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Uuriintuya Dagvasambuu (Mongolia), Floating in the Wind, 2023. Dear friends, Greetings from the desk of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. In 1919, Winston Churchill wrote, ‘I am strongly in favour of using poisoned gas against uncivilised tribes’. Churchill, grappling at the time with the Kurdish rebellion in northern Iraq as Britain’s secretary of state for war and air, argued that such use of gas ‘would spread a lively terror and yet would leave no serious permanent effects on most of those affected’. Gas warfare had first been employed by France in August 1914 (during World War I) using tear gas, followed by Germany with the use of chlorine in April 1915 and phosgene (which enters the lungs and causes suffocation) in December 1915. In 1918, the man who developed...

Media Statement 28 October 2024 South Africa has filed its Memorial to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) today, 28 October 2024, in its case on the Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa vs. Israel). In accordance with the Rules of Court, the Memorial may not be made public. The filing of this memorial takes place at a time when Israel is intensifying the killing of civilians in Gaza and now seems intent to follow a similar path of destruction in Lebanon. The action taken by South Africa since December 2023, culminating in the filing of this Memorial has generated overwhelming national and international interest. The Memorial – the name for the document recording the main case of South Afric...

8/10/2024Publication: CWAOAuthor: Suliman Rajah by comrade Suliman Rajah "In the shadow of the factoryUnder a sugar-coated skyThe scent of Mister Sweet fills the airBut there's a bitter cryThey work their hands to the boneFor a pittance and a crumbWhile the bosses sip on profitsThe workers' hearts grow numb.Candy smiles on postersBut the truth is not so neatBehind every shiny wrapperThere's a struggle in the streetSweet turns to bitterWhen justice is deniedWe stand with the workers We're right by their sideFor R19 500They march with pride" Category: MULTIMEDIA | DISPUTES Source by - www.cwao.org.za/news-article.asp?ID=493

1917. The Bolsheviks in Power by Alexander Rabinowitch “The fundamental question of why the Bolsheviks were able to win is not easy to answer” Among the merits of the American historian Rabinowitch is that of restoring the 1917 insurrection to its concrete, human and political dimension, as well as recounting with a free pen the mobilizations that led the Bolsheviks to overthrow the Kerensky government. Obviously, one should not underestimate the weight played in the affair by Lenin personally, but this book also shows how the Bolshevik Party, far from being a monolithic entity, was instead crossed at every level by contradictions and bitter internal debates. Its various territorial garrisons in fact enjoyed great autonomy of action, even on apparently divergent slogans. It was th...

Congratulations to the Artists across the World for their contribution to the society & right to express on International Artist Day on October 25. Art as a creative human expression encapsulates myriad things. It portrays the beauty of life or a bitter reality. It records history, revolutions, rebellions, and sometimes is a means to escape them. In short, there is no history or culture without art. This day celebrates all forms of art — paintings, sculpture, photography, architecture, music, and more. Through this celebration we show our respect for the passion and creativity in all artists. As art provide you with a medium of speech let us also see the work of those artists who study, research and criticize artists to showcase their art of words.

Since October last year, invading Israeli troops have inflicted massive and disproportionate casualties on the people of Gaza. Over 40,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza and the West Bank. By late April 2024, Israeli troops had dropped more than 70,000 tonnes of bombs on Gaza, leaving behind an obliterated landscape where more than 50% of structures had been damaged or destroyed. Numerous statements and reports issued by the UN and by member states have accused Israel of grave and systemic violations of international law and crimes against humanity. Not only has Israel’s conduct far exceeded the bounds of military necessity, there is much reason to believe that such conduct is in fact intentional—carried out in accordance with Israel’s“Dahiya strategy”, which seeks to shatter the wi...

By Daniel Campos On August 5, 2024, one of the largest stock market collapses in the world in the history of capitalism took place. But the most important thing was not the dimension of the collapse, but its significance. The significance of the collapse is that the world economy is heading towards stagflation, a horrific combination of recession and inflation on a global scale, a prospect that appears on the horizon of the world capitalist system. The collapse of August 5 is the product of the fear that this prospect of global stagflation provokes in the capitalists. Bailouts and financial rescue will not be able to prevent capitalism from entering this phase in the midst of the crisis that has dragged on for more than 20 years. The data that caused the collapse of August 5 were: 1)...

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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 between the value produced by labor and the wages paid to laborers. Marx contends that this surplus value is extracted by capitalists and is the source of profit in a capitalist system. 3. Capital Accumulation: Marx examines how capital accumul...