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Mar 25, 2026 - Lenin’s Comintern Revisited

John Riddell's new book Lenin's Comintern Revisited is a highly readable account of the Communist International (Comintern) under Lenin. The book also serves as an introduction to the 11 volumes of the Comintern Publishing Project series prepared under Riddell's direction. Of special value for today's readers, this book places the Comintern's history in the context of contemporary global anti-imperialist struggles, world movements for social and economic justice, and the perspective of building a socialist society free of the threat of imperialist war and of environmental devastation due to climate change.

Participants: John Riddell, Mike Taber, Sebastian Budgen, Daria Dyakonova, Lars Lih, Paul Le Blanc, Rianne Subijanto, and Greg Albo.

Source: LeftStreamed

Mar 22, 2026 - Geometry of US Imperial Aggression on Venezuela

By Paramjit Singh

US President Donald Trump has made it increasingly explicit that his administration governs in the interests of the US industrial-financial-military complex rather than the well-being of ordinary Americans. His open assertions of US claims over territories and strategic assets signal a deliberate abandonment of diplomatic ambiguity in favour of overt imperial assertion. The recent US military assault on Venezuela represents the most concrete manifestation of this turn, constituting the most dramatic escalation of US intervention in the region since the 1989 invasion of Panama.

Source: The Bullet No. 3273

Mar 19, 2026 - MAGA Aesthetics and Fascist Power: Spectacles of White Supremacy

By Henry A. Giroux

The United States is not merely awash in brutalizing and murderous acts of state-sanctioned violence. It is being restructured by them. The killings of Rachel Good and Alex Pretti are not aberrations or tragic mistakes; they belong to a longer and darker history that the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) once named with chilling precision. In earlier periods of American turmoil, such killings were called lynchings, acts "carried out by lawless mobs, although police officers did participate, under the pretext of justice." Today, this violence extends well beyond the bullet and the baton.

Source: The Bullet No. 3272

Mar 18, 2026 - International Women’s Day (IWD 2026, Toronto)

RISE AND RESIST! UNITING FOR A NEW WORLD!

Since 1978, IWD Toronto has united diverse communities in a powerful march and rally. Together, we honour women's struggles, celebrate victories, and demand a more just and equal future. Recorded in Toronto, Saturday, March 7, 2026.

Source: LeftStreamed

Mar 15, 2026 - Twin Threats to Public Medicare

By Ontario Health Coalition

The threat to the future of Public Medicare in Ontario and across the country is at an all-time high. After passing legislation to privatize hospitals, the United Conservative Party (UCP) - under the leadership of Premier Danielle Smith in Alberta - passed "Bill 11" in December. The new law creates the legal framework to privatize healthcare, ending single-tier Public Medicare as a national project, enabling doctors to charge patients directly for healthcare and bill the public health system at the same time. Central to the plan, the law creates a market of private for-profit health insurance companies. Doctors choose which patients are charged and for what services. If patients can't pay, they have to try to find a doctor who won't charge (or wait/go without care). Bottom line: this legislation is the most direct and grievous attack on Public Medicare in Canada since its inception.

Source: The Bullet No. 3271