“But it must be underlined that the Russian and Chinese governments respond, not as anti-imperialist forces, but rather with their own plans for control and dominance.”
Russian Progressives and Antiwar Forces May Find Opening in Wake of Failed Coup
6 July 2023, by ,Yevgeny Prigozhin’s attempted coup is over, but it could still have far-reaching consequences for Putin’s government.
Andreas Malm: "Targeting SUVs or private jets can help struggles »
21 May 2023, byMobilization against megabasins, pension reform... For Andreas Malm, author and climate activist, it is necessary to rethink the tactics of struggles, even if it means integrating sabotage.
Commons: A Ukrainian left-wing collective intellectual
21 May 2023, byOne of the paradoxes of the war in Ukraine is that some of us have discovered the existence of an active left and a critical and creative thinking in Ukraine that we (including the author of these lines) have ignored for too many years. Amongst our revelations, Commons, Journal of Social Criticism, is certainly one of the most important and productive places for us to understand the situation in Ukraine — and in the world.
Livio Maitan’s centenary conference “Looking to the future” was a success
6 April 2023, byAt least 200 people attended the event promoted by the BLM (Biblioteca Livio Maitan) at the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale (National Central Library) in Rome on 1 April.
China in the crisis of (de)globalization
30 March 2023, byIn all its regional, urban and rural diversity, Chinese society is changing. Can the regime adapt its mode of governance accordingly? Nothing is less certain,“In all its regional, urban and rural diversity, Chinese society is changing. Can the regime adapt its mode of governance accordingly? Nothing is less certain.”
Eleven political theses on the movement of January-March 2023 in France
30 March 2023, by“The mobilization has undeniably created a new situation and the possibility of a bifurcation, in the sense of a dynamic of rupture with the established order. Not everything is in reach, but perspectives that might have seemed irrelevant just a few months ago are now possible.”
Two years after the military putsch, Myanmar’s forgotten war
30 March 2023, byOn 1 February 2021, the Burmese army (Tatmadaw) broke off its governmental cohabitation with the National League for Democracy (NLD), incarcerating its leaders, and then plunged the entire country into an atrocious asymmetric war. Two years later, it has still not succeeded in imposing its control over a large part of the territory. Despite their inferiority in arms, the various components of the resistance have defeated it, with the aim of putting an end to a military regime that has made clear its refusal of any democratic transition.
Imperialism(s), Russia, China – a contribution to the debate centred on the historical context
16 January 2023, byAt first glance, the trajectories of Russia and China in the course of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries seem very similar: from revolution to reintegration into the capitalist world market at the risk of (again) becoming dominated countries, followed by a rebound leading to the affirmation of two new imperialisms. On closer inspection, these trajectories also turn out to be irreducibly specific in more than one aspect.
Against Multipolar Imperialism
8 January 2023, by“How does this exactly change our strategy around international solidarity as socialists? We must rethink what “the main enemy is at home” means in practice. Of course, this is not to abandon the struggle against imperialism in the West, but to expand our horizons to target sites where different states intersect with each other and international institutions.”
