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Alex de Jong — 2026-05-01T07:17:21Z

Deeper Grounds, Darker Shadows is the remarkable memoir of Eddie L. Quitoriano, a Filipino revolutionary who traveled across four different continents to find support for the struggle in his home-country. A book filled with stories of subterfuge and encounters with outlaws and dictators, it sheds new light on the history of the Maoist Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and the limitations of its revolutionary strategy.

- Reviews section / Philippines, Japan, Reviews, Features

Mohammed Harbi (1933-2026): Participant in and Historian of the Algerian Revolution

Alex de Jong — 2026-01-15T14:24:01Z

“[Harbi's] death on the first day of 2026 means the passing of one of the last eyewitnesses of one of the great anticolonial struggles and the loss of an incisive historian.”

- In Memoriam - Obituaries and appreciations / France, Obituary, Algeria

In memoriam: Paul Mepschen (1976-2025)

Alex de Jong — 2025-11-23T19:11:19Z

 On 6 November, our friend and comrade Paul Mepschen passed away, far too young. For many years, Paul had been one of the central people in SAP, the Dutch section of the Fourth International. He was a dedicated socialist and scholar whose work and life revolved around emancipation. Paul's warm and sympathetic personality will be missed by many.

- In Memoriam - Obituaries and appreciations / Netherlands, Obituary, Fourth International

A confident far-right and a stagnant parliamentary left in the Netherlands 

Alex de Jong — 2025-10-16T20:55:54Z

On October 29 the Netherlands will have parliamentary elections, again. In early June, the government of prime-minster Dick Schoof lost its majority as the far-right PVV of Geert Wilders blew up the coalition. Shortly before the elections, the contrast between the most important political events in the Netherlands could hardly be sharper. On 20 September, after an anti-immigration rally, fascists rioted in The Hague. On October 5, a quarter of a million people marched through the streets of Amsterdam to show their solidarity with Palestine.

- IVP609 - October 2025 / Netherlands

A New Step in the Radicalisation of the Far Right in the Netherlands

Alex de Jong — 2025-10-04T11:31:45Z

“What was new was that on 20 September violent far-right activists—fascists, that is—not only reacted but chose the moment themselves and did so under their own flag. This marks the increased self-confidence of these people.”

- IVP609 - October 2025 / Netherlands, Far Right

Lessons of the Defeat in Indonesia

Alex de Jong, Ernest Mandel — 2025-09-30T04:36:21Z

Sixty years ago, on October 1, 1965 the Indonesian army set in motion its plans to seize power from president Sukarno and to destroy the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI), one of the main forces supporting the president. In the article below, dated November 1965, Mandel criticized the political approach of the PKI in the preceding period. 

- Features / Indonesia, Historical events and figures

Nepal protests have deeper roots

Alex de Jong — 2025-09-12T13:34:03Z

Under the right conditions, a spark can start a prairie fire. Protests against a social media in Nepal ban grew into a full blown uprising after police killed 19 protesters. Houses of prominent politicians were attacked, the parliament set on fire and the government is in shambles. But what is next?

- IVP608 - September 2025 / Nepal, Protest movements

Walden Bello looks back on Filipino and global struggles

Alex de Jong — 2025-08-20T12:13:01Z

In Global Battlefields: My Close Encounters with Dictatorship, Capital, Empire, and Love, Walden Bello remembers a rich life as a scholar and activist, from agitating against U.S. support for Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos in the 1970s and 1980s to becoming a leading critic of neoliberal globalization to joining the Philippine House of Representatives and running for vice-president.

- Reviews section / Philippines, Reviews, Historical events and figures

Michel Raptis, the struggle for Algeria and the risks of solidarity

Alex de Jong — 2025-08-20T12:09:24Z

The June 1960 arrests of Michel ‘Pablo' Raptis and his Dutch comrade Sal Santen in Amsterdam triggered a series of revelations regarding the Algeria-solidarity of Fourth International members. Together with a small number of comrades Raptis and Santen organised material support for the Algerian struggle against French colonialism. One aspect of this work was especially controversial: the plan to counterfeit money. The ‘Raptis and Santen case' led to fierce conflicts within the leadership of (…)

- Features / Fourth International, Algeria, Historical events and figures

Indonesia's Communists Helped Forge Its National Identity

Alex de Jong — 2025-06-07T19:51:45Z

Review of Communication against Capital: Red Enlightenment at the Dawn of Indonesia by Rianne Subijanto (Cornell University Press, 2025).

- Reviews section / Indonesia, Reviews