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Transcription of an interview reprinted from Democracy Now, February 1, 2024. Accessed online at https://shorturl.at/kFMTY The U.S. continues to launch airstrikes on Yemen in response to the campaign of missile and drone attacks on commercial ships along key global trade routes through the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden led by Ansar Allah, also knownContinueContinue reading ““The Houthis Are Not Iranian Proxies”: Helen Lackner on the History & Politics of Yemen’s Ansar Allah”

(International Law) Hand pushing scale out of balance. Unequal Concept. Vector illustration By Perry Anderson [Reprinted from New Left Review 143, September-October 2023. ] In 1929 Lucien Febvre offered the first systematic reflection on the evolution of the meanings of the term ‘civilization’, from singular ideal, which he dated to the third quarter of theContinueContinue reading “The Standard of Civilization”

ni Sonny Melencio TUWING may mauupong bagong kinatawan ng naghaharing uri sa bansa, ang pagbabago ng Konstitusyon ay lagi nang kinahihibangang adyenda. Mula kay FVR, Estrada, Macapagal-Arroyo, at Duterte – liban lang sa anak ni Cory na si Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III – ito ay lagi nang obsesyon nila. Parang isang monumento na kailangang tibaginContinueContinue reading “ANG BAGONG PAKANA NA ISALAKSAK ANG ‘CHA-CHA’ SA PAMAMAGITAN NG PEOPLE’S INITIATIVE”

Sana’a Yemen. People mobilizing against US-UK attacks. Posting from Free Palestine. By Malik Miah and Barry Sheppard Joe Biden said he would do it. For weeks Yemen’s Houthi-led government has been hitting commercial shipping to and from Israel in the Red Sea, in solidarity with the people of Gaza. Israel’s Eilat Port has seen anContinueContinue reading “Biden’s Launches Wider Middle East War for Israel”

SONNY MELENCIO* ‘Capitalism cannot solve global warming and the destruction of the ecosystem as these are brought about by the operations of the system itself’ [This was written during the COP27 Conference. There will be a COP28 Conference in November this year to be held in Dubai.] COP27 (the 27th Conference of the Parties on ClimateContinueContinue reading “ECOSOCIALISM: ALTERNATIVE TO CAPITALIST ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS”

  By Reihana Mohideen Notes of a presentation at the PLM Webinar, November 18, 2023 It’s clear that the Israeli state and government aim to drive out the Palestinian people from Gaza  – a second Al Nakba. We are witnessing a program of ethnic cleansing – mass murder and driving Palestinians out of Gaza. BabiesContinueContinue reading “The Rise of International Anti-War Movements in Solidarity with Palestine & Against Israeli-U.S. Occupation”

Ang Laban ng Masa, isang malawak na koalisyon ng mga progresibong organisasyon at indibidwal na may tunguhing sosyalista, ay nikikiisa sa Oriang sa kanyang mga panawagan at pagkilos sa Araw ng Kababaihan sa ika-8 ng Marso. Sa aming “Sosyalistang Manipesto sa Pilipinas Matapos ang Covid-19”, na inilahad sa kasagsagan ng pandemya at sa kabit-kabit naContinueContinue reading “MENSAHE ng LABAN ng MASA bilang Pakikiisa sa ORIANG sa Araw ng Kababaihan 2021”

Marso 8, 2021 Isang taon na ang pandemyang dulot ng COVID. At kasabay nito ang krisis pang-ekonomiya sa pagtirik ng produksyon at kalakal sa buong daigdig dahil sa pangkalahatang lockdown. Samantala, nangyari ang lahat ng ito sa harap ng naririyan nang krisis sa klima na nananalasa na sa buong daigdig dala ng patuloy  na pagtaas ngContinueContinue reading “PAGKILOS SA ARAW NG KABABAIHAN”

A SOCIALIST FEMINISM FOR OUR TIMES By Reihana Mohideen, Partido Lakas ng Masa (PLM) — International A KEY TASK ahead of the militant women’s movement and feminists today is to frame and promote a socialist feminist alternative linked to our immediate struggles. There is an active, strong and militant women’s movement in the Philippine. ToContinueContinue reading “A SOCIALIST FEMINISM FOR OUR TIMES”

Presentation at the Webinar on SONA & THE POLITICAL SITUATION: SOCIALIST ANALYSIS By Sonny Melencio, Chair, PLM (Partido Lakas ng Masa) A. STRATEGY OF THE DUTERTE REGIME 1. President Rodrigo Duterte’s penultimate Sona on July 27 did not even touch on the main concern of the people, i.e., the direction and trajectory of the government’sContinueContinue reading “THEIR STRATEGY AND OUR STRATEGY”