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Capitalism Hits Home: Whole Societies Can Be In Denial, Ours Certainly Is…
The American Empire is Falling. That truth which is recognized throughout the rest of the world and in U.S. financial circles, is denied across America. However, the evidence cannot be denied. Where the denial expresses itself most is in “Spirit Level Afflictions”. Glaring economic and social inequality, distrust between people, addiction, mental illness, lowered life expectancy, birth rate decline, suicide, homicide, imprisonment rates, and much more. All signs of a society in deep turmoil. List to Dr. Harriet Fraad discuss these issues and more right now here!
How to Do a Conjunctural Analysis: The Forty-Second Newsletter (2024)
Originally posted : https://thetricontinental.org Unlike mainstream media, which all too often distorts the truth and lies by omission – as we see with reporting on Palestine, where the death toll has reached 114,000 – conjunctural analyses help us understand the deeper forces at play and provide political and social movements with the materials to intervene to shape the future. 17 October 2024 Dear friends, Greetings from the desk of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. Reading legacy Western media – which dominates the world information order – is painful. During the…
Karl Marx’s “Capital: Critique of Political Economy”
Karl Marx’s “Capital: Critique of Political Economy” (often referred to simply as “Capital”) is a foundational text in Marxist theory and economic critique. Here are five key lessons from the book: 1. Labor Theory of Value: Marx argues that the value of a commodity is determined by the amount of socially necessary labor time required to produce it. This theory critiques the classical economic view that value is derived from utility or market demand. 2. Surplus Value: A central concept in Marx’s work is surplus value, which is the difference…
STOP ISRAEL’S GENOCIDAL VIOLENCE
MASS PROTEST IN SUPPORT OF PALESTINE.
Working Class of World Come United to observe 2024 Foundation Day on 3rd October. The World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) was founded on 3rd October 1945 in Paris. The WFTU Celebrates its Foundation Day every year as the International Day of Action.
The WFTU is a Trade Union Organization that advocates for the rights of workers worldwide. The WFTU’s Goals include: 1)Against USA sposerd Warmonger Israel’s War on Palestine, 2) Global Warming due to Usage of Fossil Fuels and Climate Change, 3) Fighting against war and its causes, 4) Working for a stable peace Improving working and living conditions, 5) Achieving better wages, 6) Reducing working hours, 7) Providing universal access to healthcare, education, and social security 8) Creating a safe and healthy work and living environment. The WFTU works with national…
They Now Know What Real Bombing Means: The Forty-First Newsletter (2024)
Ayman Baalbaki (Lebanon), Untitled, 2020. Dear friends, Greetings from the desk of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. On 1 October, US Representative Michael McCaul, the chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee issued a statement urging US President Joe Biden to ‘place maximum pressure on Iran and its proxies, rather than pressure Israel for a ceasefire. We need to expedite arms transfers to Israel that this administration has delayed for months, including 2,000-pound bombs, to ensure Israel has all the tools to deter these threats’. McCaul’s belligerent call came days…
Long live the dockers’ strike in the United States!!
By Simon Gallagher – La Marx USA Tens of thousands of dockworkers are launching a strike on the U.S. East and Gulf Coasts, joining Boeing workers in a rising wave of strikes rocking the country. Tens of thousands of dockworkers from Maine to Houston in Texas went on strike Tuesday at 12:01 a.m. ET in their first strike across the East Coast since 1977. Workers are fighting back against low and stagnant wages, demanding a 70% wage increase over six years. Long live the struggle of the port workers!! At…
The Israeli invasion of Gaza & Lebranon Stand against
