November 17
GUEST: Andrea Bauer, Managing
Editor of the Freedom Socialist newspaper and author of
"Thwarting the Cuban Revolution – the long U.S. war and its
bitter fruits,” talks about imperialism being the highest
stage of capitalism.
The
Ravaging of Ukraine
I wonder as our democracy continues to fail us, if more and more people will start to explore other parties and other philosophies of government. Shall we call them revolutionary parties, to distinguish them from the two party, one corporate rule of late capitalism?
When it comes to war and climate collapse, late stage capitalism has proven itself not only oblivious to the public good, but also primarily responsible for our society's ills. It turns out that making money solves nothing when it comes to the perpetuation of life on our planet. And the greed and obsession needed to make billion dollar fortunes turns people into characters better suited to a Dickens novel. They are venial, petty, selfish, and despicable.
We can't really close the book on these characters either. Their control of our government and our media is now almost complete. There are uprising here and there, of course. But will our thoroughly corrupted system really be challenged?
Andrea's description of Ukraine as a war between two capitalist countries was her most provocative statement. Will our thinking have to become revolutionary to throw off the fog of perpetual war propaganda? Capitalism's propaganda, the transparent medium that we swim in our whole lives.
