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“It’s Eco-Socialism or Death” An interview with Kali Akuno 20 Feb 2019       An interview with Kali Akuno Cooperation Jackson leader Kali Akuno on the Green New Deal, the need for mass civil disobedience, and the necessity of building an internationalist movement for eco-socialism. “ We have to articulate a program that concretely addresses the class’s immediate and medium-term need for jobs and stable income around the expansion of existing “green” industries and the development of new ones.” The Green New Deal (GND) is now part of the national conversation. But for decades, social movements have been doing the on-the-ground work to resist fossil capitalism and envision a different future. Such grassroots social mobilization — but at a massive scale — is vital to ensuring the GND catalyzes transformative social change. Cooperation Jackson   is at the forefront of eco-socialist organizing to create a new society and economy from the...

Venezuela: The Epicenter of the "Pink Tide" and Now of the Right-Wing Rollback The effort to rollback Venezuela's Bolivarian Revolution must be seen as part of a determined effort to pry open all economies to transnational capital - it's about access, says sociologist of globalization William I. Robinson

Venezuelan Coup Democrats Vomit on Green New Deal  -  by   PATRICK WALKER In humanity’s current existential climate crisis, leftists who see any hope for humanity put our faith in movements. Without movements relentlessly pressuring them to do the right thing, politicians of both US major parties—especially at the crucial national and state levels—will remain their bought-off pro-corporate warmongering selves, and powerful corporate media will provide them propaganda cover. US media providing propaganda cover for politicians doing the  wrong thing has been “a thing” almost forever, especially in foreign policy, where we’ve persistently done the  murderous  wrong thing in distant lands most Americans know or care little about. Among almost countless instances, the Vietnam and Iraq wars spring powerfully to mind. Our government lied, our media spread their lies, and our government mass-murdered, while We the People helped foot the bill with our taxes. Bu...

Anti-authoritarians (which Chomsky has said is the basis of being an anarchist) wonder why people don’t rise up against the corruption, inequities, stupidities, and cruelties of our society. Bruce E Levine, a self-defined dissident psychologist, has some answers, and counsels clients and readers alike on how to deal with an authoritarian society and its attempts to marginalize anti-authoritarians, who are regularly scorned, shunned, financially punished, psychopathologized, criminalized, and assassinated.” Here’s an excerpt from his latest book, Resisting Illegitimate Authority: A Thinking Person's Guide to Being an Anti-Authoritarian―Strategies, Tools, and Models. More of his articles can be found at http://brucelevine.net/category/bruce-levine-articles/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In this excerpt from Resisting Illegitimate Authority , Bruce E. Levine surveys the means by which conventional schooling punishes anti-authoritarian impulses and primes children for confor...

"On Feb. 2,  a staunch coalition of activists in Austin demonstrated their support for the Venezuelan people and the Bolivarian Revolution against the U.S.-backed right-wing coup now being attempted there. Members of the Austin branch of Workers World Party were joined in solidarity with activists from the Party for Socialism and Liberation, Democratic Socialists of America, Communist Party USA, Austin Anti-War Coalition, EcoSocialists and several independents. The demonstration, lasting roughly two hours, received many excited honks of support from the working-class people of southeast Austin who were out running errands before  the next day’s Super Bowl festivities.  Many pedestrians also stopped to ask questions about the demonstration and current situation in Venezuela, with several inquiring about how they could become involved. Flyers with WWP’s statement about the coup were given out to nearly 100 people, who asked for additional information while waiting f...

This is a great little primer on what people like Mike Pence, a heartbeat or resignation away from Leader of the Free World status, think about Jews and no doubt most all of yous. Great writing as usual from Floyd, who can bring the message as only one raised among the Evangelicals can. So if you ever wondered exactly what the difference is between a fundamentalist Christian and a Nazi, read on. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There has been much throwing about of brains on the subject of anti-Semitism lately. But in the ceaseless and almost entirely cynical media-political imbroglio that has followed the “Benjamins” tweet of Rep. Ilhan Omar, I’ve seen nothing said about perhaps the most intense and thoroughgoing form of anti-Semitism in America today: an anti-Semitism that is not only prevalent but dominant in the halls of power at the moment. This virulent anti-Semitism — which in at least one respect surpasses that of the Nazis themselves — is passionately embraced by mil...