socialism
China: 70 years of building socialism in the People’s Republic
October 1, 2019Though the era of Mao may be long over and his legacy at least selectively repudiated, the revolution in China continues.
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For 28th consecutive year, Cuba prepares to indict U.S. blockade at United Nations
September 25, 2019The sequence of a Cuban report, a vote at the U.N., and a few news reports is repetitive enough to be dismissed as routine business. But there’s nothing commonplace about the U.S. blockade.
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Save the planet or save capitalism; we can’t do both
September 20, 2019Overproduction, over-consumption, waste, greed, and inequality - they're all necessary for capitalism to survive; but the survival of capitalism is not compatible with the survival of life on this planet.
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Cuban reform: Overcoming the separation of economics and politics
September 18, 2019The term “economism” has been used since Lenin’s time to characterize a situation of political prerogatives losing out to economic ones and of the resulting trouble for the working class. Cuba's reform process faces the same...
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“We are the future”: Thoughts from a young Communist
September 17, 2019Why must we wait to assimilate into the system before our voices are allowed to be heard? The truth, of course, is that we don’t.
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