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Understanding The Yellow Vests Movement and Its Stakes From an Ecological Perspective

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By Black Ouioui, a French DGR sympathizer / Image: Norbu Gyachung, CC BY 4.0 The yellow vests movement has been struggling for six month now. Half a year. This is a record-breaking movement in France by its length. Commentators no longer refer to the May 1968 movement, but go back to several democratic protests that … Continue reading Understanding The Yellow Vests Movement and Its Stakes From an Ecological Perspective →
Worker Exploitation

Supreme Court: Repping Capitalists Always

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     by One Struggle At its best, the Supreme Court is meant to make the Constitution adaptable to the changing needs of society. In reality, it is the top tier of a capitalist, bureaucratic ladder that turns human need into semantic arguments for the sake of parceling out freedoms just enough to pacify the … Continue reading Supreme Court: Repping Capitalists Always →
Worker Exploitation

Will the Poor Always Be With Us?

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It’s a familiar story. On his final journey toward Jerusalem, Jesus stops in Bethany to eat at the home of Simon, a leper. A woman enters with an alabaster jar of expensive ointment; she breaks the jar and pours the ointment on his head. Her gesture invokes the fury of some of those present. The ointment was worth a year’s wage, they grumble. It could have been sold, and the money given to the poor. ... Continue reading →
White Supremacy, Worker Exploitation

Trump’s Populist Deceit

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     by Alex Jensen / Local Futures While misogyny, racism, and ethnic taunts were conspicuous signposts on Donald Trump’s path to the White House, much of that road was paved with “populist”, “anti-establishment” and “anti-globalization” rhetoric. Trump’s inaugural address featured numerous populist lines (e.g. “What truly matters is not which party controls our government, but … Continue reading Trump’s Populist Deceit →
Defensive Violence, Noncooperation, Worker Exploitation

Plutocracy: Political Repression in the USA

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Scott Noble of Metanoia Films has released part I of an important video history of class struggle in the US. Combining historic photos and video with reflections drawn from a range of historians, the film covers uprisings and revolts most of us never heard of in our history classes. As Deep Green Resistance emphasizes, a … Continue reading Plutocracy: Political Repression in the USA →
Worker Exploitation, Worker Solidarity

Dominican Republic Cane Cutters & Haitian Garment Workers Meet to Voice Their Own Demands

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By One Struggle On what I earn, I can’t afford shoes… We are poor, poor, poor. There are days we go to bed without food. – Batey worker from the film, “The Price of Sugar” In the sugar plantations or bateyes of Dominican Republic, cane cutters often work barefoot. They can’t afford shoes. They can … Continue reading Dominican Republic Cane Cutters & Haitian Garment Workers Meet to Voice Their Own Demands →
Colonialism & Conquest, Worker Exploitation

Translating the Language of Imperialism

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By One Struggle “That country is poor.” Translation: Your country had bountiful natural resources until we beat the hell out of you and stole everything. “Their government is incompetent. They are unable to govern themselves.” Translation: We invaded you, killed a bunch of you and set the rest at each other’s throats, and installed a dictator who’s helping us steal everything. … Continue reading Translating the Language of Imperialism →
Prostitution, Worker Exploitation

Jonah Mix: On Prostitution, the Left has Taken a Right-Wing Turn

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Last week, Amnesty International moved from being a human rights organization to a men’s rights organization. Delegates from around the world met in Dublin over the weekend at the biennial International Council Meeting to vote on a policy of what they called “decriminalizing sex work.” This terminology is deceitful; what Amnesty International actually voted on … Continue reading Jonah Mix: On Prostitution, the Left has Taken a Right-Wing Turn →
People of Color & Anti-racism, Worker Exploitation

Anti-Racist Rednecks With Guns

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One of the ironies of contemporary politics is the identification of poor whites with the Republican party, even more opposed to working class interests than the Democrat party. Taken to the extreme by the Tea Party, this cooptation takes energy which might challenge the capitalist class structure and redirects it against other poor and working … Continue reading Anti-Racist Rednecks With Guns →