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Why Can’t I Question Capitalism without Being Called a “Socialist”?
“The essence of capitalism is to turn nature into commodities and commodities into capital.” (Michael Parenti) For as long as I’ve been writing, giving public talks, and all that, I have offered informed critiques of capitalism. For as long as I’ve been offering informed critiques of capitalism, I get replies like this: “I suppose you […]
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The Latest NYT’s Hit Piece on China Is from Thomas Friedman
Thanks to Thomas Friedman’s relentless service as a mouthpiece for US empire and capital, he’s permitted to continuously churn out his pseudo-thought piece every week. — Belen Fernandez, The Imperial Messenger: Thomas Friedman at Work Thomas Friedman, a self-professed “liberal,” is the New York Times most widely read columnist and its most influential flak for […]
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Indictment of African People’s Socialist Party Is a Racist Assault on the Black Liberation Movement
The Black Alliance for Peace (BAP) unequivocally condemns and opposes the recent indictment of four members of the African People’s Socialist Party (APSP), alongside three Russian nationals. The unsealed indictment states that on Tuesday, April 18, 2023, a federal grand jury in Tampa, Florida, levied charges of “conspiring to covertly sow discord in U.S. society, […]