Andreas Malm’s ‘Fossil Capital’ unearths the origin of capitalism’s attachment to fossil fuels but finishes with the shallow outlook of ecosocialismBy Roger Annis, A Socialist In Canada, May 15, 2018 Swedish writer Andreas Malm’s 2016 book Fossil Capital: The Rise of Steam Power and the Roots of Global Warming (Verso Books) has earned much deserving …
Israel’s horrific massacre of Palestinians in Gaza on May 14, 2018News and analysis compiled on A Socialist In Canada, May 15 (Nakba Day), 2018 At least 58 Palestinians were killed and more than 2,700 wounded by Israeli gunfire in Gaza on May 14, 2018. Some …
Australian socialists play the ‘blame Russia’ card in Syria while ignoring U.S. and NATO betrayals and crimesBy Roger Annis, A Socialist In Canada, May 12, 2018 ‘Left-wing’ Russia bashing is more and more creating a blind eye to U.S. imperialism’s war agenda The Socialist Alliance of Australia has published a new …
Interview with Roger Annis, discussing Ukraine and SyriaA Socialist In Canada, May 11, 2018 You can listen to a 25-minute interview with Roger Annis, broadcast on ‘Gorilla Radio’ on May 10, 2018, with program host Chris Cook. Listen to the interview here …
Response to open letter ‘A call to defend Rojava’ (Kurdish Syria)The following open letter is published on MR Online (Monthly Review) on May 7, 2018. [You can sign the letter at the weblink provided at MR Online. As of May 11, the letter has been …
Zombie history: Timothy Snyder’s latest book offers bleak vision of the past and presentBook review and essay by Sophie Pinkham, published in The Nation, May 3, 2018 Reviewing: The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America, by Timothy Snyder, Penguin/Random House, March 2018, 368 pp, ISBN 13: 9780525574460 Much …
World news headlines April 2018The following website page contains world news headlines for the month of April 2018, in chronological order. April 2018 Ukraine receives first of its U.S. Javelin missile systems boasts Poroshenko, Reuters, April 30, 2018 Related: …
Ecology newsroll archive, January 2018 to end-June 2018This is an archived newsroll page on A Socialist In Canada, consisting of headlines and weblinks, with occasional news summary and brief analysis, for the indicated months(s) and year. See the current-news ‘Ecology newsroll’ website …
Historic agreement between North and South Korea towards peace and denuclearizationNews compilation and comment on A Socialist In Canada, April 29, 2018 (updated and with postscripts) * Panmunjeom Declaration aims to usher in a new era of peace on the Korean Peninsula, by Lee Je-hoon, …
Syria and chemical weapons: Debating the regime-change war in SyriaBy Roger Annis, A Socialist In Canada, April 24, 2018 (with postscripts) Like the rest of Canada’s corporate media, the state-run CBC is virulently anti-Russia and a constant voice favouring the regime-change war in Syria. …
The revolution which the U.S. raid on Syria launched: No more U.S. air superiority means everyone is on their ownBy John Helmer, published on his website Dances With Bears, April 18, 2018 ‘With a shootdown rate of 69 per cent of the approximately 110 missiles fired by the U.S. and UK against Syria on …
Chemical weapons redux: taking the world to the brink of annihilationBy Rick Sterling, Mint Press News, April 10, 2018 (also published in MR Online, April 11, 2018) Western neoconservatives and hawks are driving the international situation to increase tension and danger. Not content with the …
