Why are the Summits between China and the US “multiplying” ?

By La Marx International In the last 7 months the “summits” between the United States and China have multiplied. After years without official meetings between the two governments, suddenly in recent months the meetings have become recurring, and frantic. Visits by high-ranking officials of the United States government to China are permanent, or meetings between the governments of China and the US, whether bilateral, as well as at the G20 or Davos world summits. From 7 months ago there was a long Summit of the governments of Joe Biden, and…

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Communal socialism in Venezuela

Venezuelan communes—where productive activities are controlled by a range of community assemblies—are fascinating examples of socialist forces experimenting with the creation of new social forms. Venezuela’s communes are an attempt to address some of the shortcomings of cooperatives and state-owned socialist factories by addressing not just economic production but other social relationships like parenting and gender relations at the grassroots level. Chris Gilbert, author of the forthcoming book Commune or Nothing! Venezuela’s Communal Movement and Its Socialist Project and co-author (with Cira Pascual Marquina) of Venezuela, the Present as Struggle,…

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