The Chinese revolution is one of the major events of the twentieth century. Taken as a whole, it covers the entire period from the aftermath of the Russian Revolution to the end of the 1960s, when the People’s Republic descended into the conflicts of the ill-named “Cultural Revolution”. Revolutionary processes that constitute links between such distant periods in this manner are rare.
The history of revolutions and counter-revolutions is thus played out to a large extent in the Far East, (…)
The incandescent front of East Asia: the background to the present crisis
28 June 2021, by“What is at stake in the Myanmar crisis is of an international dimension. South-East Asia is at the crossroads of the Asia-Pacific region, whose geostrategic importance has become major: it is there that the face-to-face between the United States and China is being played out primarily.”
Why the Paris Commune Still Resonates, 150 Years Later
3 June 2021, byThe Paris Commune ended on this day [28 May] in 1871, after just two months in power. How do we explain the longevity and freshness of the memory of a fleeting revolutionary government?
The revolutionary relevance of Rosa Luxemburg
22 April 2021, by“A real re-foundation of communism in the twenty-first century will not be able to do without the revolutionary, Marxist, democratic, socialist and libertarian message of Rosa Luxemburg.”
My journey was no different than others
22 April 2021, byFarooq Tariq, general secretary of the Pakistan Kissan Rabita Committee, a network of peasant organisations in Pakistan, outlines an activist’s life.
The EU and Energy - and the three white elephants
22 April 2021, byOne got the feeling that Frans Timmermans came flying in on a white elephant when he presented the EU solution for the future ’green’ economy on 8 July: Hydrogen – the fuel that can be produced cleanly and must be used in the new hydrogen economy. Unfortunately, the road to the hydrogen economy is paved with CO2 emissions – and the EU solution has both economics, as well as natural laws, against it.
Western Imperialism and the Role of Sub-imperialism in the Global South
22 April 2021, by , ,“As seen above, multinational corporations from BRICS countries, as well as projects financed by BRICS institutions, are reinforcing accumulation patterns that are socially and environmentally predatory, destroying the forms of life and work of populations in their territories. In order to overcome this predicament, South-South relations must be built with profound respect for counter-hegemonic social forces in these countries, as well as at the global scale.”
Hugo Blanco, the Peruvian ecosocialist
22 April 2021, by“Of course I am an ecosocialist, as are the indigenous peoples — even if they do not use that term”.
Beethoven: The first rocker
30 November 2020, byTwo hundred and fifty years after Beethoven’s birth in December 1770 what is the relevance of this great composer?
Engels: theorist of war, theorist of revolution
30 November 2020, byOn the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of Frederick Engels we republish this appreciation.
