Lead Story
The Guns Were Made Here
The assassination this weekend of trade union leader Jose Omar Galeano in the Colombian city of Buga, brings to 38 the number of trade unionists affiliated to the CUT union federation who have been murdered in the country so far this year. Mr Galeano, the national leader of the lottery workers union FECOLOC, was shot […]
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U.S. Politics and Issues
Biden, The Foreign Policy Expert?»We can all breathe again. Barack Obama has finally named his vice-presidential running mate, and it’s none other than Senator Joe Biden of Delaware. Media reaction to the choice has mostly revolved around Biden’s potential effect on the horserace and has predictably been rather inane. Does Biden represent the attack dog mentality that the Obama […]
Theory
Every Man a King: Reconnecting Marx, Democracy and Humanism - Part IV»This article is the final installment of a four-part series. Enjoy!
The Alienation of Capitalists? How Capital Victimizes the Capitalists
As touched upon previously, in the Communist Manifesto Marx spends far more time than do modern anti-capitalists praising the achievements of capitalism. The bourgeoisie, in Marx’s estimation, has progressed humanity far further than any other ruling […]
International Issues
60 Children Among the Massacred in Afghanistan»A United Nations human rights team has found “convincing evidence” that at least 90 civilians — including 60 children — were killed in US air strikes on a village in western Afghanistan on Thursday night. The Afghan government estimates puts the number of killed in the incident at 95 civilians. Mohammad Iqbal Safi, […]
Culture
Book Review: “The End of the World as We Know It” by Immanuel Wallerstein»Book Review by Kenny Grand“The End of the World As We Know It: Social Science for the Twenty-First Century”by Immanuel Wallerstein “Furthermore, it is precisely in periods of transition from one historical system to another one (whose nature we cannot know in advance) that human struggle takes on the most meaning.”
In this volume, Immanuel Wallerstein […]
