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On bourgeois and socialist democracy

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On bourgeois and socialist democracyOn 9-10 December 2021, the US regime held an online  ‘Democracy Summit’ to which it invited government leaders and private sector representatives from 110 countries The countries invited included all imperialist states, all Nato members (with the notable exception of Turkey), Anglosphere and Commonwealth countries,  and others, such as India, that, if not under the … [Read more…]

MH17 disaster – who do you trust?

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MH17 disaster – who do you trust?On 17 July 2014 a Malaysian airliner, MH17, carrying 298 people was shot down over Donbass in the Ukraine, killing all the people on board. After long-drawn out investigations, four people were put on trial for the murder of those killed. These four people are three Russian citizens – Sergey Dubinsky, Oleg Pulatov and Igor … [Read more…]

The fight against bureaucracy in the Soviet Union under Stalin

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The fight against bureaucracy in the Soviet Union under StalinCarlos Rule 1. What is bureaucracy? The first question presents the first problem. ‘Bureaucracy’ is a vague term, with a hundred possible meanings. Herein lies its advantage for critics of the Soviet Union. It leaves the reader with a ‘carte blanche’ to assume whatever negative things about the Soviet Union he might like. Lenin and … [Read more…]

Energy crisis: how imperialism manufactures ‘shortages’

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The present global energy crisis is not fundamentally to do with shortages in the supply of gas, oil or coal. Whilst fossil fuels are a finite resource, a fact which is to be reckoned with in any rational energy plan, the reality here is that there is still a superabundance of such fuels, whether held … [Read more…]

Lebanon has a new government – but remains a vassal state

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Lebanon has been plunged into major crisis ever since 2019, with currency collapse and debt default compounded by the pandemic. Half of the seven million inhabitants have been plunged into poverty, and all are suffering from the collapse of social institutions and the decay of public services – all, that is, except the super-rich comprador … [Read more…]

Imperialism’s global conspiracy against Julian Assange

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The Supreme Court on 27-8 October heard the US government’s appeal against the decision made by a lower court that Julian Assange should not be extradited to the United States to face trial on assorted espionage charges.  That decision was made on the basis of what most people would consider the weakest of Julian’s defences, … [Read more…]

Troubles at Evergrande and their ramifications

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The Chinese construction giant Evergrande is teetering on the verge of bankruptcy.  With a debt of over $300bn, it missed an interest payment of $83.5m in September, triggering a grace period of 30 days within which to make the payment or default.  In the last week of October it just managed to make the interest … [Read more…]

No academic freedom to support Palestine

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Bristol University have sacked a professor, David Miller, accusing him of anti-Semitism.  This action follows a two-year long campaign against Professor Miller run by the Union of Jewish Students, the Jewish Society at Bristol University, Thangam Debonnaire, Labour MP for Bristol West, The Campaign Against Antisemitism and very many Zionist/Israel connected individuals around the globe.  … [Read more…]

Yanis Varoufakis and DIEM25: Erratic Marxism and consistent Anti-Communism

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In this article, we feel compelled to address the phenomenon called Yanis Varoufakis, especially as it seems to be exercising a continuous charm over sections of liberal leftists and some young people who are beguiled by his indeterminate theoretical ‘Marxist’ self-identity. Yanis possesses the talent of evocative prose when it comes to exposing the ills … [Read more…]