What are the arguments for eco socialists to be part of a revolutionary international?
Nicaragua’s blanket of repression
29 December 2024, by”The Ortega-Murillo regime has betrayed the legacy of the Sandinista Revolution and makes a US-led neoliberal takeover more feasible.”
A Short Diary of a Trip to Ukraine: Resistance and Social Movement in a Country at War
29 December 2024, by“The new leader of the Ukrainian Social Movement introduces herself as a trade unionist and mother. Her son is fighting at the front. Her husband, a miner, died in a work accident. She points the finger at a regime that sends its workers to war but gives them no say in the running of the country. ”
“The future of the Syrian and Kurdish people must be decided by the self-organization of their popular classes”
11 December 2024, by“Far from relying on one or another capitalist power, the future of the Syrian and Kurdish people must be decided by the self-organization of their popular classes, guaranteeing the freedoms of women, queer people and oppressed peoples.”
The Assad regime has fallen, long live the Syrian people’s revolution!
11 December 2024, by“In Europe, it will be in the interests of the peoples in struggle to allow themselves to be inspired and to learn from the Syrian revolutionary process, and to stand alongside it in the new period that is opening up, fraught with opportunities but also with dangers.”
Bashar al-Assad has fallen! Long live the Syrian people!
11 December 2024, by“We welcome the end of his reign. We are in solidarity with the emancipatory and democratic aspirations of the Syrian people, which the Kurdish forces in particular are carrying forward.”
‘The joy… is accompanied by caution and fear’
11 December 2024, by“The joy that engulfed Syrians with the fall of the Assad regime is accompanied by caution and fear in the future for democracy and freedoms.”
Understanding the rebellion in Syria
9 December 2024, byThe Left must avoid the twin traps of romanticization and defeatism. Instead, we must pursue a strategy of critical, progressive, international solidarity among popular forces in the region and throughout the world.
The Longest Night
27 November 2024, byThe Longest Night: Three Generations of Chinese Trotskyists in Defeat, Jail, Exile, and Diaspora, Editors/Translators: Gregor Benton and Yang Yang, with an introduction by Gregor Benton.
This sequel to Prophets Unarmed delves into the tumultuous journey of Chinese Trotskyism after 1949, tracing its evolution through defeat, exile, and diaspora, while showcasing the enduring relevance of its revolutionary ideals through memoirs, theoretical writings, and historical analyses; this extract is taken from the introduction by Gregor Benton.
Imperialism as Antagonistic Cooperation
20 November 2024, byIn the months before US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s uneasy visit to Beijing last year, the CEOs of J.P. Morgan, Starbucks, Apple, General Motors, and Tesla had amiable meetings with former Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang. Reaffirming what Xi Jinping and other Chinese ministers have declared on an annual basis, Qin assured Elon Musk that China “remain[s] committed to fostering a better market-oriented, law-based and internationalized business environment.” [1]
Footnotes
[1] Qin Gang Meets with Chief Executive Officer of Tesla Elon Musk,” Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Nigeria, May 30, 2023, http://ng.china-embassy.gov.cn/eng/zgxw/202306/t20230604_11089384.htm. Musk responded reciprocally, remarking that “the interests of the United States and China are interlinked, like conjoined twins inseparable from each other.” Later in the year, during the Asian Pacific Economic Conference (APEC) convening in San Francisco, Xi received a standing ovation from many of those same leaders—joined by others from major corporations like Pfizer and Bridgewater—as he proclaimed that “China is ready to be a partner and friend of the US.”.
