Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by LOUÇÃ Francisco
Conservative left movements have both a past and a present, and both define them as a political project: their past is campism and their present is sectarianism.
The political distinction between left and right, although it had earlier expressions such as the struggle against feudalism and (…)
, by ANDERSON Kevin B., FUENTES Federico
Kevin B Anderson is a Marxist humanist and Professor of Sociology, Political Science and Feminist studies at University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author and editor of various works, including the forthcoming book The Late Marx’s Revolutionary Roads: Colonialism, Gender, and (…)
, by L’Anticapitaliste, ROUSSET Pierre
Interview. Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières (ESSF) is well known to Fourth International activists for its rich and abundant documentation on its website. It is also a concrete solidarity association. Pierre Rousset tells us about this adventure, which began over twenty years ago. (…)
, by KELLAWAY Dave
Dave Kellaway discusses what we mean by internationalism today. We will be discussing all this and more this Saturday, 3 February online and in London.
I remember in the 1970s someone asking Tariq Ali why he was in the International Marxist Group and a supporter of the Fourth International – a (…)
, by Collective / Multiple signers, GIDLEY Ben, Left Renewal, MANG Daniel, RANDALL Daniel
We have been watching the civilian death toll in Gaza mount, in horror, day by day, for weeks on end now. We are appalled and outraged at the collective punishment meted out to Gazans by the IDF, increasing settler violence in the West Bank, and repression by the state and right wing mobs (…)
, by LI Promise
THE BLOODY WAR in Ukraine and growing tensions around Taiwan show inter-imperial rivalries unevenly emerging amidst a general crisis of profitability among the ruling classes. While the age of unshakable U.S. imperial hegemony continues to slip away, no sides of these tensions promote better (…)
, by Against the Current
Solidarity
Socialists, and revolutionary Marxists especially, support oppressed peoples’ and nations’ struggles for liberation and self-determination. It’s important from the outset to clarify that our support is based on the fundamental democratic legitimacy of these struggles in their own (…)
, by LI Promise
Gilbert Achcar’s The New Cold War is a welcome addition for socialists to understand how we have found ourselves in the midst of heightening geopolitical tensions today. Achcar has long been a politically astute commentator on international politics and has written a number of useful (…)
, by LA BOTZ Dan, SHALOM Stephen R.
A petition titled “McCarthyism Is Back—Together We Can Stop It” is currently being circulated by a number of organizations and individuals on the left. It is motivated by a recent New York Times article that describes relationships between the multi-millionaire Roy Singham and a variety of left (…)
, by ROBINSON William I.
The German socialist August Bebel once commented that antisemitism is the “socialism of fools” because the antisemites recognized capitalist exploitation only if the exploiter happened to be Jewish but who would otherwise turn a blind eye to exploitation emanating from other quarters. Over a (…)
, by FINKEL David
EXPLODING OVER THE past year, the Russian invasion of Ukraine and Israel’s escalating violence and ethnic cleansing in Palestine have become two centers of a deepening global crisis. For the international left, the Ukraine war and Palestine catastrophe, both on their own and together, pose very (…)
, by LI Promise
As the late Samir Amin wrote in 2006, “the challenges with which the construction of a real multipolar world is confronted are more serious than many ‘alterglobalists’ think.” Sixteen years later, Amin’s call for nations to “delink” from the Western-led economic order appears more ignored by (…)
, by ACHCAR Gilbert, SHALOM Stephen R.
Gilbert Achcar grew up in Lebanon and has lived and taught in Paris, Berlin, and London. He is currently professor of Development Studies and International Relations at SOAS, University of London. His many books include The Clash of Barbarisms (2002, 2006); Perilous Power: The Middle East and US (…)
, by ACHCAR Gilbert
The last three decades have witnessed increasing political confusion about the meaning of anti-imperialism, a notion that, in and of itself, hadn’t previously been the topic of much debate. There are two main reasons for this confusion: the victorious end of most post–World War II anticolonial (…)
, by CLARKE John
In a world based on exploitation and oppression, resistance is ever present. Most of the time it simmers below the surface but sometimes it takes the form of huge social explosions. It would seem natural for those on the left to wish for such mass resistance to occur on a truly global scale. (…)
, by FUENTES Pedro, PRADO Tito
These notes are a contribution to promote debate among internationalists, and all sectors of intellectuals, scientists, political organizations moving towards finding a response to the serious global crisis that has caused the capitalist system. We need to find a common way to face it. We take (…)
, by LI Promise
Article published on tne website of the Democratic Socialists of America.
The People’s Republic of China (PRC)’s rise in recent decades has confounded the Western left. Touted as the great economic miracle of the twentieth century, the PRC lifted hundreds of millions out of ‘extreme poverty’ (…)
, by ACHCAR Gilbert
Gutter journalism is unfortunately not the preserve of openly right-wing tabloids. There has existed since the advent of Stalinism a “left-wing” strand of public mudslinging: Zhdanov was the counterpart of Goebbels. The Stalinist slander apparatus originally targeted the USSR’s left-wing (…)
, by TAX Meredith
Why do so many Western leftists side with dictators in the name of anti-imperialism? A new book seeks to moved beyond the old “the West and the rest”-binary.
What does “imperialism” mean in today’s globalized world? Since the Vietnam War, the default position of many who call themselves (…)
, by Collective / Multiple signers
Dear Friends:
Critical developments around the globe compel the creation of a new type of transnational socialist and anti-authoritarian solidarity network.
Objectively, we are facing the growth of authoritarian capitalist governments, an increasing economic and military competition between (…)
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