Key themes that still hold

• a war by the rich and powerful on the poor
• women subjected to harsh patriarchal practices
• government not there for the people
• government using enormous resources and capacities in the service of capitalism
• people feeling the effects of economic depression in the loss of jobs
• stark inequality has intensified
• ecological crisis headlined by climate change
• the war on the poor is made visible by the resistance of the poor and this resistance is itself critical in shaping of the context