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How Human Ecology Education Can Counter Learned Social Hierarchies
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/how-human-ecology-education-can-counter-learned-social-hierarchies/
Published: July 23, 2026 20:09
How we view the world and each other is often influenced by learned patterns ingrained in the social hierarchies we are forced to conform to from an early age at home and in school. In most societies, beliefs about appearance, gender, and color influence…
A Critique of Bolshevik Practice
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/a-critique-of-bolshevik-practice/
Published: July 21, 2026 16:03
[This essay is part of a series of essays by Michael Albert which critiques Classical Left Ideologies and their value, meaning, and relevance in the context of today’s Left and the struggle for a better world. The full series can be found here.] Most of…
Movements Cannot Shy Away From Conflict
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/movements-cannot-shy-away-from-conflict/
Published: July 16, 2026 15:57
This is an excerpt from “For Louder Days: Reaching Beyond a Politics of Powerlessness,” originally published at Convergence. The truth is, most of the groups and organizations that make up our movements do not have a strategy for winning. They might think…
Epistemologies of the South, the Left, and Communism
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/epistemologies-of-the-south-the-left-and-communism/
Published: July 16, 2026 15:49
At this juncture in history, humanity’s situation is so volatile that whatever may await us beyond this turning point is of such a magnitude that it frightens and paralyzes us. We are sleepwalking toward a third world war and an ecological collapse of…
Running Short of Consumer Durables to Feed the Alienation Monster? Just Feed It People
Published: July 15, 2026 06:50
Life is a bit of a tradeoff, isn’t it? On one hand, we have our individual autonomy and collective autonomy as a class, each a condition of the other. One the other hand, we have a steady stream of consumer durables and middle-class respectability. The…
Classical Leninism for Activists or Activists’ Leninism
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/classical-leninism-for-activists-or-activists-leninism/
Published: July 14, 2026 16:02
Continuing a presentation of the components of Classical Marxism Leninism preparatory to assessing the system’s merits and demerits as ideology for contemporary practice, this entry presents Leninism as overwhelmingly excerpted from a book titled What Is…
From Republic to Hidden Monarchy
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/from-republic-to-hidden-monarchy/
Published: July 10, 2026 14:49
The Political Economy of Familial Power Reproduction in Peripheral Rentier Capitalism Why do some republics, without formally abandoning their constitutions, gradually develop the political logic of hereditary rule? How do institutions built around…
Marxism for Activists, Activists’ Marxism
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/marxism-for-activists-activists-marxism/
Published: July 7, 2026 16:02
This article positively presents Classical Marxist Theory as one part of Classical Marxist Leninist ideology. I hope it will introduce the conceptual system and simultaneously show why it has the appeal it does to those who may not fully know its features.…
My Conversation With Karl Marx About Donald Trump
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/my-conversation-with-karl-marx-about-donald-trump/
Published: July 6, 2026 20:14
The following has been edited for clarity and length. Norman Solomon: You’ve downplayed the importance of the individual in history. But the United States now has as president an individual who transformed power relations and the political landscape. Karl…
When We No Longer See “The People”
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/when-we-no-longer-see-the-people/
Published: July 6, 2026 19:59
Abstract Across divergent political contexts—from Iran to Latin America—political discourse is increasingly marked by a structural failure to recognize society as a contradictory totality. Both state apparatuses and oppositional forces tend to replace the…
Deeming Nationalism Infantile Isn’t “Hating America”
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/deeming-nationalism-infantile-isnt-hating-america/
Published: July 4, 2026 15:56
Wow, U.S. social media is suffering a pandemic of nationalism just in time for a celebration of a declaration of the crimes and abuses of King George, a laundry list of horrors that pale beside the accomplishments of any recent U.S. president — the quaint…
Education for Active Nonviolence and Cultural Tropism – Building a New Future
Published: July 2, 2026 15:54
The educational approach selected by senior government education officials and various social and cultural organizations contributes in shaping the look (1) and perception (2) of the new generations. Thus, through education, a Nation and a culture has the…