Quintana: Latin America to Experience Phase II of the Cold War

‘Quintana says that “gringo policy” towards Latin America will put in motion a “witch hunt in the region” in which Washington will say, ‘Either they’re with the West, NATO and the US, or they’re against us.’ Within this context, governments that opt for neutrality in the conflict will be put in the category of pro-RussiaContinue reading “Quintana: Latin America to Experience Phase II of the Cold War”

The Rate of Exploitation: The Case of the iPhone

“Our second Notebook analyses the contemporary production process that results in Apple’s iPhone. We move from a look at the iPhone’s production to the inner workings of profit and exploitation. We are interested not only in Apple and the iPhone, but more particularly in the Marxist analysis of the rate of exploitation at play inContinue reading “The Rate of Exploitation: The Case of the iPhone”

Quote of the Day – March 25

“Because it not just in one place or in one way that capitalism oppresses. It oppresses you if you’re a woman. It oppresses you if you’re a white-collar worker. It oppresses if you’re a blue-collar worker. It oppresses if you’re a campesino. It oppresses if you if you’re a young person. It oppresses you ifContinue reading “Quote of the Day – March 25”

Quote of the Day – March 24

“The dichotomy between the spiritual and the political is false, resulting from an incomplete attention to our erotic knowledge. A bridge which connects the spiritual and the political is formed by the erotic. The sensual, those physical, emotional, psychic expressions of what is deepest and strongest and richest within each one of us, being shared.Continue reading “Quote of the Day – March 24”

Quote of the Day – March 23

“The use of words, the way words are used, the way language is used and turned around so that he (Reagan) can go on national television and say, ‘well I’ve decided we won’t call it an invasion anymore, we’ll call it a rescue.’ Right? And smile and wait for…and the newspapers begin to pick thisContinue reading “Quote of the Day – March 23”