The Russian state has forced many antiwar leftists into exile, cutting them off from ordinary Russians. But activists are well aware that change in Russia must come from within, mobilizing ordinary people around their own interests.
Why Russia’s ruling class is obsessed with the West
12 February, byVladimir Putin and his ruling elite are obsessed with the West “which is simultaneously seen as both the main adversary and the only potential partner”, […] that obsession has “its roots in the reactionary legacy of the Russian Empire”.
Latin America Is the Prime Target for Trump’s Warmongering
12 February, by ,While Donald Trump fires off threats of military action against countries from Greenland to Iran, Latin America is the main focus for his strategy of imperial retrenchment. The Latin American left will have to build new alliances against US aggression.
Venezuela after the coup
12 February, by ,“Some … have argued that as the government is still largely intact, nothing has fundamentally changed. But … the balance of forces on which this government rests has fundamentally changed.”
Serbia: Regime Crisis, Imperialist Dependence and Struggles for Self-Determination
28 January, bySince the collapse of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s, Serbia has been going through a permanent structural crisis. The destruction of the Yugoslav state not only produced new nation-states: it paved the way for accelerated capitalist development, imposed under imperialist pressure, which profoundly reconfigured class relations in the region.
Popular mobilization under an authoritarian regime
28 January, by ,Over the past year, Serbia has been swept by a mobilization—primarily student-led—of unprecedented scale since the fall of Milošević. The movement challenges the lack of democracy, corruption, and authoritarian practices of the current regime.
“The independent media played a crucial role in documenting the protests and making student demands visible”
28 January, by ,“In the face of threats to press freedom in Serbia, and in particular state pressure, a coalition has been created to demand and act for independent information. Press freedom in Serbia is in serious decline: threats, harassment and attacks are frequent, and institutional protection is increasingly unreliable. ”
Europe’s death chamber
28 January, byThey are Baloch, Moroccan or Afghan. Crowded into camps around Belgrade, some of them attempt ‘games’, i.e. they try to cross the border with smugglers. The others, resigned to their fate, learn to live in appalling conditions. Since the closure of the Balkan route, Serbia has established itself as Europe’s border guard.
The EU and green colonialism in Serbia
28 January, byEnvironmental struggles and protests against the destruction of the natural environment are common in the Balkans, and Serbia is no exception. The most recent and symbolic of these is the protest against the installation of lithium mines in the west of the country. During our trip, we met with an activist from the anti-extractivist collective Marš Sa Drine in a hotel in downtown Belgrade, away from the prying ears of the Vučić regime.
Ruptures: The New Manifesto of the Fourth International
22 January, byThe new Manifesto of the Fourth International is available in English from Resistance Books London or the IIRE, Amsterdam. This “Manifesto for an ecosocialist revolution - Break with capitalist growth”, is a document that marks a new stage in the history of the movement founded in 1938 by Leon Trotsky and his comrades.
Since Babeuf’s Manifesto of the Equals (1796) and the Communist Manifesto (1848), many documents of this kind have emerged throughout the history of the workers’ movement. (…)
