Likely Super El Niño will intensify climate change Philip Guelpa Recent satellite data has revealed a large swell of unusually warm water, hundreds of miles wide, has developed in the Pacific Ocean off the west coast of South America. In the past, such a development heralds the emergence of a...

Elon Musk to become the world’s first trillionaire: The case for expropriation Andre Damon @Andre__Damon Elon Musk speaks during a news conference with President Donald Trump, right, as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, from left, and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, listen in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, May...

Is Russia imperialist? – MR Online Erik Schreiber The U.S. and NATO’s increasing encirclement of Russia is a continuation of their prior policy to subjugate and recolonize the Soviet Union. Source: North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Is Russia imperialist? By Stansfield Smith (Posted Jan 02, 2019) Imperialism, WarGlobal, RussiaCommentaryFeatured Russia is said to...

Raphael, the “Prince of Painters,” at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art Erik Schreiber Raphael: Sublime Poetry, through June 28 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City is holding what it describes as the first comprehensive exhibition devoted to Renaissance painter Raffaello...

US Secretary of War again targets China at Shangri-La Dialogue Peter Symonds In a speech last Saturday replete with hypocrisy and falsity, US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth told the annual strategic-military Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore that there was “rightful alarm regarding China’s historic military buildup and the expansion of...

Global sea level rise threatens 77-132 million people with inundation Philip Guelpa As the earth heats up due to the massive, ongoing anthropogenic (human-caused) release of greenhouse gases, the world’s oceans are absorbing a significant amount of that excess heat. Warm water expands, thus raising sea levels. This process is...

Why are art schools disappearing in America? Coleman Prince, Nancy Hanover Across the US, the arts and arts education are under attack. A recent article in Hyperallergic titled “The Death of Art School” pinpoints some of the destructive forces: financialization, ballooning administrative bureaucracies, and ideological hostility—all converging to systematically convert institutions of...

“ A class cannot exist in society without in some degree manifesting a consciousness of itself as a group with common problems, interests and prospects” – Harry Braverman Mental Health and Capitalism The Depressing Nature of Capitalism One of the many and possibly more disturbing facets of decaying moribund capitalism...

Remembering Michael Parenti, outstanding critic of capitalism and imperialism A true working-class intellectual, Parenti never watered down his analysis for the sake of respectability, popularity or a well-paid job. Michael Parenti showed that the choice facing humanity is not between capitalism and some imaginary perfect socialism, but between the actually-existing...

In Depth The peasants’ revolt shook England’s rulers This article is over 16 years, 8 months oldThe 1381 poll tax riots are still inspiring struggles today, writes Matthew Cookson The Climate Camp descended onto Blackheath in south east London last week. Activists chose this piece of common land because of...

Ebola has a deadly connection to the Congo’s mineral wealth By G. Dunkel posted on May 29, 2026 The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has an estimated $24 trillion of untapped mineral wealth, perhaps the highest total in the world. It has 116 million people, is the fourth largest African country by...

The Cockroach Janta Party: Digital Rage Without Class Struggle By Manu Kant The sudden rise of the Cockroach Janta Party after the controversial remarks of Chief Justice Surya Kant is not merely an internet joke. It is a political symptom of deep frustration among India’s educated youth, unemployed graduates and...