Old Power, New Power, Reform versus Revolution
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One of the key battles in the history of our movement was the battle over reform versus revolution. Should we work for change in gradual, legal ways or should we fight for …
A First World revolutionary social base?
Are there any groups in the First World with revolutionary potential at all?
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…“Dear Leading Light,
Are there any groups in the First World with revolutionary potential at all? I understand that most First World workers possess none. Are
The Slum within the Global Countryside
The Slum within the Global Countryside: Reflections inspired by Mike Davis’ Planet of Slums
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…“The brutal tectonics of neoliberal globalization since 1978 are analogous to the catastrophic process that shaped a ‘Third World’ in the first place, during the
Book review part 2 of 2 of Teresa Hayter’s The Creation of World Poverty
Book review part 2 of 2 of Teresa Hayter’s The Creation of World Poverty
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Teresa Hayter’s The Creation of World Poverty was first published in 1981 as a response to the World Bank’s Brandt Report. Even today, decades after …
Book review part 1 of 2 of Teresa Hayter’s The Creation of World Poverty
Book review part 1 of 2 of Teresa Hayter’s The Creation of World Poverty 
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The most glaring fact about our world today is the tremendous gap between the wealthy countries and the poor countries. This division of global society …
Equality and Global Alignments
Equality and Global Alignments
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by Prairie Fire
…“To tell the workers in the handful of rich countries where life is easier, thanks to imperialist pillage, that they must be afraid of ‘too great’ impoverishment, is counter-revolutionary. It is the
New world, new challenges, new science
New world, new challenges, new science
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In 1965, as wars of liberation waged around the world, Lin Biao wrote of the great divide between the global city versus the global countryside, the rich countries versus the poor countries, the …
Comments on the evolution of empire
Comments on the evolution of empire
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Empire is constantly evolving to thwart the people’s movement. Imperialism has changed significantly since its beginning. The period of traditional colonialism during which the imperial powers literally occupied colonial lands mostly came to …
Less work for the same pay
Less work for the same pay
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An experiment is afoot in First World, in social-democratic Sweden: less work, same pay:
…“Gothenburg, Sweden’s second largest city, will begin its experiment with six-hour working days this summer, hopefully proving that the
Comments on Labor Theory of Value, Productive Labor, Method, Orthodoxy, MIM
Comments on Labor Theory of Value, Productive Labor, Method, Orthodoxy, MIM
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The following discussion is taken from our discussion on mass line, lumpen organizing in the First World, etc. (1) The comments are slightly edited:
…“2001 MIM Congress: Again