‘The Work of Maxim Gorky’ by Moissaye J. Olgin from New Masses. Vol. 8 No. 4. November, 1932.

Moissaye Olgin was a chronicler of Russian revolutionary literature, introducing U.S. audiences to many novelists and poets. Olgin knew the work of Maxim Gorky as well as anyone, writing a number of works on the great Russian writer. Here he pens an introduction to Gorky on the 40th anniversary of his literary career for the New Masses. ‘The Work of Maxim Gorky’ by Moissaye J. Olgin from New Masses. Vol. 8 No. 4. November, 1932. He started his literary work when the proletariat of Russia was just beginning to stir;…

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IMF Pushes World’s Poorest Countries Into “Starvation Diet” as Debt Burdens Spiral

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank began their annual meetings in the Moroccan city of Marrakesh on October 9. Finance ministers and central bank governors from 190 countries are in attendance, with the meetings likely to address the prevailing economic crisis. The meetings will wrap up on October 15. Since 2020, successive economic shocks have led to the loss of $3.6 trillion of the global output, stated IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva in a speech on October 5, meant to kick off the series of meetings. Georgieva’s speech…

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Long live the Palestinian Insurrection, long live the Third Intifada! Down with the state of Israel!

10/10/2023 La Marx International On October 7, 2023, Palestinian fighters, armed youth and self-organized militias, began an offensive operation against Israel’s occupation, penetrating the Beit Hanoun border crossing, the Zikim base and the headquarters in Reim . This action is part of the 3rd Palestinian Intifada that began on May 6, 2021, which now took a leap when militants from various Palestinian organizations and Hamas decided to begin recovering the territories occupied by Israel by adopting the strategy of urban guerrilla warfare. Groups of fighters began tearing down the walls and barbed wire fences surrounding Gaza with bulldozers, cutting holes in the cables,…

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SA BDS Coalition: South African Day of Action in Solidarity with Palestinian Resistance to Apartheid and Colonialism: Wednesday 11th October

8 October 2023 The SA BDS Coalition along with South African activists, trade unions and civil society will be taking actions on Wednesday to demonstrate our support for the Palestine people in their struggle for justice, equality, the right to resist and achieve liberation from Israeli settler colonialism and apartheid and the right of all Palestinians to return to their land. Wednesday 11th October Johannesburg 16h30 Picket outside US Consulate, 1 Sandton Drive, Sandringham, Sandton Cape Town: 15h00 Picket outside Israel Centre 87 Hatfield Street, Cape Town Hendrik Verwoerd, the…

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Heroic Palestinian Resistance Fights Israeli Apartheid Terror

For more than 75 years, Palestinians have suffered. Israel today epitomises an illegal occupation, illegal colonial practices and illegal apartheid practices. Under these conditions, international law gives the occupied people the right to resist that occupation. The Palestinian Solidarity Campaign thus recognises the operation today by the Palestinian resistance in Gaza as a legitimate expression of their right to resist. We support all efforts of oppressed people to liberate themselves from their oppressors in the same way we did in our liberation struggle. Over the past seven decades, Israel has…

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