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On Torture
Who Are the Real War Criminals? On the surface, the promise to close Guantanamo—delayed as the closing is, of course—seems like the ending to a fairy tale story straight out of daytime drama. At last righteousness has triumphed over evil,… Read More ›
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Gandhi Was Wrong – Nonviolence Doesn’t Work
“And people like me! Because I force them to! With violence!” – Travis of the Cosmos Pacifism as a Sacred Cow It’s time to lead another liberal sacred cow to the killing floor. I’m talking about non-violence. I’ve never exactly… Read More ›
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Review of “Capitalism: A Love Story”
First of all, I will give Moore credit for making certain ideas mainstream (what other remotely progressive or even politically challenging material are you going to see at a multiplex cinema?), and for his interviews with the working people of… Read More ›
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A New Type of Democracy
Bourgeois ideologists and their reformist hangers-on shout from the roof-tops about “universal democracy”, “democracy for all”, which allegedly exists in the capitalist world. They hold up this “pure” bourgeois democracy in contrast to the dictatorship of the proletariat which is… Read More ›
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Obama Is Not A Socialist
Barack Obama, the messiah of the reformist left, represents to many just as what his posters display—“Hope” and “Change.” He is simultaneously denied a hundred-fold by socialists everywhere, but this does not stop people, both on the street and in… Read More ›
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The Main Features of Art
Art is a form of reflection of reality in artistic images in the mind of man. Reflecting the surrounding world, art helps people to understand it and serves as a powerful instrument of political, moral and artistic education. The diversity… Read More ›
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Review of “District 9″
Spoiler-Free The plot of District 9 revolves around an alternative history of the 1980s in which an alien ship becomes stranded on Earth, leaving humanity and along with that, imperialism, to deal with the alien visitors. Throughout the film we… Read More ›
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Sudan & the New Fashion of Neo-Colonialism
Darfur Intervention: Humanitarian Effort or Excuse for another Oil War? In our country, one cannot help but be bombarded on all sides by the widespread support for military action against the Republic of Sudan. This is apparent in many of… Read More ›
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The Myth of “Totalitarianism”
One doesn’t need to search for long to discover that words like “totalitarian,” “fascist” and “political extremist” are all the rage nowadays. Most often they serve as little more than personal attacks, rather than accurate descriptions of the forces at… Read More ›
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A Socialist Revolution
In order to get rid of exploitation and national oppression, unemployment and poverty, the proletariat has to destroy capitalism and establish socialist society. This can be achieved only through a socialist revolution. A socialist revolution radically differs from all the… Read More ›
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Senate Votes Down F-22 Fighter Jet
Why should we be focusing on the Peace movement? Can we influence and reduce spending for the military? I for one believe we can, provided we have a strong grassroots and working class peace movement. Just this week the… Read More ›
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Never Again!
From a Speech by Jackie Cabasso, United for Peace and Justice (UFPJ): Konichi-wa! (Hello!) I am here in Nagasaki for the solemn commemoration of the 64th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of this beautiful port city. On August 6,… Read More ›
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On the Arrest of Henry Louis Gates Jr. & America’s Unhealthy Obsession With the Police
In one of his comedy routines, Dave Chappelle explained why he was afraid to call the cops, even if his own house had been robbed. He acts out this scenario to his audience. Upon seeing Dave, a black man living… Read More ›
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The Right-Wing Coup in Honduras
A military coup has just been staged in Honduras. The coup leaders kidnapped the democratically elected president Manuel Zalaya in the middle of the night, forged a resignation letter and declared Roberto Micheletti, a legislator, as the country’s new president…. Read More ›
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The Imperialist War
Imperialism: the invasion, occupation and conquering of sovereign nations by foreign powers for capitalist interests and profit. Six Years of War The sixth anniversary of the imperialist war has now passed. What gave the motivation to write this work was… Read More ›
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