“But we must be very clear about the fact that to have unity, a good unity in elections, the conditions are much more restrictive than to have unity, a good unity, in a strike for example.”
How the Russian Left Survived in a Post‑Soviet World
12 January 2022, byAfter the demise of the USSR on December 26, 1991, the Russian left had to find its place in a society transformed beyond recognition. In the face of huge challenges, its activists have led important struggles against the system established by Yeltsin and Putin.
The story of the modern left movement in Russia begins in the late 1980s, during the era of perestroika. From the very beginning it carried a contradictory combination of two political tendencies of the late Soviet period: (…)
Globalization from Christopher Columbus, Vasco da Gama and Ferdinand Magellan until today
12 January 2022, byIn this study, Éric Toussaint covers the period from the 15th to the 21st century, focusing on the dramatic effects of capitalist globalisation.
50 years after Baodiao: How Hong Kong struggled against all nationalisms
12 January 2022, by , , ,“But the “Baodiao” movement (保釣運動)—short-hand for “Protect Diaoyutai” (釣魚臺) in Chinese—represents the first movement led by a generation of people in the city imbued with some inchoate sense of local consciousness (to which today’s “Hongkonger” identity can be traced back), born and raised in Hong Kong upon the wave of mass migration from mainland China in the 1950s.”
Beyond Glasgow – what happened at COP26 and where we go next
24 December 2021, byIt is a month since Alok Sharma as president, fighting back some tears, brought down the gavel on the 26th Conference of the Parties – the United Nations climate summit in Glasgow. The initial flurry of reactions and comments has subsided. Here in Scotland we have already seen some early signs of the impact – with the beginnings of a victory against the development of a new offshore oil field at Cambo.
Friedrich Engels and Primitive Communism
24 December 2021, byIn November 2020, socialists around the world celebrated the bicentenary of the birth of Friedrich Engels. It is a mistake, often repeated, to regard Engels as a mere popularizer of Marx’s ideas. Not only did he contribute, with Marx in 1844-48, to the formation of a new worldview — the philosophy of praxis or historical materialism — but he developed an analysis and argument on subjects that Marx did not want or could not study.
Nigeria: #EndSARS, Workers’ Power, and War
24 December 2021, byIn October 2020, millions in Nigeria marched for two weeks in a revolt that shook the world. From Badagry to Yola, youth and workers rose in unity against the barbarism of police brutality and bad governance. Raising radical slogans and social media hashtags, and mobilizing spontaneous rallies, the rebellion was the most democratic movement in the history of Nigeria.
China: a new imperialism emerges
18 November 2021, byThe formation of a new imperialism is a rare event. It requires multiple preconditions related to the international situation and the specific characteristics of the country concerned. From this dual viewpoint, the Chinese emergence has posed us unusual questions.
A weakened but still toxic imperialism
18 November 2021, by ,“In the face of this, anti-capitalists and all democrats in France must develop solidarity in action with those who are oppressed and exploited, in particular by our own imperialism. More than a moral duty, it is an objective necessity because our interests are common with these peoples and not with ‘our’ capitalists.”
The Jakarta stage of Imperialism: Indonesia 1965, Singularity and Magnitude of a Model Catastrophe
18 November 2021, by“While the imperialist defeat in Vietnam was certainly very real, the Anglo-American victory on a regional scale, less known and recognized, was just as real. The consequences would be profound and lasting.”
