Mois : novembre 2015

The Politics of the Right and the Dilemmas of the Left

Published on The Bullet, Socialist Project’s E-Bulletin No. 1183 (first on 2016 Socialist Register), by the 2016 Socialist Register, Nov 6, 2015.

The Preface to the 2016 Socialist Register, The Politics of the Right, includes the following paragraphs: “There is a great strategic importance in a sober analysis of the strength of new right today, and the impasse of the left emerges here as a central concern. In confronting almost everywhere different permutations of right wing populism gaining further ground in this phase of neoliberalism, and the increasing state authoritarianism seen in new modes of surveillance and policing, we need to recognize the complicity of liberal and social democratic political agents in this. Both this and the limited political capacities of the radical left have provide space for the rise of the right and the new authoritarianism in the current conjuncture … // Continuer la lecture de « The Politics of the Right and the Dilemmas of the Left »

Mass Mobilization To Stop The TPP Announced As Text Is Released

… for immediate release – Published on Dissident Voice, by Kevin Zeese, Nov 5, 2015.

A mass mobilization (Flush the TPP, stopp the Global Corporate Coup) in Washington, DC from November 14 to 18 has been announced to begin the next stage of the campaign to stop the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). The TPP was made public 10 days from the actions. Continuer la lecture de « Mass Mobilization To Stop The TPP Announced As Text Is Released »

Distortion, Fabrication, and Falsification in the Financial Press

… Western Mainstream Extremism – Published on Dissident Voice, by James Petras, Nov 3, 2015.

With the collapse of the Communist countries in the 1990s and their conversion to capitalism, followed by the advent of neo-liberal regimes throughout most of Latin America, Asia, Europe, and North America, the imperial regimes in the US and EU have established a new political spectrum, in which the standards of acceptability narrowed and the definition of adversaries expanded … // Continuer la lecture de « Distortion, Fabrication, and Falsification in the Financial Press »