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Praxis for the Perplexed.
4 Pages of Marx every Morning.
Until we change the World.

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[Christian Smalls @Shut_downAmazon]

Uh oh who said we can’t Strike 🪧 with the @RMTunion today on the picket line #Hotlaborsummer 🔥✊🏽

[Jewish Voice for Peace @jvplive]

As anti-Zionist Jews, our solidarity with Palestinians is unshakable. On the 75th year of the Nakba, we re-dedicate our commitment to fighting for Palestinian liberation. Today and every day until Palestine is free.

[Ashok Kumar @comrade_kumar_]

The Bank of England raising interest rates again has nothing to do with combating inflation — it’s about brutalising the working class. Simply: it’s to maintain ideology and intervene in the labour market, in order to enforce labour discipline. Full video: https://t.co/N7DK3M3L52

[Republic @RepublicStaff]

Abolish the monarchy, not the right to protest

As we speak the whole core team of Republic is still being detained. We are not given a reason. They will probably be released when the whole monarchy pr-show is over.

#NotMyKing #AbolishTheMonarchy

[Michael Moore @allaboutgold]

The time for LOUD diplomacy is NOW! Quiet diplomacy means, ‘keep your mouth SHUT!.’ It means, do not rock the allies boat. It means, Be a wimp and do not display any balls. Even if an Australian has to suffer without trial or conviction in a foreign prison. This is not looking after Australians, This is throwing them under the bus in a slavish attempt to curry favour with a bully who hides their crimes. Absolutely no ethics. #FREEAssange

[Henry Hakamäki @Huck1995]

🚨 BIG NEWS 🚨

Here’s where we’re at with the new English edition of Losurdo’s Stalin: History and Critique of a Black Legend, translated and introduced by myself and Salvatore Engel-Di Mauro

[Rachel Donald @CrisisReports]

“The mass media is not of our time. It is of the time of fossil-fuelled, industrial expansion and imperialism.
And here we are, at one minute to midnight.”

Preview of my 2 cents outside the British government on media complicity in the crisis.

Thanks to XR for organising.

[Steven Donziger @SDonziger]

Official "investigation" in Georgia of the first-ever US police killing of a climate activist is looking more like a cover-up for murder. Police claim that Manuel Terán shot at them first has been debunked by two autopsy reports.

DOJ must investigate.⤵️
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[Ines Laimins 李美思 @ineslaimins]

China's education system has driven the economic miracle.

In 1986, the Chinese government passed a compulsory education law, making nine years of education mandatory for all Chinese children. Today, the Ministry of Education estimates that above 99 percent of the school-age children have received universal nine-year basic education.

In 2019 I spent months filming a TV drama series called ‘The Chinese Dream’ 梦在海这边. We filmed in Nanjing and Suzhou at various university campuses.

The story line had to do with a group of Chinese studying overseas in the 1980s. My role was to play a top-level professor at at top university in the US who was very demanding and wanted the best for her students.

In 1978, Deng Xiaoping made a strategic decision to send 3,000 students and scholars from China overseas each year to further their educations. These 3000 students were the best and the brightest and it was very competitive to get a spot to go overseas.

The TV drama revolved around these earliest students in the US, their trails and tribulations, their grit and determination to succeed, and their success in securing degrees. These students were haigui 海归 and returned to China to set up successful companies in their chosen fields.

The literal translation of the title 梦在海这边 means ‘dream of this side of the sea’.

玉不琢，不成器 (Yù bù zhuó, bù chéng qì) – One cannot become useful without being educated.

Literally, this old saying means “If a jade is not cut and polished, it can’t be made into anything.” So, training and discipline in education are necessary for proper bringing up children.

According to the World Bank, the literacy rate in China increased from 65.5 percent in 1982 to 96.8 percent in 2018, with the global average rate being 86.3 percent. This is another extraordinary achievement. In 2019, China spent 5.01 trillion yuan education, which is 8.74 percent higher than the year before.

China now has over 2,900 universities and colleges. It has also become popular for international students, with over 500,000 international students studying in the country. These international students are attracted to China's education system because of its high academic standards, world-class facilities, and affordable tuition fees.

I know this to be true. The universities that I have visited are modern and have amazing facilities. And it’s not just the universities, primary and secondary schools all across China are modern with large sports fields with energetic and active students. My own kids went to some of these schools.

Even back in 1986 when travelling in China, I met many overseas students mostly from African countries, all fluent in Mandarin.

I’ve heard that China also offers opportunities for post-graduation work and immigration for international students, making it an attractive option for those seeking to launch their careers in the country.

Something to ponder, on which side of the sea will dreams become reality.

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Cinco de Mayo and Red Dress Day.
Celebrate the Revolution and Remember our Stolen and Surviving Sisters ❤❤❤❤❤ https://t.co/RzCWNhJjUw

[Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy]

The newsletter is out. It's a close reading of a right-wing column on the NHS to reveal common techniques and rhetoric:

PEARSON'S POISONOUS MEDICINE

Allison Pearson's newest column on the NHS is the latest in a long line of lies and distortions.
https://t.co/tXPXm7Qi5Y

[Adnan A. Husain @adnanahusain]

Driving two hours to the airport at 5am, I listened to our episode w/@harveyjkaye about his excellent book, The British Marxist Historians. I enjoyed listening to his stories, reflections, & insights even more this time. Had a chance to think and absorb!

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@LKTranslator It was a close run thing.

[Dave Middleton #CeasefireNow #SundaySocialist @davmidd]

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Hello, we’d like to invite you to mark the six year anniversary of Soleiman’s death. The vigil is happening Saturday, December 17 at 6 pm EST at Dundas Square. We would be grateful if you could join us. Please share with your networks. Hope to see you then Please share this tweet

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@IsabelOakeshott No we cannot....let's not promote racism oakie?