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Ukraine and the Class Struggle

Ukraine and the Class Struggle

Posted by | Feb 9, 2022 | |

Sun, Feb 13, 2022; 10:30am-12:30pm

Bourgeois ideologists have been successful in obscuring the class basis of various international conflicts. Too few on the Left actively counter those narratives. We will discuss the consequences of this failure for the struggle for working-class power, using Ukraine as a kind of case study. Attendees are invited and urged to bring their insights and knowledge to the discussion. Richard Fallenbaum, a member of ICSS will make a brief introduction..

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THE KILLER’S HENCHMAN, Capitalism and the Covid-19 Disaster – Stephen Gowans – Sunday, Feb 6 2022 – 10:30 AM Pacific Time

THE KILLER’S HENCHMAN, Capitalism and the Covid-19 Disaster – Stephen Gowans – Sunday, Feb 6 2022 – 10:30 AM Pacific Time

Posted by | Feb 6, 2022 | |

Stephen Gowans investigates why, when all the tools to avert a catastrophe were available, the world failed to prevent the Covid-19 disaster. He examines the business opportunities and pressures that helped shape the world’s failed response. His conclusion: the novel coronavirus, a killer, had a helper in bringing about the calamity: capitalism, the killer’s henchman.

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