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Tag: Political ideologies

  • The Cycles and Spirals of Capitalism

    The Cycles and Spirals of Capitalism

    Orientation How long has capitalism existed? Has it always been with us all the way back to tribal societies or is it a product of the modern age? Is there any pattern to its evolution? Is it cyclic,  spiral-like  or random? What is the nature of capitalist crises? Why does capitalism grow flush in certain […]

  • Hindutva Goes to Washington: Narendra Modi’s US Visit

    Again, he was at it, that charming show on two legs, playful and coy.  Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been burning the charismatic fuel of late, making the necessary emissions in visiting friendly countries.  Each time, he seems to be getting away with more and more, currying (pun intended) favour with his hosts and […]

  • Assange Exposes the Empire’s True Face

    Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley). Julian Assange is a journalist who’s been imprisoned for doing journalism on war crimes, by an empire that claims to defend journalists and oppose war crimes. Assange and his persecution expose the giant plot holes in every story the western power structure tells about […]

  • The World Needs a New Development Theory That Does Not Trap the Poor in Poverty

    The World Needs a New Development Theory That Does Not Trap the Poor in Poverty

    The Akosombo Dam in the Volta River, inaugurated in 1965 during Kwame Nkrumah’s presidency. In June, the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Solutions Network published its Sustainable Development Report 2023, which tracks the progress of the 193 member states towards attaining the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). ‘From 2015 to 2019’, the network wrote, ‘the world […]

  • Weaponised Antisemitism Crushed the Political Left:  Now it’s the Cultural Left’s Turn

    What does it mean to be antisemitic in modern Britain? The answer seems ever more confusing. We have reached the seemingly absurd point that a political leader famed for his anti-racism, a rock star whose most celebrated work focuses on the dangers of racism and fascism, and a renowned film maker committed to socially progressive […]

  • The Counter-Enlightenment: the origin of conservative politics?

    The Counter-Enlightenment: the origin of conservative politics?

    Caricature of the Third Estate carrying the First Estate (clergy) and the Second Estate (nobility) on its back. “You should hope that this game will be over soon.” The Counter-Enlightenment is the name given to the oppositional forces that formed during the Enlightenment that fought against the philosophes‘ writings on democracy, republicanism and toleration. These […]

  • Norman Finkelstein: A National Treasure?

    Norman Finkelstein: A National Treasure?

    Among the most dangerous people in the US are those who actually once fervently believed the foundational myths of the country’s social and political order. It’s the true believers — we who are schooled on republican virtues, democratic procedures, universal equality, and fair play that are said to be deeply embedded in the US experience […]

  • Suggestions for Progressives to Become Stronger

    Though reluctant to admit it publicly, for the sake of morale and status, progressive citizen group leaders taking on the corporate supremacists and their political lackeys are in hard times. With few exceptions, they are neither adjusting with bolder strategies and tactics nor growing fast enough to spin off new divisions and groups. On the […]

  • Glastonbury’s Cancelling of a Powerful Film about Jeremy Corbyn

    Glastonbury’s Cancelling of a Powerful Film about Jeremy Corbyn

    The Soviet dissident Yevgeny Yevtushenko famously said that: ‘When truth is replaced by silence, the silence is a lie.’ In this country, as in other western ‘democracies’, important truths are effectively being silenced. As we have written on many occasions, antisemitism was used as a weapon to destroy the chances of Jeremy Corbyn becoming the […]

  • If You Ever Start Trusting U.S. Businessmen, Remember Henry Ford

    (The name Henry Ford came up in a comment thread recently so I thought it’d be helpful to offer some lost context.) Henry Ford, the autocratic magnate who despised unions, tyrannized workers, and fired any employee caught driving a competitor’s model, was also an outspoken anti-Semite. In 1918, he bought and ran a newspaper, The […]

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