OPEC, Iran, and the Libyan Civil War
The rising tensions in the Persian Gulf in the past weeks can be easily attributed to a sharp crisis of overproduction in the international oil market, ongoing since 2014. One relevant theater for understanding recent developments therefore lies in the largely under-reported and often overlooked Libyan Civil War, and in particular in its wide-ranging implications for OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries).
Climate change must be a thing: it's on prime time TV
Caribbean: The "Isla" oil refinery as a microcosm of a collapsing capitalism
The Yellow Vest Movement in France: Between “Ecological” Neoliberalism and “Apolitical” Movements
An article from Crimethinc examining the Yellow Vests movement in France. "The past weeks have seen a massive confrontational movement arise in France opposing President Emmanuel Macron’s “ecological” tax increase on gas. This movement combines many contradictory elements..."
Oil Rig Workers Strike in Norway
2016: the hottest year on record
Rojava: the fraud of a non-existent social revolution
Text from Mouvement Communiste and Kolektivně proti Kapitălu in response to recent myths propagated about the Rojava "revolution", with a detailed background about inter-imperial rivalries, the so-called "Kurdish question", national questions in general... To many leftists and anarchists, Rojava is a paradise on earth. We say: down with paradise!
2008: Disruption of Oil Land Auction
1959: Fiji Oil Workers Strike
The strike of 1959 was the first time a multi ethnic workforce struck together, and the response was martial law from the government and betrayal by tribal elders.
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