative. In so doing, he uncovers a long history of efforts to unite issues of social justice and environmental sustainability that will help us comprehend and counter today’s unprecedented planetary emergencies….

To ameliorate viruses of capitalism, eradicate capitalism itself: Counterfire on “Dead Epidemiologists”

February 20, 2024

To say that the Tory government’s response to Covid-19 has been disastrous is merely to state the obvious. Their unwillingness to take decisive action at the right time, coupled with their ability to contemplate tens of thousands of deaths with equanimity, has earned them a special place even in the annals of Tory incompetence and self-serving cynicism….

“Planet Farm” … “Bidenfreude” — Keeping up with Rob Wallace

February 20, 2024

Rob Wallace, author of Big Farms Big Flu and Dead Epidemiologists, has become an international pundit in the conversation about the rise and spread of global epidemics. Here are two of his latest articles on COVID-19 and beyond….

Left Voice reviews Rob Wallace’s “Dead Epidemiologists” + This Is Hell interviews Rob Wallace

February 20, 2024

DOUBLE HEADER: “A must-read for anybody who wishes to truly understand Covid-19….” AND listen to Rob Wallace talking recently with Chuck Mertz on This Is Hell…

“Global ecologically sensitive socialism”: Left Unity reviews John Bellamy Foster’s “The Return of Nature”

February 20, 2024

“This brilliant book—which traces and establishes the link between socialism and ecology—couldn’t have come at a more appropriate time, given the ever-worsening Climate and Ecological Crises, and the mounting health and economic impacts of the closely-linked Covid-19 pandemic. As a result of these combined crises, more people than ever are accepting the need for some fundamental ‘System Change’…”

Gerald Horne & Margaret Prescod on Ethiopia, via Sojourner Truth Radio

February 20, 2024

Gerald Horne, author of The Dawning of the Apocalypse: The Roots of Slavery, White Supremacy, Settler Colonialism, and Capitalism in the Long Sixteenth Century, talked with Margaret Prescod of Sojourner Truth Radio about the current Ethiopia / Tigray conflict, its history, and its implications for the region…

Maduro’s Government and the Left: CounterPunch looks at “Venezuela, the Present as Struggle”

February 20, 2024

“Nicolas Maduro’s government in Venezuela poses a unique dilemma for some on the left. They have criticisms of it, but decided against voicing them too obstreperously now, for the obvious reason that that could aid and comfort a mortal enemy–the most powerful military empire of all time, namely the United States…

Eric Chester & Mitch Jeserich on the Suppression of Speech in WWI, with Implications for a Biden Presidency

February 20, 2024

Eric T. Chester, author of the recently released Free Speech and the Suppression of Dissent During World War I, talked to Mitch Jeserich, host of KPFA’s Letters and Politics, about the legacy of dissent, what happens when the United States works to suppress it, and how this might play out in light of the oncoming Biden administration…

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SR 2021: Ursula Huws on “Reaping the Whirlwind,” via Marxist Education Project

Gerald Horne on the Roots of White Supremacy, via Blog Talk Radio

Spend February 14 with a book you’ll love: Socialist History Society launches “The Return of Nature” by John Bellamy Foster

To ameliorate viruses of capitalism, eradicate capitalism itself: Counterfire on “Dead Epidemiologists”

“Planet Farm” … “Bidenfreude” — Keeping up with Rob Wallace

Left Voice reviews Rob Wallace’s “Dead Epidemiologists” + This Is Hell interviews Rob Wallace

“Global ecologically sensitive socialism”: Left Unity reviews John Bellamy Foster’s “The Return of Nature”

Gerald Horne & Margaret Prescod on Ethiopia, via Sojourner Truth Radio

Maduro’s Government and the Left: CounterPunch looks at “Venezuela, the Present as Struggle”

Eric Chester & Mitch Jeserich on the Suppression of Speech in WWI, with Implications for a Biden Presidency

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