WEB Du Bois and the Jefferson School of Social Science Denise Lynn In May 1954, W.E.B. Du Bois wrote a memo in support of his employer, the Jefferson School of Social Science. The Jefferson School was devoted to Marxist education and was [...]
Michael Berkowitz HBO’s Watchmen is a stunning achievement for television. It is an unblinking look at American right-wing populism and racism, through the eyes of lead Black characters in a science fiction comic book superstructure, a genre in [...]
On January 20, after 46 days of continuous strikes, French transport workers went back to their jobs. Their strikes were the longest in recent French history, and the unions were divided on whether or not to continue them. Further strikes and [...]
Country refuses to be held hostage by opposition groups and imperialist intervention On January 5 the members of the National Assembly of Venezuela elected its new leadership, as mandated by the constitution. The new president of the National [...]
A small island in the eastern Mediterranean, at the crossroads of the Middle East and Europe, Cyprus is victim to imperialist antagonisms in the region. It is a situation that has led to 37% of its territory being occupied by Turkey since [...]
“Forward for our Future!” From December 3-6, anti-imperialist youth from around the world gathered in Cyprus for the 20th General Assembly of the World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY). More than 100 young people participated, representing [...]
What's the real story about "outside interference" in Canadian elections? That question is on the minds of political activists these days, but many observers keep looking in the wrong places. My own perspective comes from being a frequent Communist [...]
PV Alberta Bureau The Alberta Legislature will convene on February 25 with a new Speech from the Throne. “At only 12% of the way though our mandate, we’ve delivered on 43% of our commitments to Albertans so far,” tweeted Alberta premier Jason [...]
PV Vancouver Bureau The courts and both the federal and provincial governments continue to back the drive by energy corporations to expand the extraction and export of fossil fuels in British Columbia, but resistance is also rising. Over a [...]
The Normandy Four talks, held in Paris on December 11 between Russia, Germany, France and the Kiev regime of Ukraine, produced not much except more of the same: vague commitments to seek peace, agreements on prisoner exchange and gas supplies, but [...]
