No light, no water and now not very much money...what next for Venezuela?
Submitted by Caiman del Barrio on Jan 31 2010 00:03
A currency devaluation, military expropriations, demonstrations, resignations, TV channel closures, more demonstrations – it’s been an eventful start to 2010 in Venezuela.
Generation Kill, by David Simon & Ed Burns
Submitted by Tom Jennings on Jan 25 2010 16:32
This deadpan account of a US Marine company’s exploits encapsulates for Tom Jennings the baleful banality of the Iraq war.
Donate to libcom.org
Submitted by libcom on Jan 22 2010 00:25
We have finally sorted out our PayPal account, so if you have been thinking about giving us a donation, now it's easy!
Chavez: When red and yellow don't make green
Submitted by Caiman del Barrio on Jan 19 2010 16:24
It may seem like an age ago now in the midst of all the subsequent economic tumult over here, but I wanted to write about Chávez’ recent rhetorical excursion at the emergency Climate Change summit in Copenhagen last month.
Workers' struggles in Asia (January 2010)
Submitted by Spartacus on Jan 16 2010 13:28
Summary and links to news stories of workers' struggles around Asia (exluding mainland China) in the first month of the decade (as of the 16th of January).
Workers' struggles in China (January 2010)
Submitted by Spartacus on Jan 16 2010 10:53
Summaries and links to news reports of workers' struggles around China in the first month of the decade (as of the 16th of January).
Ben Goldacre debunks media claims about the Public Sector "gravy train"
Submitted by Django on Jan 13 2010 18:08
Some of you may have noticed a pair of stories in the Sunday Times and the Telegraph respectively claiming that "public sector pay is racing ahead in the recession".
Top ten most read libcom articles of 2009
Submitted by libcom on Jan 5 2010 11:11
Countdown of the top 10 most popular articles and blog entries on libcom.org in 2009.
The Cinema of John Sayles: Lone Star, by Mark Bould
Submitted by Tom Jennings on Dec 30 2009 07:25
A long overdue study of a rare exampe of a radical film director who is also unashamedly populist.
Top ten tracks of 2009
Submitted by libcom on Dec 29 2009 23:15
libcom.org picks out our best music of 2009.
Top ten music videos of 2009
Submitted by libcom on Dec 29 2009 22:18
libcom.org pick out their best music videos of 2009.
libcom.org now on twitter
Submitted by libcom on Dec 24 2009 21:54
Your favourite libertarian communist website, libcom.org, now has an account on twitter. Follow us there and get notifications of all the latest additions and updates: http://twitter.com/libcomorg
The Enemy Within, by Joseph Bullman
Submitted by Tom Jennings on Dec 20 2009 07:18
This pathetic tabloid rehash of anarchist-bomber shock-horror achieves zero insight into jihadist terrorism
Cuba: libertarians warn of impending "wave of repression"
Submitted by Caiman del Barrio on Dec 16 2009 05:12
Libertarians and Independent activists in the cultural sphere in Cuba are bracing themselves for state repression following an attack on an independent arts festival in Havana.
The libcom library archiving Christmas wish list!
Submitted by libcom on Dec 15 2009 11:23
Well, it's the holiday season, here is a wish list of content we would like archived on libcom.org over the next year, if anyone felt like giving us a present! [Article from Christmas 2009, now out of date]
The return of "class warfare"
Submitted by Rob Ray on Dec 7 2009 09:49
Recently we've been seeing a long lost phrase creeping back into the media - class warfare. Sadly, they're only talking about the opportunistic ranting of Gordon Brown.
other archives hosted on libcom.org
Submitted by libcom on Dec 6 2009 00:58
A breakdown of the other websites and online archives which libcom.org has incorporated over the years.
Fish Tank, directed by Andrea Arnold
Submitted by Tom Jennings on Dec 1 2009 12:43
This powerful take on troubled teenage subverts social realist conventions as well as underclass clichés, according to Tom Jennings
We are not in the least afraid of ruins. We are going to inherit the earth; there is not the slightest doubt about that. The bourgeoisie might blast and ruin its own world before it leaves the stage of history. We carry a new world here, in our hearts. That world is growing in this minute.