Whenever the argument between socialism and capitalism manifests itself through any medium, the most commonly pointed to example tends to be the study of both the German Democratic Republic (GDR) and the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG). Anti-communists specifically love this comparison because it conforms to their (incorrect) preconceived notion that the socialist East was evil and poor, while the capitalist West was free and flourishing.

This concept is rather foolish for a multitude of reasons (including pre-World War II [WWII] industrial development, American assistance post-WWII, and more), but that is not the point of this article. In 1990, the…

In recent years, domestic Bolivian politics have been covered in a manner that demonstrates the biases of mainstream Western media, specifically demonizing the style of governance of the Movement for Socialism (MAS-IPSP) party in the country. Following the coup d’etat against then-President Evo Morales, I wrote several articles highlighting the poor media coverage of events unfolding, democratic regression under the illegitimate government of Jeanine Áñez, and the eventual return of democracy in late 2020.

Despite concerns of electoral fraud, the MAS-IPSP did manage to successfully win the election in a landslide, featuring the largest number of votes that the party…

Across nearly all of the academic departments around the world, questions of democracy are consistently brought up. These questions tend to focus on the elements that create democracy — particularly liberal democracy, which has its roots in the ideas and conceptions put forth by English philosophers such as John Locke. As such, the question of property also tends to find itself within the question of democracy.

Typically, an introductory political science class will feature the works of bourgeois scholars such as Samuel P. Huntington and others who specialize in the perceived transition from authoritarian leadership (as per liberal understandings of…

Anytime that anyone decides to look up information surrounding socialist projects throughout history, they are bombarded with inaccurate information about said projects, as well as the countless individual testimonies that portray life in countries like the German Democratic Republic (GDR) or the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) as astronomically horrible.

A constant barrage of insults ranging from the concept of “food insecurity” to “state oppression” is inevitable when attempting to find personal accounts of life in these countries and other similarly positioned ones. …

There tends to be much discourse surrounding the function and utility of immigrants as members of the proletariat. Reactionaries often describe these new additions to the national working class as individuals who are not needed and are, supposedly, taking the jobs from the already-existing proletariat. This is, for other purposes, not a fact. However, that is not the point of the message that is to be portrayed here.

On the other hand, liberals and the perceived ‘left’ within most Western countries tend to argue that these (working class) immigrants are necessary to further develop goods, services, and other types of…

The coronavirus pandemic — while rather old at this point — has persisted throughout much of the world. While countries like China, New Zealand, and Vietnam handled the highly precarious situation with very high degrees of effectiveness, countries like the United Kingdom and the United States continue to struggle with government mismanagement and new strains. Keeping this in mind, economic warfare is consistently at play against countries such as Iran and Venezuela, hindering their ability to combat the virus.

The initial spreading phase of COVID-19 has long been over, with preventative measures being taken by most people in one way…

Every late December, the holiday season largely comes to a close. This is then prompted by the desire for a prosperous new year, especially when it feels as though the year that has ended was, for lack of a better term, just dreadful. It is plastered on advertisements across concrete jungles, on the Facebook feeds of anyone aged 20 or older, as well as through countless blog posts talking about how a new year means a “new me”.

Of course, 2020 has certainly been different than other years, given the presence and persistence of the COVID-19 pandemic. The inability for…

It goes without saying that in the era of news being available at the tip of your finger, misinformation is abundant. When scrolling through Facebook or Twitter, copious amounts of information is being processed by your mind, even if that information is fake. Usually, misinformation is understood as the manufacturing of content that appears to be real, but is false (or, at the very least, misleading) in actuality. Perhaps the idea of a troll farm comes to mind, or maybe news being pumped out of ‘biased’ state-funded news outlets.

However, some of the biggest perpetrators of producing fake news are…