A starting point for socialists is to understand the psychology – the consciousness and the mood – of the working class and to understand the forces at work that shape that psychology. How […]
Some Thoughts on World Perspectives
“At Our Own Peril”
“At Our Own Peril: DoD Risk Assessment in a Post-Primacy World.” That is the title of a study published by the US Army War College’s Strategic Studies Institute. It is an update of […]
World War or World Socialist Revolution?
The world situation is much worse than the liberals and some socialists think. We saw this through a recent meeting of the socialist “Peace and Freedom Party” featuring a speaker who is […]
Donald Trump and the World Capitalist Crisis
Throughout the world, the Trump forces are gathering steam. In Britain, in a fit of national chauvinism and anti-immigrant sentiment, the majority if Brits voted to leave the European Union (“Brexit”) in […]
Debating an apologist for Putin/Assad
Yesterday (Dec. 17), we had a chance to debate with an apologist for Putin/Assad (and Iran’s Rouhani and their client, Hezbollah) on WRFU’s World Labor Hour. (Hear it here, starting at about 60 […]
Odessa, again: “What Really Happened”
This site has published a couple of reports on the slaughter in Odessa. The first one saying that it was basically a fascist attack on protesters. There was another report which sharply criticized both […]
Ukraine: Can West Get Situation Under Control?
Here is a phone call between theUkrainian former Prime Minister Tymoshenko and former Defense Minister Nestor Sufrych. Whether it was Russia or the West that intercepted this phone call is not clear. […]
Ukraine, Syria and Power Politics
map of gas pipelines running through Ukraine The British newspaper the Guardian recently reported on how Corporate America has been intervening in Ukraine ever since the days of the Bush administration. They have […]
Anti war protest in Moscow
Meanwhile, in Moscow, anti war protesters are arrested.
Obama statement on Ukraine
The White House has issued a statement on the Russian troop invasion of Crimea. Here, in part, is what they said along with a translation: White House statement: President Obama spoke for 90 […]