Congo Is Not Poor. It Is Robbed. How China and US turned Congos wealth into someone else’s profit. Hüseyin Dogru Jul 02, 2026 Today is the birthday of Patrice Lumumba, the Congo’s first democratically elected leader, killed within seven months of taking office with the help of Belgium and the...
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How the CIA Couped the Congo and killed Lumumba
How the CIA Couped the Congo and killed Lumumba Hüseyin Dogru Sep 14, 2026 Today in 1960, the CIA orchestrated a coup against today’s DR Congo’s democratically elected leader. After Belgian-occupied Congo gained independence from Belgium in 1960, Patrice Lumumba became the country’s first prime minister. 75 years of Belgian...
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From the Declaration of Independence to the Third American Revolution Tom Mackaman 14 September 2026 We are publishing here the report to the Ninth Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (US) given by Tom Mackaman. The Congress was held from August 2–7, 2026. This report introduced the sixth resolution, “From...
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USA votes against entire world, opposing equal representation of Africa, as it pushes to revive colonialism The US was the only country to oppose a UN resolution replacing a colonial world map from year 1569, which misrepresents Africa’s size. This is part of the Trump admin’s attempt to revive colonialism....
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Satluj: Glorifying a Selective Activist While Whitewashing Khalistani Terror By Manu Kant Honey Trehan’s Satluj (formerly Punjab ’95), released uncut on ZEE5 in early July 2026 before its swift removal in India, presents itself as a courageous exposé of state violence through the story of Jaswant Singh Khalra. Starring Diljit...
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Jaswant Singh Khalra: Satluj, Sikhism and the Erasure of Class and History By Manu Kant Honey Trehan’s Satluj, inspired by the life and work of human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra, has stirred strong reactions in Punjab. Withdrawn from ZEE5 shortly after its release, it is now being screened in...
Read MoreAs capitalist crisis deepens, US House again votes to condemn socialism
As capitalist crisis deepens, US House again votes to condemn socialism Patrick Martin House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, left, and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, walk in Washington on January 9, 2025. [AP Photo/Jeenah Moon] For the third time in four years, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives has...
Read MoreHundreds of workers trapped in flooded tunnels, as Nepal deaths near 1,000
Hundreds of workers trapped in flooded tunnels, as Nepal deaths near 1,000 Kevin Reed People stand on remnants of a bridge which spanned across Trishuli river and was washed away in flash floods, in Dhading District, Nepal, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026. [AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha] Hundreds of workers remain trapped in...
Read MoreThe Roman Space Telescope: The power of science and the bankruptcy of capitalism
Perspective The Roman Space Telescope: The power of science and the bankruptcy of capitalism Bryan Dyne The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, launched at dawn on Sunday from Kennedy Space Center, is now well on its way to its final orbit about 1 million miles from Earth. The observatory’s solar...
Read MoreThe drive to dictatorship and the political radicalization in the United States
The drive to dictatorship and the political radicalization in the United States Socialist Equality Party (US) We are publishing here “The drive to dictatorship and the political radicalization in the United States,” the second of six resolutions adopted unanimously by the Ninth National Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (US),...
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Oligarchy, dictatorship and the political radicalization of the American working class Joseph Kishore We are publishing here the report to the Ninth Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (US) given by Joseph Kishore, the national secretary of the SEP. The Congress was held from August 2 to August 7, 2026. This...
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What is Black August to the Black comrade Film: How The Last Stage (1948) helps us understand the Nazi holocaust It is not enough to mourn the victims; one must understand the social and historical forces that produced the imperialist crime. http://youtube.com/watch?v=fICDGxse0M8&t=2s The following introduction (see video above) was...
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What makes Marxism scientific? – a scientific enquiry
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The global rebellion of youth and workers and the war frenzy of the ruling class
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