This article was first published on June 15, 2009 in response to an article published a week earlier in the now-defunct International Socialist Organization's newspaper, Socialist Worker. In that article, Dennis Kosuth treats the epic Chinese Revolution with extreme...
Twenty-five years ago today, every U.S. media outlet, along with then President Bush and the U.S. Congress were whipping up a full scale frenzied hysteria and attack against the Chinese government for what was described as the cold-blooded massacre of many thousands...
This article was first published on the "what's left" blog on Feb. 16, 2013. It is re-published here with the author's permission. It has been slightly edited for style. Is North Korea’s recent nuclear test, its third, to be welcomed, lamented or condemned? It depends...
Since mid-May, Japanese automaker Honda has faced a series of strikes in its Chinese operations. These high-profile strikes have started a discussion in the capitalist financial press as to the future of the Chinese economy, the rights of workers, and the attitude of...
Since July 5, the Western corporate media has showcased the "Urumqui riots" and fashioned wealthy businesswoman Rebiyah Kadheer as the champion of the Uyghur. The violence pitting Hans against Uyghurs has been presented with little historical context that might...
In an article in the ISO’s newspaper, Socialist Worker, dated June 4, 2009, and titled "Twenty Years after Tiananmen Square," Dennis Kosuth treats the epic Chinese Revolution with extreme hostility and polemicizes against what he calls the PSL’s "twisted thinking"on...
U.S. imperialism has begun another effort to overthrow the government of the People’s Republic of China. As it did during the decades-long struggle to overthrow the governments of the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, the main instruments in the imperialist media...
The following is a statement from the Party for Socialism and Liberation. Many U.S. progressives and liberals are supporting the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan opposition to the People’s Republic of China. So are George W. Bush, Rush Limbaugh, the CIA, and every...
1839-42: First Opium War. British imported tea from China, and in return exported opium from India into China. In 1839, the Chinese government destroys 20,000 chests of British opium and prohibits its use. Britain retaliates militarily. 1842: Treaty of...