Environment How workers can fight the climate catastrophe By Benny Schaft posted on August 13, 2026 The ruling class has no solutions to environmental problems, workers will need to organise, writes Rebecca Givan There is a social force that has the power to resist climate change—the organised working class (Picture:...
Read MoreBillionaire CEO of Canada’s Shopify demands abolition of right to vote for broad sections of the population James Clayton Tobias Lütke [Photo by Union Eleven / CC BY-SA 3.0] Social media comments by Tobias Lütke, the right-wing CEO of the Canadian online shopping site Shopify, in which the multi-billionaire attacks...
Read MoreSocial crime in the Calumet region: Blackouts in Gary, Indiana, extend into second week Kristina Betinis On August 11, a derecho swept across northern Illinois and northwest Indiana, producing hurricane-strength winds and eight confirmed tornadoes. A peak gust of 99 miles per hour was recorded at Gary/Chicago International Airport. Downed...
Read MoreThe US bond market crisis and the coming eruption of class struggle Tom Hall This Sept. 18, 2019 photo shows the U.S. Treasury Department building viewed from the Washington Monument in Washington. [AP Photo/Patrick Semansky] The U.S. Treasury Department intervened this week to contain a selloff in long-term government debt,...
Read MoreThe 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),...
Read MoreOligarchy, 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...
Read MoreBiographical fabrications and institutional failure facilitate a savage right-wing campaign Chris Marsden Jason Arday [Photo by ConiferousForest19 / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 4.0] On August 5, Jason Arday resigned as Professor of Sociology at the University of Cambridge, after a witch-hunt set in motion by far-right forces. He told...
Read MoreSalzburg Festival sacks its acclaimed director for refusing to blacklist Russian artists Verena Nees 17 August 2026 This year’s Salzburg Festival runs until the end of August. The world’s most important festival of classical music and the performing arts was founded over 100 years ago by theatre director Max Reinhardt...
Read MoreNew reactionary Trump measures to intensify trade war Nick Beams 17 August 2026 The Trump administration is seeking to open a new front in its global trade war by accusing a wide range of countries of participating in schemes to allow Chinese goods into the US at a lower rate...
Read MoreWhat 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...
Read More‘Permanent War,’ said the July 2026 NATO Summit in Ankara By Manuel Raposo (guest author) posted on August 15, 2026 Lisbon, Portugal Raposo is an editor of the Portuguese language Marxist web magazine Mudar de Vida (Change of Life) — jornalmudardevida.net — where this article was published on Aug. 9, 2026. Translation:...
Read MoreIran: war without end as the imperialists refuse to accept defeat The reopening of the Yemen front and attempts to link Ukraine to the middle-east war show clearly that escalation not peace is Washington’s aim. A Nvidia office building in Santa Clara, Calif., May 31, 2023. Jeff Chiu [AP Photo/Jeff...
Read MoreThree executions in a single day in America: Far more than a scheduling coincidence Kate Randall Three men were put to death in the United States on Thursday, August 13, the first time since January 7, 2010 that three executions were carried out in a single day. Tennessee and Oklahoma...
Read MoreBernie Sanders’ AI letter: A bankrupt appeal to the oligarchs Joseph Kishore Senator Bernie Sanders (Independent-Vermont) speaks during a campaign rally for Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, Monday, July 20, 2026, in Minneapolis. [AP Photo/Ellen Schmidt] On August 10, Senator Bernie Sanders sent a...
Read MoreWhat is Black August to the Black comrade By Benny Schaft posted on August 13, 2026 A Nvidia office building in Santa Clara, Calif., May 31, 2023. Jeff Chiu [AP Photo/Jeff Chiu] “What I do feel is the urge to resist, resist and never stop resisting or even think of...
Read MoreNvidia and Wall Street propose “exotic” money line to continue AI boom Nick Beams The longer the AI-fuelled stock market boom continues, the more new and risky schemes are developed to try to sustain it. The AI boom has already seen the growth of circular financing in which companies provide...
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