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Profit Versus Survival: Denying Climate Change
Global warming first came to wide public attention in the late 1980s. A crucial turning point was the presentation that climate scientist James Hansen made to Congress in 1988. At that time a large majority of Americans proved receptive to the idea of climate change. A poll conducted in 1992 showed 88% of respondents believing …
Book Review: Charles Windsor, Harmony
The Prince of Wales [Charles Windsor], Harmony: A New Way of Looking at the World.With Tony Juniper and Ian Skelly. HarperCollins Publishers Inc., 2010 This book is about climate change and, more broadly, the need to restore a harmonious relationship between humanity and nature. It was written, with a certain amount of help from two prominent environmentalists, …
Calhoun Correctional Institution: A Gladiator School
Calhoun Correctional Institution is one of fifty major prisons operated by the Florida Department of Corrections, the state’s largest agency. It is in Blountstown, Calhoun County in the Florida panhandle. The warden is Mr. Heath Holland. Calhoun CI has capacity for 1,350 men. A man who was there from 2009 to 2014 says that the …
Ukraine — The War Escalates
In recent days the war in Ukraine has escalated. The situation now is more alarming than ever. Hostilities are no longer confined to Ukrainian territory. There have been Ukrainian attacks on a number of targets inside Russia. British defense secretary Ben Wallace says it is legitimate for Ukraine to target Russian logistics even outside Ukrainian …
1877: A Legacy To Celebrate
Workers’ struggles fill many of the forgotten pages of American history. The great labor uprising of 1877 is a case in point.
Politicians: Public Face of the Capitalist Class
Who do politicians represent? What is their place and function in our society? How does this affect the way they talk to us?
Black Wednesday
Some of my 2020 highlights so far have been: wage cuts all spring (but too little to have been eligible for unemployment benefits), having to cancel a short tour my twin, Roméo, had booked, being stuck in my room more often (which I was shocked to find out was physically possible), and wearing a facemask …
“When the Looting Starts, the Shooting Starts”
Who and what do the police protect? Three articles on the Black Lives Matter movement from the July 2020 issue of The Socialist Standard
William Morris and the Treasures of Early Socialism
What is the point of studying the history of early socialism? The understanding of what “socialism” itself means has changed radically in the subsequent years.
