Recent demonstrations show little sign of abating, a month after the death of a young woman in policy custody.
Source: Who is leading the protests in Iran? Your questions answered – BBC News
Recent demonstrations show little sign of abating, a month after the death of a young woman in policy custody.
Source: Who is leading the protests in Iran? Your questions answered – BBC News
Mainstream media, the U.S. government, and some otherwise well-intentioned progressives have latched onto the demonstrations in Cuban cities this past weekend as evidence of the Cuban government’s supposed economic mismanagement and political repression.
Source: Source of Cuba’s suffering is in Washington, not Havana – People’s World
“The video that came out of Kenosha is absolutely horrific. I don’t understand how people can watch it and not be here.”
These are not revolutionary activities or even a political movement. Capitalist colonisation has been internalised to such a saturating degree that demonstrations are, in the neoliberal era, designed to be toothless and non-threatening in regard to the structures of capitalist power. Conversely, a strike translates to stopping the flow of capital — otherwise it amounts to enabling business as usual.