Monthly Archives: April 2014

Great essay. I made this comment at the website: Thanks to A.J. for this extraordinary essay. It isn’t every day that we read an homage to utopianism, let alone from a Marxist. There is much more good than bad here, … Continue reading →

Well it’s a little more cmplicated than that, but part of the problem is our eternal willingness to acquiesce. The author is grinding his/her axe, but Uber is a perfect example of bourgeois decadence. http://seattlefreepress.org/2014/04/27/the-strong-are-only-strong-because-we-live-on-our-knees/

I liked this very much. Forty Years Later, From Dictatorship to Neoliberalism. Portugal as a Model for a New Socialism?

100 years ago: the Ludlow massacre

http://www.heathwoodpress.com/postmodern-dereliction-face-neoliberal-education-policy/

As I have said in this space, what is going on in the Ukraine is a prearranged partition, and the rancorous exchanges between Russia and the US are for public consumption, both publics. A strong, indpendent Ukraine is something neither … Continue reading →

China eyes the Congo River New development projects along the Congo River are bound to restore colonialist structures and looting of resources in the DRC. These will benefit elite companies and countries, but fail to prioritise poverty and access by … Continue reading →

http://www.kirotv.com/news/news/uber-drivers-meet-discuss-forming-union/nfY8S/

Chinese companies are implementing huge infrastructure projects in Nigeria. But like the colonialists before them, they are engaged in serious labour violations apparently with impunity. How does this ‘south-south cooperation’ benefit the Nigerian worker? http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/91305

“History is a battlefield.”[1] One might justly argue that history is inherently interpretive, subjective, perhaps even personal. We are all its products, like it or not, and for those of us who have some sort of axe to grind or … Continue reading →