Tag: imperialism
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Left March!
For the Red Marines: 1918 By Vladimir Mayakovsky Rally the ranks into a march!Now’s no time to quibble or browse there.Silence, you orators!Youhave the floor,Comrade Mauser.Enough of living by lawsthat Adam and Eve have left.Hustle old history’s horse.LEFT!LEFT!LEFT! Ahoy, blue jackets!Cross the sky-moats!Beyond the oceans!Unlessyour battleships on the roadsblunted their keels’ fighting keenness!Baring the teeth…
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Malthusianism: The Tactic of Saving a Dying System.
Many people, especially in the post-COVID era, are reacting to what are called “degrowth” policies, particularly those associated with the so-called “green agenda”. Whether it is Port Talbot shutting down two of its blast furnaces, cutting 2,500 jobs at least, to “reduce emissions” or the restrictive law on farms, particularly in the Netherlands and Germany…
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Imperialism, the Crisis Deepens – Reasons for a qualified optimism
“Monopolies, oligarchy, the striving for domination and not for freedom, the exploitation of an increasing number of small or weak nations by a handful of the richest or most powerful nations — all these have given birth to those distinctive characteristics of imperialism which compel us to define it as parasitic or decaying capitalism.” Vladimir…
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A Clear Signal
One of the more banal norms of the modern day is the WhatsApp group. A convenient tool for friendship circles, hobbies or even workspaces, it allows people to speak en masse and share information in real time. Ever since the early internet, discussion forums and message boards have been a mainstay of communication. Now, with…
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Imperialist Wars: Vietnam.
Imperialism. The Vietnam War was not fought for democracy, nor was it waged to protect the Vietnamese people. It was a war driven by numbers—statistics of bodies, bombs, and bullets—all in service of a U.S. ruling class desperate to crush a socialist movement that threatened their global dominance. In the brilliant, but harrowing, book by…
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Carragher and AFCON
The most recent liberal uproar is over Jamie Carragher’s comments about the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) following Liverpool’s emphatic win over Manchester City on Sky Sports. His comments came while discussing the exciting form of Mohamed Salah and how it wouldn’t be hindered by a ‘major’ international cup competition. It was pointed out afterwards…
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Two Decades and $90 Billion US Dollars Later
Dissecting the Afghan Militaries Total Collapse. Repost from MintPressNews In February, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) published an extensive investigation into the spectacular collapse of the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces’ (ANDSF), which the U.S. spent two decades and $90 billion building. In common with previous SIGAR reports, it offers a remarkably uncompromising, no-punches-pulled…
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Divided We Beg
Sharon Graham Grovels To Starmer (Yet Again) The recent comments by Unite General Secretary Sharon Graham, begging Keir Starmer to expand military production, shows yet again the limitations of trade unionism and the true role of the union leaders in Britain today. The likes of Graham sell themselves on the idea that they are either…
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It’s official: British Army facing extinction
In the UK the war in Ukraine “has raised serious questions regarding the preparedness of government, society and the defence industrial base to support conventional warfighting at scale,” according to the bombshell report which went largely unnoticed. Reposted with thanks from Kit Klarenberg. This article explores the decline of the British armed forces. We wanted…
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