International Workers’ Day needs a soft reboot to make a comeback
While International Workers’ day used to be an important part of the workers movement all over the world, this is no longer the case in many places where...
Kill are Peemies- How the Post-Left ‘Got Got’
Adolph Reed caused a minor uproar recently with an off-hand comment about one of his fellow theorists, Angela Nagle: she ‘got got’ by the reactionary side for writing...
Frankenstein’s Monster in Brazil- A Rant on Culture
The media here is terrible. On broadcast TV, the old and awful auditory shows seem to have given way to the far more worse genre of crime reporting:...
Kung Fu Yoga- China and India on a Collison Course?
When Chinese president Xi Jinping visited Ahmedabad, the state capital of Indian state Gujarat, in September 2014 there was expectation of newfound cooperation between the China and India....
Burma’s Democracy Façade Has Broken – Coup Or Not, Ethnic People...
From Karen News:
It’s taken 10 years for the veneer to finally fall off Burma’s military-backed democracy. The military’s made its intentions clear in the early hours of Monday...
Is the UK a Managed Democracy?
'Managed Democracy' is a term usually used to refer to the variously oligarchic post-Soviet eastern European govts that have sprung up in the wake of vast privatisation, and...
The Dispossessed of Sudan and Global Capitalism
The story of the modern state of Sudan isn't too different from that of other African countries born out of the pores of the old, bloated corpses of...
Runescape, Marxism, and Video Game Economies
The Labour Theory of Value- explained via Runescape.
On the subreddit of oldschool RuneScape (OSRS), there was a discussion going on about the value of certain items. A user...
Moderate Rebels say the Tatmadaw are the good guys!? is this...
I’ve followed the Moderate Rebels podcast for years now and it’s generally been a breath of fresh air when it comes to geopolitics. The hosts, Max Blumenthal and...
Straw Bricks- PMC Aren’t to Blame for Singapore’s Docile Working Class
"Nothing more than socialites masquerading as socialists"
Veteran Singaporean socialist Poh Soo Kai recalled that in his university days someone had brushed him off with this line. The insult...