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Exploring the Chinese Revolution Today

Helena Shaheen

For decades, China was there in the distance. Transforming itself many times over, even as the rest of the world was transforming itself, as I too was transforming myself, it radiated a myriad of meanings over the decades.

From Marx to Mao – And After: V

Could the Rightist Coup have been prevented?

Ray Nunes

Overdoing Adulation

Of course, by this time a steadily growing anti-Mao campaign was underway, ostensibly to destroy the ‘cult’ that had grown up, which virtually accorded Mao divine status, in reality to prepare the ground for major policy reversals.

Remembrance

The Death and Life of Che

John J Simon

By the time Ernesto Che Guevara (1928-67) was executed on October 8, 1967 in La Higuera, Bolivia by soldiers under the direction of an agent of the Central Intelligence Agency, he had become a kind of ideological “fetish” for his Washington adversaries.

Marx and the Asiatic Mode of Production – III

Asiatic Society’s basic features

Rashed Rahman

There are three basic features in Marx’s conception of Asiatic society. First, there is no private ownership of land (critics would modify this to say instead: only peripheral private ownership).

Marx and the Asiatic Mode of Production – II

Rashed Rahman

Marx and Engels say: “History does nothing, it possesses no immense wealth”, it “wages no battles. It is man, real living man that does all that, that possesses and fights; ‘history’ is not a person apart, using man as a means for its own particular aims; history is nothing but the activity of man pursuing his aims.”

On Bearing Witness

Samer Attar, M.D.

Why should we bear witness to others’ suffering, knowing that it may scar our minds or stain our conscience? In part, it’s because when we meet someone in distress or read in the news about victims of a bomb, a flood, or an illness, they’re all us.

How long can China play the “rare earths card”?

Arnaud Bertrand

This is probably the most important geopolitical question in the world right now: for how long can China play the “rare earths card”?

Journalists Face Arrest, Torture; Journalists in Exile at Risk of Forced Return

Afghanistan: Taliban Tramples Media Freedom

The Taliban have gutted Afghanistan’s media since taking control of the country in August 2021, Human Rights Watch (HRW) says. They have subjected the remaining news outlets to surveillance and censorship, and punished journalists and other media workers for any perceived criticism.

Seven Theses on the Gen Z Uprisings in the Global South

Vijay Prashad

Gen Z-led uprisings across the Global South point to long-term socioeconomic and environmental crises caused by neoliberalism.

Israel after Fordow

Susan Watkins

In a matter of months, Israel has struck at four states, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Iran, exploiting its present aerial supremacy over the region.