The new Bolivia continues to advance with Evo Morales

by Joaquín Rivery Tur

Granma | October 18, 2017

President Evo Morales has served the country for 11 years, despite fierce opposition from the local oligarchy and the U.S. Photo: ABI

Over a decade ago, when the government of Evo Morales took office in Bolivia, only 40,000 Bolivians received gas at home. Today, 3.5 million have access to the service where they live.

The nationalization of the hydrocarbon industry in 2006 resulted in economic progress for Bolivia. It allowed the country to multiply national gas export revenues from two billion dollars in 2005, to 31.5 billion dollars in 2016.

China experiencing a Latin American boom

by  Iramsy Peraza Forte

Granma | October 13, 2017

Photo: Peraza Forte, Iramsy

BEIJING.– Since Latin America and the Caribbean became an especially attractive area for China, the country has not spared any effort to understand our continent’s culture and learn its language.

The boom underway in Chinese-Latin American ties since 2000, thanks to the expansion of political dialogue and strong economic relations, has led many Chinese to develop an interest in the region.

Soros-Study: Why White Working-Class Voters Support Trump?

A Journal of People report

A recently-released study looks into the reasons the U.S. white working-class voters strongly supported Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election.

Three researchers from three universities authored the study “White Working-Class Views on Belonging, Change, Identity and Immigration.”

Open Society Foundations, a network of political organizations controlled by billionaire George Soros, funded the study.

Vote: Communist Party collapses in CZECH REPUBLIC

Morning Star | October 23, 2017

CZECH REPUBLIC: The Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSCM) promised a “comprehensive analysis” yesterday after its collapse in the weekend’s elections.

The Great October Revolution

by Farooque Chowdhury

Countercurrents.org | October 06, 2017

The Great October Revolution in Russia changed the world forever. Since November 7, 1917, a century, the world has ceased to be the same: the world is no more under absolute control of the world capital all the time, the world can’t be absolutely dictated by the world imperialism all the time, the world can’t be compelled to carry the yoke of exploitation all the time, remnants of old order don’t feel assured of its existence any more.

The Bolshevik Revolution and the legacy of anti-imperialism

by John Maerhofer

MR Online | October 20, 2017

If there is to be revolution, there must be a revolutionary party. Without a revolutionary party, without a party built on the Marxist-Leninist revolutionary theory and in the Marxist-Leninist revolutionary style, it is impossible to lead the working class and the broad masses of the people in defeating imperialism and its running dogs.

—Mao Tse-Tung, “Revolutionary Forces of the World Unite, Fight Against Imperialist Aggression!” (1948)

It is a new society that we must create, with the help of all our brother slaves, a society rich with all the productive power of modern times, warm with all the fraternity of olden days”. For some examples showing that this is possible, we can look to the Soviet Union.

—Aimé Césaire, Discourse on Colonialism (1950)

So many important lessons about the legacy of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution are distorted in capitalist educational institutions. One significant fact that is routinely excluded (or misrepresented) is the extent to which the Revolution galvanized anticolonial movements across Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Millions of workers were inspired to fight back against their colonial oppressors, and to utilize the tools provided by Marxist-Leninism to amplify anti-imperialist struggle. While the fight was well under way in many parts of the globe, 1917 marked a turning point for anti-colonial movements. It signaled to millions of workers not only that it was possible to end capitalist imperialism, but that it was necessary to destroy the system completely by simultaneously building towards socialism.

How to End Crony Capitalism

by Robert Reich

RobertReich.org | October 22, 2017

Republicans may be taking more big money, but both parties have been raking it in. And that leaves the rest of us to drown.

The largest corporations and richest people in America – who donated billions of dollars to Republican candidates the House and Senate in the 2106 election – appear on the way to getting what they paid for: a giant tax cut.

The New York Times reports that business groups are meeting frequently with key Republicans in order to shape the tax bill, whose details remain secret.

Speed and secrecy are critical. The quicker Republicans get this done, and without hearings, the less likely will the rest of the country discover how much it will cost in foregone Medicaid and Medicare or ballooning budget deficits.

Indigenous People Lead Global Divestment Protest of Banks’ Investment in Fossil Fuels as Banks Discuss Equator Principles

Mazaska Talks | October 23, 2017

SEATTLE – Today 91 banks will meet at the annual meeting of the Equator Principles Association (EPA) in Sao Paulo, Brazil. At this time, the indigenous-led divestment campaign, Mazaska Talks, is leading a global 3-day protest known as #DivestTheGlobe. On Monday, there will be actions in at least 44 cities in the United States and Canada. On Tuesday and Wednesday, there will be actions in Africa, Europe and Asia.

Ugandans resist land grabbing and US-backed dictatorship

An interview with activist Phil Wilmot

by Ann Garrison

Pambazuka News | October 19, 2017

Reuters

Eighty-four percent of the population of Uganda are rural subsistence farmers. They are resisting both rampant land grabbing and US ally General Yoweri Museveni’s attempt to rule for life. Ann Garrison spoke to Phil Wilmot, an American-born activist who now lives in rural Uganda.

Ann Garrison: Could you tell us how you came to live in northern Uganda?

Phil Wilmot: In 2009, I started studying at Uganda Christian University and I fell in love with another student there, Suzan Abong, who is now my wife Suzan Abong Wilmot, and she comes from northern Uganda. We got married and settled in Lira, a major town in Lango region, and had two children. I not only became an in-law in the community but also adopted its traditional way of sustaining life. We farm the typical crops you find in Lango like groundnuts, simsim, fruits, sweet potatoes, etc.

India: After The POSCO Withdrawal Govt of Odisha Handing Over Land To JSW Steel

 by Prashant Paikray

Countercurrents.org | October 21, 2017

As you know that the continuous peaceful resistance of our people forced the POSCO to exit finally. However, we came to learn from the media that the government of Odisha is planning to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to hand over our land to another company named JSW Steel Limited. JSW Steel Limited is a part of the Sajjan Jindal controlled JSW Group.