Michael Löwy and Daniel Tanuro outline “The contribution of the Fourth International to ecosocialism”, Paul Murphy discusses “Ecosocialism or barbarism” and the Fourth International Manifesto, RS from Ireland on “War Ecology”, and in a historical perspective Daniel Tanuro evaluates “The Heavy Legacy of Leon Trotsky” on ecology. Two reviews: Cinzia Arruzza offers “A Review of Nancy Holmstrom’s “From a Marxist-Feminist Point of View”” and Paul Le Blanc “The Revolutionary Development of Global Marxism”.
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- 21 April – Ecosocialism and Marxism
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Lebanon
Living conditions and resistance in Lebanon
21 April, by“Nevertheless, there is today a left-wing sensibility in Lebanon, anti-imperialist, opposed to the occupation and which has concrete effects on the ground, limited but nevertheless real. It is trying to build something, in particular what could be called a form of civil resistance.”
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USA
Trump, Pope Leo, Jesus, and the Bible
20 April, byFor the last two weeks, President Donald Trump and Pope Leo have been arguing about the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, and about Jesus and the Bible. Trump’s words have been accompanied by A.I images he posted on social media, one of himself as Jesus. And now the rightwing evangelical Christians have put together a national program of Bible reading. American politics is at the moment awash in religion.
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Spanish state
The Left at the Crossroads: Notes For Building Anew
19 April, by ,The crisis on the left and the need to start afresh from the middle.
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Africa
The ravages of agribusiness in Africa
18 April, byThe results of the Green Revolution in Africa are negative for the agricultural world and for the environment. On the other hand, they have encouraged the establishment of multinationals on the continent.
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USA
Trump Perceived as a War Criminal and a Mad Man
17 April, by“Various Democrats and MAGA influencers have called for the invocation of the 25th Amendment to remove Trump from office because he’s mentally unstable.”
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Recently posted Features
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Ecosocialism
The contribution of the Fourth International to ecosocialism
21 April, by ,read article...This document traces the path taken by the International, from Trotsky’s modernist concerns to the adoption of the Manifesto for an Ecosocialist Revolution and the campaign waged around it by the sections.
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Ecosocialist Manifesto
Ecosocialism or barbarism
21 April, byread article...“The danger of a great catastrophe … is imminent. All the newspapers have written about this time and again. Everybody says this. Everybody admits it. Everybody has decided it is so. Yet nothing is being done.”
This isn’t Greta Thunberg speaking truth to power. This was Lenin.
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Ecology in Palestine
War Ecology
21 April, byread article...The Palestinian Olive Council estimates that approximately one million olive trees have been destroyed in Gaza.The World Bank estimates that the war on Lebanon generated approximately 22 million tonnes of waste.
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Women and Fascism
The Gender(ed) Politics of Fascism: How Women Came to Lead the Contemporary Far-Right
12 April, byread article...During the last decade, far-right women leaders have played an essential role in contributing to the growing acceptance of fascism. Although the globally thriving far-right is anti-feminist and male-dominated, it is increasingly led by women. Marine Le Pen (National Rally), Riikka Purra (Finns Party), Alice Weidel (Alternative for Germany), Giorgia Meloni (Brothers of Italy), Pia Kjærsgaard (Danish People’s Party), Siv Jensen (Progress Party), Beata Szydło (Law and Justice) are only a few of the latest examples of influential far-right women leaders.
