Political theorist Nancy Fraser tells Jacobin that we face several crises at once: in the economy, in social reproduction, in the environment, and in politics. Without dramatic intervention, we may end up with “cannibal capitalism.”
Ecological Imperialism and Jair Bolsonaro’s Agenda in Brazil
6 November 2021, byAs the climate change crisis worsens, due both to lack of appropriate radical action and the maintenance of capitalist business as usual, ecological concerns have become more widespread. Environmentalism comes in many shapes and forms, and some types of discourse have become more mainstream over the years. Campaigns to protect animals and forests and care for the planet make their way into movies, social media, and political speeches. This is generally positive, since one obstacle to change is strong anti-environmental propaganda. However, the majority of mainstream environmentalism tends to focus either on change through individual action or on the very limited approaches put forward by mainstream nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and other institutions.
The “Hot Spring” Showed That Greeks Were Willing to Fight
3 October 2021, by“It is thus crucial that the lessons of this tough experience not be lost. The first is that even a mass movement of such magnitude cannot alone provide solutions to the problems posed by its own emergence. ”
Either-Or: Rosa Luxemburg and Internationalism
30 September 2021, by“[E]ither we stop, by pulling the revolutionary emergency brakes, the train of modern capitalist industrial civilization, or it will continue its suicidal course toward an abyss: ecological catastrophe.”
Rosa Luxemburg & Trotsky
30 September 2021, by“This article, if I remember well, was published around 1979 in the French Journal Quatrième Internationale. If I would rewrite it today, I would probably give greater emphasis on the positive side of Rosa Luxemburg’s and young Leon Trotsky’s views on political organization. But I still agree with the essential argument of the paper, bringing together both thinkers, as the guiding inspirations of the Fourth International.” [Author’s note]
Berta Cáceres and her fight against all impunity
17 September 2021, by ,“Life demands us to stay joyful” – Berta Cáceres.
Struggling against Islamophobia without lapsing into Orientalism
17 September 2021, by“Leftists must therefore oppose Islamophobic discourse developed and maintained by Western elites, governments and media against Islamic fundamentalist movements and denounce their repression by authoritarian regimes when it is the case in certain countries. But this principled position should not prevent us from supporting and fighting for radical change in MENA societies.”
Stalin Handed Hundreds of Communists Over to Hitler
2 September 2021, byDuring the 1930s, many communists and socialists from Germany and Austria sought refuge from the Nazis in the USSR. But in a shocking betrayal, the Soviet secret police handed over hundreds of them to Hitler’s Gestapo.
2021 West Bengal Elections: Populist Right wins, Fascists Gain and the Left Disappears
2 September 2021, byWith quite some time having elapsed since the election results to the West Bengal Assembly were announced on 2 May, we need to start by providing a bird’s eye view of the results before probing into details. And this can be summed up by saying that this is the most right-wing Bengal Assembly elected not only in independent India, but even going back to the Government of India Act 1935 and the elections of 1937.
The relevance of the theory of permanent revolution and its topicality
17 July 2021, by ,What is the theory of permanent revolution? How has been tested by reality? What is its relevance today?
