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If capitalism is not to lead us to our doom, there is no alternative to thinking about alternative social models. Our economic system is not having problems, it is the problem. Capitalism endangers life on earth and threatens to destroy everything. Even if it does not come to the worst, the outlook is more than bleak. We need an alternative....

Union bureaucrats on the Executive Board at CCSF AFT 2121 in San Francisco voted to reject a resolution calling for equal pay for equal work. The union bureaucracy who spend their time supporting Democratic Party politicians have refused to launch any campaign against the exploitation of adjuncts who are used as cheap labor by not just CCSF but other community colleges, state colleges and UC. This would mean fighting the Democrats and the billionaires who really run California. They also re...

Heterodox, alternative theory formation. is unavoidable simply because today's monetary policy cannot explain the lack of inflation in the face of massive excess liquidity. Trump's claim "we're ripped off by every country" is patently ridiculous since the US dollar has been the global currency for the last century....

Mass deportation of undocumented farm workers, as promised, will devastate California agriculture....

Video and communique linked below - The night of December 8th, we attacked Maersk's Emeryville office because they are merchants of death. They ship military cargo for the Zionist entity to use in their genocide of Palestinians. This includes parts for the F-35 jets bombing Gaza right now. We did this autonomously, in solidarity with the Palestinian resistance....

Thousands of people across Greece joined a general strike and mass protests, demanding action against high living expenses, restrictions on union organizing, and excessive military spending...

The winner of ROAPE’s Ruth First Prize, awarded annually for the best article published by an African author, is Dr James Musonda. His 2023 article, “He who laughs last laughs the loudest: the 2021 donchi-kubeba (don’t tell) elections in Zambia”, is available to read here....

A trendy Oakland restaurant is trying to cover up the reason for its shut-down: abuse & exploitation of employees....

Without awareness of and trust in his own self, a person is disconnected from both himself and his environment, according to Fromm. He believes neither in what he is nor in what surrounds him. Where there was once interest, love and solidarity, there now reigns the desire “to have, to possess and to rule the world, and thus to become a slave to one's own possessions”....

Capital concentration and mass impoverishment are among the mega-trends of the era, as are the despair and political weariness of millions. The unemployed and the “working poor” are among the steadily growing “occupational groups”; the psychosocial health of an entire nation is at an all-time low. How long can this go on?...