W. T. Whitney Jr.

LATEST ARTICLES BY W. T. Whitney Jr.

• Opinion

  

  Scholars look to fill gaps in Marx’s analysis of capitalism and colonialism

  August 30, 2024 By W. T. Whitney Jr.

  Utsa and Prabhat Patnaik analyze the data Marx didn’t have available to him when writing Capital.

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• Culture

  

  Science and the knowledge economy bolster Cuba’s socialist revolution

  August 16, 2024 By W. T. Whitney Jr.

  Socialism is a prerequisite for science to propel a nation’s economy.

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• U.S.

  

  U.S. research stations in Peru and elsewhere preparing for biowarfare?

  July 31, 2024 By W. T. Whitney Jr.

  Such preparations actually did begin during World War II.

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• Opinion

  

  U.S. imperialism looks to Vietnam experience as it prepares war against China

  July 26, 2024 By W. T. Whitney Jr.

  War is a major component of the U.S. economy. Without wars, the whole military-industrial complex could disappear.

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• Politics

  

  Cuba’s problems multiply, but proposals for what to do are in short supply

  July 19, 2024 By W. T. Whitney Jr.

  Many reform plans dissipate when met with the stern reality that there’s no money in the treasury to carry them out.

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• Labor

  

  Chiquita banana bosses and their hired paramilitaries lose big in court

  June 24, 2024 By W. T. Whitney Jr.

  In Colombia, a popular mobilization carries on against the oligarchy and its politics of paramilitarism.

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• Politics

  

  Daniel Jadue, the Communist mayor of Recoleta in Chile, is victim of ‘lawfare’

  June 6, 2024 By W. T. Whitney Jr.

  Right-wing alleges bribery in attempt to take down popular leader.

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• En español

  

  EEUU organiza una fuerza de ocupación de mayoría negra para la intervención en Haití

  June 4, 2024 By W. T. Whitney Jr.
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