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Climate chaos and capitalism

Posted on September 17, 2012 by franklindmitryev

From the new September-October 2012 issue of News & Letters: Climate chaos and capitalism Climate chaos takes an ever increasing toll. In this year of extremes: the sea ice in the Arctic Ocean is at a record low; July was … Continue reading →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged Barack Obama, Beijing, British Columbia, capitalism, climate change, climate change deniers, climate chaos, Coal Export Action, Current sea level rise, Earth Summit, Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline, environment, First Nations Canada, floods, fossil fuels, global warming, green economy, Helena Montana, Keystone Pipeline, Mitt Romney, Oil sands, Philippines, Rio de Janeiro, Rio+20, Stewart Phillip, Sustainable development, Tar Sands Blockade, Texas, TransCanada Corporation, Tropical Storm Sendong, Tropical Storm Washi, Typhoon Sendong, Typhoon Washi, Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs, wildfires, world food crisis | Leave a comment

Widening labor and peasant revolts threaten Chinese rulers

Posted on January 30, 2012 by franklindmitryev

Lead article in the new January-February 2012 issue of News & Letters: Widening labor and peasant revolts threaten Chinese rulers by Bob McGuire Open rebellion in the village of Wukan in December revealed the forced land seizures that have underpinned … Continue reading →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged All-China Federation of Trade Unions, Arab spring, Barack Obama, Bashar al-Assad, Beijing, capitalist economic crisis, Chengdu Steel, China, China Labour Watch, Communist Party, democracy wall, Deng Xiaoping, Guangdong, Guangzhou Aries Auto Parts, Hailiang Storage Products, Hitachi, Hu Jintao, Hu Yaobang, Jasmine revolution, Jiang Zemin, Karl Marx, Kim Jong-il, Kim Jong-Un, labor, land seizures, LG Display, Mao Zedong, North Korea, Occupy UC-Davis, peasant revolt, production for production's sake, Shenzhen, state capitalism, Syria, Tiananmen Square, Uyghur, Wen Jiabao, Western Digital, workers, Wukan, Xinjiang, Xue Jinbo, Zhu Mingguo | Leave a comment

World in View: China’s migrant revolt

Posted on July 30, 2011 by franklindmitryev

From the new July-August 2011 issue of News & Letters: World in View China’s migrant revolt Thousands of migrant workers exploded onto the streets in the industrial suburb of Zengcheng in Guangdong province and vented their rage for a week. … Continue reading →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged Beijing, China, Guangdong, Inner Mongolia, Migrant worker, Sichuan, Tibet, Tsinghua University, Uighurs, Xinjiang, Zengcheng | Leave a comment

World in View: China clamps down

Posted on May 26, 2011 by franklindmitryev

From the new issue of NEWS & LETTERS, May-June 2011: World in View: China clamps down State security forces in China have widened their crackdown on public dissent begun Feb. 17 after online calls for a “jasmine revolution” in China … Continue reading →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged 2010–2011 Tunisian protests, Ai Qing, Ai Weiwei, Beijing, China, Egypt, Jasmine revolution, labor, Mao Zedong, repression, Tunisia, Uyghurs, workers, Xinjiang | 1 Comment

Tag Archives: Beijing

Climate chaos and capitalism

Widening labor and peasant revolts threaten Chinese rulers

World in View: China’s migrant revolt

World in View: China clamps down

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