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02 Dec

Worker participation in the EU

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Worker participation in the EU Meet the experts behind the new and improved worker-participation.eu website 11 December 2024, 14:00-15:30, Zoom Worker participation in the EU Meet the experts behind the new and improved worker-participation.eu website 11 December 2024, 14:00-15:30, Zoom The ETUI is pleased to present its overhauled worker-participation.eu website. A unique resource for practitioners, academics, policymakers and journalists, the website provides accurate and easily accessible information, data and commentary on the different forms of worker participation and industrial relations across Europe. Informing and consulting workers on changes and developments in the workplace is a fundamental right in the EU. With…

02 Dec

Agrarian Crisis in the Age of Inequality

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Critical Agrarian Studies - Seminar 10 (2024): Discussion with Palagummi Sainath As part of the Critical Agrarian Studies seminar series, the Social Scientists' Association (SSA) is pleased to invite you to its tenth seminar for 2024 titled 'Agrarian Crisis in the Age of Inequality'by Palagummi Sainath on Wednesday, 4th December 2024 from 5.00 pm - 6.30 pm at the SSA Office, No. 380/86, Sarana Road, Colombo 7. Palagummi Sainath is the Founder Editor of the People’s Archive of Rural India (PARI). He was honoured in 2007 with the Ramon Magsaysay Award, “for his passionate commitment as a journalist to restore the rural poor to India’s consciousness, moving…

24 Nov

The New Rulers Of The World

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Originally From: https://johnpilger.com/the-new-rulers-of-the-world/ An analysis of a new global economy run by government backed multinational companies who are further widening the gulf between the rich and the poor. “A small group of powerful individuals are now richer than most of the population of Africa. Just 200 giant corporations dominate a quarter of the world’s economic activity… The famous brands of almost everything from running shoes to baby clothes are now made in very poor countries with cheap labour, at times bordering on a form of slave labour.” Globalisation had become a topical subject by the time The New Rulers of…

09 Nov

Fears and Hopes in a World of Turmoil

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Originally From: https://lsforum.lankanet.org/is-sri-lanka-experiencing-a-passive-revolution/ 4 November 2024 The liberal order supposedly built since World War II and claims of international promotion of human rights now stand fully exposed with the West’s unconditional support for Israel’s wars and heinous crimes in the Middle East Today, I mark my one hundred and fiftieth Red Notes column. As I started writing this column, I reflected on if and how I should continue on this twice-a-month weekend preoccupation. If it were cricket, at a century and a half, I would have to consider if the pitch is changing and the light is fading, and how…

08 Nov

We Don’t Want Our Islands to Be Used to Kill People: The Forty-Fifth Newsletter (2024)

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Originally From: https://thetricontinental.org/newsletterissue/pacific-islands-resistance/ Across the Pacific, Indigenous communities lead a growing wave of sovereignty against ongoing legacies of Western colonialism in the region, from the assault on Māori rights in Aotearoa to the US and French military presence in wider Oceania. 7 November 2024 Dear friends, Greetings from the desk of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. For the past few weeks I have been on the road in Aotearoa (New Zealand) and Australia at the invitation of groups such as Te Kuaka, Red Ant, and the Communist Party of Australia. Both countries were shaped by British colonialism, marked by the…

07 Nov

Is Sri Lanka experiencing a “passive revolution”?

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Wilfred Silva Antonio Gramsci’s concept of “passive revolution” refers to a process of social, political, or economic change that is driven from above—by the ruling classes or the state—rather than through active and direct popular movements or revolutionary uprisings. Unlike traditional revolutions where the masses take control and overthrow the existing power structure, passive revolutions are characterized by gradual transformations that maintain the basic structure of power while incorporating some changes to accommodate new social or political realities. Key features of Gramsci’s concept of passive revolution include: Top-down Reform: Changes are initiated by elites or the state to prevent revolutionary…

17 Oct

Capitalism Hits Home: Whole Societies Can Be In Denial, Ours Certainly Is…

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The American Empire is Falling. That truth which is recognized throughout the rest of the world and in U.S. financial circles, is denied across America. However, the evidence cannot be denied. Where the denial expresses itself most is in “Spirit Level Afflictions”. Glaring economic and social inequality, distrust between people, addiction, mental illness, lowered life expectancy, birth rate decline, suicide, homicide, imprisonment rates, and much more. All signs of a society in deep turmoil. List to Dr. Harriet Fraad discuss these issues and more right now here! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o03piEvtnN4

17 Oct

How to Do a Conjunctural Analysis: The Forty-Second Newsletter (2024)

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Originally posted : https://thetricontinental.org Unlike mainstream media, which all too often distorts the truth and lies by omission – as we see with reporting on Palestine, where the death toll has reached 114,000 – conjunctural analyses help us understand the deeper forces at play and provide political and social movements with the materials to intervene to shape the future. 17 October 2024 Dear friends, Greetings from the desk of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. Reading legacy Western media – which dominates the world information order – is painful. During the genocidal war against Palestinians, for instance, these media outlets (such…

15 Oct

Karl Marx’s “Capital: Critique of Political Economy”

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Karl Marx’s “Capital: Critique of Political Economy” (often referred to simply as “Capital”) is a foundational text in Marxist theory and economic critique. Here are five key lessons from the book: 1. Labour Theory of Value: Marx argues that the value of a commodity is determined by the amount of socially necessary labour time required to produce it. This theory critiques the classical economic view that value is derived from utility or market demand. 2. Surplus Value: A central concept in Marx’s work is surplus value, which is the difference between the value produced by labour and the wages paid…

11 Oct

They Now Know What Real Bombing Means: The Forty-First Newsletter (2024)

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Ayman Baalbaki (Lebanon), Untitled, 2020. Dear friends, Greetings from the desk of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. On 1 October, US Representative Michael McCaul, the chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee issued a statement urging US President Joe Biden to ‘place maximum pressure on Iran and its proxies, rather than pressure Israel for a ceasefire. We need to expedite arms transfers to Israel that this administration has delayed for months, including 2,000-pound bombs, to ensure Israel has all the tools to deter these threats’. McCaul’s belligerent call came days after Israel used over eighty US-made 2,000-pound bombs and other…