ROGER BOYD—In Gramscian terms, the ruling class is attempting to both regain control of the dominant narrative and to further restrict the ability of alternative cultural hegemonic projects to develop or even criticize the dominant narrative. When we may very well be on the cusp of widening conflicts in multiple theatres (Russia, Middle East, China), driven by US and US vassal and proxy actions, this makes absolute sense from the point of the ruling class. At the same time the dominant liberal element of the ruling class is still fighting the insurgent Trump element, which is also reflected in the censorship being carried out.
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EDITOR—After a historically brief postwar period when the working class (especially in Europe) could enjoy a more tolerable standard of living thanks to the adoption of social democracy out of fear for the Soviet example— better wages, unemployment cushions, healthcare, free education, etc.—the inexorable capitalist crisis is forcing a shrinking of the “goodies” with which the ruling class bought the passivity of the masses. This is inherent in capitalism which, due to its internal dynamic always goes from boom to bust, a problem now magnified with the extension of capitalism to global dimensions under US imperialism.
Thus, the working class today in practically all capitalist countries is feeling the pain of living under totally non-representative increasingly tyrannical oligarchies and fake democracies, a situation aggravated by a decadent set of blatantly hypocritical “civilised values” (i.e., the rise of “WOKE imperialism”), and the grotesque lies implicit in the pretend fight for human rights and against anti-semitism, that serve to muzzle free speech, protect Israel from retribution for its multitude of heinous crimes, and facilitate the deletion of democratic norms.
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EDITOR—Jill Stein promises to stop Israel’s genocide on day one as president-elect.
No other candidate dares to make such a promise.
Dr. Jill Stein – 2024 Presidential Candidate: I’m running for president with the Green Party to offer a choice for the people outside the failed two-party system. We’ll put a pro-worker, anti-war, climate action agenda front and center in this election and on the ballot in November. -
My dear friend and senior contributing editor to this publication, Paul Edwards, has just alerted me to Tom Feeley’s struggle to stay alive. For those in the genuinely progressive, anti-imperialist community, who, for some reason, never heard of Tom, let me just put it simply: Tom Feeley is editor at Information Clearing House, which he correctly describes as, “A fiercely, independent source of news and information.” Yes, ICH is a key link in the ridiculously thin line of grotesquely underfunded websites still devoted to truth, truth when it matters most. ICH is a massive archive of genuine independent leftist analysis, and an invaluable tool in the contest with the forces working to impose an Orwellian world of fake democracy, constant war, widespread oppression and exploitation, and capitalogenic ecocide. Indeed, ICH would not be around without Tom’s unwavering dedication. This is why Paul’s fraternal words resonate so much in this quarter:
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EDITOR—Garland and Laith analyse how Israel’s depraved attack on Palestinians is now generating a “long war of attrition” whereby the “Axis of Resistance”—Hezbollah, Syria, Iran, Hamas, Iraq, and Yemen’s Houthis, among others—may emerge as the victor, with a possible dissolution of Zionist Israel itself as incompatible with regional and universal values, and ultimately unsustainable from a military, diplomatic, political and economic perspective.
