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Tag Archives: Kashmir
Capitalism’s violence, masses’ revolt show need for total view
The world today is riven between the creativity of masses in revolt and the violent degeneracy of counter-revolution, whose destructiveness even extends to the revived specter of nuclear war two decades after the collapse of the USSR. Such is the degeneracy of the globalized capitalist system, laden with destructive forces and sunk into structural crisis. The deep crisis is seen in the U.S. and abroad, economically, in unemployment and poverty, homelessness and hunger. It is seen politically, in new laws attacking workers and women, and new outbursts of racism. It is seen environmentally, with the advance of climate disruption and fake capitalistic solutions. It is seen in thought, as the lack of philosophy, of a total view, hampers the development of struggles from the U.S. to the revolutions of the Arab Spring facing counter-revolutions. Continue reading
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Tagged alienated labor, amazon.com, Apple, automation, Bulgaria, Capital accumulation, China, Congressional Robotics Caucus, Cyprus, Eurozone economic crisis, Foxconn, Fukushima, Greece, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, John Kerry, Karl Marx, Kashmir, Korean War, Lawrence Summers, Martin Ford, Mechanical Turk, microtasking, militarism, Non-Proliferation Treaty, North Korea, Nuclear power, nuclear war, nuclear weapons, Pakistan, pivot to Asia, Portugal, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, structural economic crisis of capitalism, The Philippines, Unemployment, world food crisis, World War II
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News and Letters Committees Call for Plenum 2013
You can find this on the News and Letters website. OFFICIAL CALL FOR PLENUM to Work Out Marxist-Humanist Perspectives for 2013-2014 February 24, 2013 To All Members of News and Letters Committees Dear Friends: The world today is riven between … Continue reading
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Tagged African Americans, Al Nusra, American Civilization on Trial, Arab spring, Bashar al-Assad, Black history, climate change, Cold War, counter-revolution, Crossroads of History: Marxist-Humanist Writings on the Middle East, democracy, Egypt, global warming, India, Iran, Iranian Revolution of 1979, Iraq war, Karl Marx, Kashmir, Mali, Marxist-Humanism, Mohamed Morsi, Muammar Qaddafi, negation of the negation, News and Letters Committees, North Korea, nuclear weapons, Occupy Movement, Occupy Wall Street, Pakistan, patriarchy, philosophy of revolution, racism, Raya Dunayevskaya, revolution in permanence, sexism, Shinzo Abe, Spanish Revolution, state capitalism, structural economic crisis of capitalism, Syria, Tahrir Squares, Taliban, Voting Rights Act, War in Afghanistan (2001–present), war on terror, women's liberation movement
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Rape protests in India
From the new January-February 2013 issue of News & Letters: Woman as Reason Rape protests in India by Terry Moon The recent rape of a 23-year-old medical student in India was brutal: a metal rod was jammed with such force … Continue reading
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Tagged Arab spring, Canada, criminal injustice system, Delhi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, feminism, India, Kashmir, Nepal, New Delhi, patriarchy, Police brutality, Rape, rape culture, Salma El Tarzi, sexism, Singapore, slutwalk, Tahrir Square, women's liberation
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Kashmiri youths ‘go for freedom’
From the Nov.-Dec. 2010 issue of News & Letters: World in View: Kashmiri youths ‘go for freedom’ by Gerry Emmett Something new is happening in Kashmir. In August, thousands of Kashmiris took to the streets shouting “Azadi”–freedom! Previously, Pakistan was … Continue reading
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Tagged Asia, independence, India, Indian Armed Forces, Jammu & Kashmir, Kashmir, Kashmiri, Kashmiri people, Pakistan, repression, South Asia, United States, youth
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