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Review: “Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland”
A Glimpse at the Perpetrators of Genocide When we think about the various atrocities of history, something in our nature wants us to think of the perpetrators as being different from normal people. We envision brutes and sadists; stereotypical villains with no moral sensibility who indulge in killing like depraved beasts, killing the innocent for…
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The Creative Nature of Marxist Science
Marxist philosophy is a creative, developing science and not a parcel of immutable, petrified principles taken on trust. It does not stand still, but moves forward, keeping abreast of the continuously changing life and is daily enriched by the latest achievements in society’s historical development and in natural science. Marxist philosophy arose at a time…
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Review: “Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army”
Slog through the murky depths of scandal, controversy, and murder in Jeremy Scahill’s chilling account of Blackwater Worldwide’s ascension to prominence as the world’s most powerful private military company (PMC). Jeremy Scahill earns his keep as an accomplished investigative journalist by shedding light on some of the inner workings of Blackwater, refreshing perspectives on Blackwater’s…
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Society’s Love Affair with Gangsters
In modern Western politics, especially American politics, it has become cliche to attack so-called “gangsta rap” in public. Indeed, like Clinton before him, Barack Obama also had to publicly attack a rapper to please the sensibilities of white America. Naturally, during these bizarre public condemnation rituals, two things go unmentioned. The first is the fact…
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Close the School of the Americas: Nov. 19 – 21, 2010
Join us in Georgia from November 19-21 to remember the victims and to celebrate the resistance! Thirty years have passed since Maryknoll missioners Maura Clark, Jean Donovan, Ita Ford, and Dorothy Kazel were brutally killed by graduates of the SOA in El Salvador. They are four among thousands of victims and survivors of the ongoing…
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The Partisanship of Marxist Science
Bourgeois philosophers often claim that their philosophy is non-partisan and expresses the interests of all peoples regardless of their class affiliations. But why is it that their conceptions are always on the side of the capitalists, defend private property and justify exploitation and war? It turns out that the assertions of bourgeois philosophers that they…
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Rand Paul & the Mid-Term Elections 2010: Much Lost, Nothing Gained
Resurgence of the Right Republicans made gains nationally in the 2010 Midterm elections as the Democrats lost their majority in the House of Representatives but retained the Senate. The Democratic Party holds 188 seats in the House and 53 in the Senate, while the Republican Party now holds 239 seats in the House and 46…
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Review: Naomi Klein’s “The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism”
The Theory of “Shock Therapy” Every once in a while, a book comes along that sets the liberals on fire. The Shock Doctrine: the Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein is one such book. This volume has been hawked by such national liberal pundits as Ed Schultz, Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow. There has…
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United States 2010 Spying Budget Revealed: $80 Billion
On October 28th, the 2010 public report of the United States intelligence budget was released. “The official figures for the entire 2010 cost is $80 billion, with $27 billion in military budgets and $53 billion spread around the CIA and other groups” (1). The government has never released figures on its intelligence and spying budget…
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Drone Strikes in Pakistan Kill Majority Civilian Populace
In October, drone strikes increased in Pakistan. The US is the only country in the region known to possess drones, however officials do not usually comment on suspected drone attacks. NATO convoys into Afghanistan were halted after officials named NATO helicopters as responsible for the deaths of three Pakistani soldiers. An official in the Pakistani…
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