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Ban cluster bombs – Ukraine is no exception

Fred Leplat — 2023-07-16T06:56:54Z

“Anti-capitalists and internationalists support unconditionally the people of Ukraine in their armed resistance to liberate their country from the Russian genocidal invasion. But the support for Ukraine is not necessarily uncritical.”

- 2022 - Ukraine / United States (USA), Ukraine, Debate section, Ukraine debate

Against the Russian war of aggression, the urgency of a radically decolonial left

Catherine Samary — 2022-12-22T18:38:43Z

This contribution highlights the effects of this war in the opposite direction to what Putin was seeking, both in Ukraine - on the basis of popular mobilizations for dignity - but also in its Eurasian neighbourhood, as well as in NATO and the EU.

- 2022 - Ukraine / Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Debate section, Ukraine debate

Socialist strategy and the party

Gilbert Achcar — 2021-09-02T10:38:37Z

Below is the transcript of a talk titled “Marxism, socialist strategy, and the party” by Gilbert Achcar, which was delivered to the South African initiative, Dialogues for an Anti-capitalist Future. Here, Achcar traces conceptions of the party from Marx to the present and its implications for socialist strategy today. This transcript has been revised, edited and completed by Gilbert Achcar. The original video recording of the talk can be found here.
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- Building new parties of the left / New parties of the left, Debate section

Desperado in the White House: Coup Fails, Trump Faces Impeachment

Dan La Botz — 2021-01-13T13:44:18Z

“Our next problem will be Biden and the Democrats' neoliberalism, but Trump is still the issue for the moment.”

- Debate / United States (USA), Debate section

Seven Theses on the Post-Trump Right and DSA's Role in the Fight Ahead

DSA Santa Cruz — 2021-01-12T11:37:36Z

“Our response must be different. It must emerge from our understanding of how this racist, anti-worker, anti-poor capitalist death machine can actually be overcome. That will require organizing, not lobbying. ”

- Debate / United States (USA), Debate section

The Invasion of Capitol Hill

Cihan Tuğal — 2021-01-11T22:45:22Z

Decaying Institutions, Rightwing Insurrection, and the Need for a Mass Movement

- Debate / United States (USA), Debate section

Trump fanatics invade Capitol as his presidency disintegrates

Jeff Mackler — 2021-01-11T22:32:40Z

“Humanity's future also rests on the emergence and consolidation of a new and independent Black, Latinx and Native American leadership to champion the struggles of the most oppressed and exploited and establish democratic control of their communities while opening the way to the formation of independent Black and Brown parties in the political arena.”

- Debate / United States (USA), Debate section

Capitol (United States): Attempted insurrection fails

Barry Sheppard, Malik Miah — 2021-01-10T17:54:14Z

The attempted coup to overturn the election in the mass riots and invasion of the Capital Building to prevent Congress counting the Electoral College results, was prepared months in advance.

- Debate / United States (USA), Debate section

The Washington Riot Was a Defeat for the Far Right, Not a Triumph

Rafael Khachaturian , Stephen Maher — 2021-01-09T17:11:25Z

The riot at the Capitol on Wednesday was a symptom of right-wing weakness, not power. The real danger isn't a MAGA coup, but a restoration of the neoliberal status quo that produced the nightmare of Trump and his minions.

- Debate / United States (USA), Debate section

We Cannot Let Yesterday's Farce Become Tomorrow's Tragedy

Spectre Journal — 2021-01-09T17:04:30Z

“We can give no support to the bourgeois establishment, the new Biden administration, or their state repression at home and imperial reassertion abroad. Instead, we must rally our forces to build anti-fascist united fronts everywhere to confront the right in large numbers and drive them off the streets, out of workplaces and social organizations.”

- Debate / United States (USA), Debate section