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Argentinian economist Claudio Katz has published a lengthy reply [1] to my critique of his analysis and political conclusions about Russian imperialism and the Ukraine War. [2] I strongly welcome such a debate since the issues involved – starting from Great Power rivalry to major wars (like the (…)
The Left’s advocacy for ’multipolarity’ against a US-led unipolar order has, in effect, defended authoritarianism across the world. The Left must reflect on how its language enables such regimes.
Multipolarity is the compass orienting the Left’s understanding of international relations. All (…)
We have entered a period of fundamental rupture, a period of transition marked by strong contradictions. The various social, ecological, geopolitical, political and ideological institutions are entering into crisis and these crises are combining. This situation is reminiscent of the crisis of (…)
As the pandemic forces us into lockdown, activists across Europe demonstrate that there are still ways to organize and practice solidarity at a safe social distance.
The coronavirus pandemic is confronting us with unprecedented contradictions. The foundations of neoliberal capitalism are (…)
Democratic socialists need an internationalist anti-imperialism that builds solidarity from below with progressive currents in Hong Kong and mainland China.
The U.S. and Chinese states are locked in an intensifying rivalry for dominance over the world system. Conflicts have erupted over (…)
The last Saturday in January saw a gathering of activists and academics from across the US at the Verso loft in Brooklyn to discuss The China Question: Towards a Left Perspective on China.David Brophy reports on The China Question conference in Brooklyn.
‘[T]here is a growing consensus,’ two (…)
Farewell to the World Social Forum (WSF)? In reference to the Great Transition Network (GTN) Discussion.
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Looking Back
The definition we have of alterglobalism is that of a historical emancipation movement that extends and renews previous historical movements; the (…)
Book Club: Andy Heintz’s timely contribution, Dissidents of the International Left, features interviews with 77 left-wing figures from around the world.
The post-Cold War period has been turbulent to say the least. Much of the causal responsibility can be attributed to the US pursuit of (…)
The following is an interview with Andy Heintz on his upcoming book, Dissidents of the International Left , which features interviews with seventy-seven left-wing figures from around the world. The book highlights diverse voices from Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa, and was published in (…)
The fiftieth anniversary of May ‘68, like the centennial of the Russian Revolution, is far from a mere ritual commemoration. Both mark high points of the struggle of the workers for their self-emancipation, and their lessons are incorporated into our history and give continuity to the struggle (…)
The conference organizers invite submissions for workshops related the topics of multiple crisis, the right wing xenophobic backlash and practices and visions of democratic and inclusive social transformation.
The Third International Marxist-Feminist Conference will take place at Lund (…)
Walden Bello’s Keynote Speech to the Forum on European Union-Latin America Trade Relations, Brussels, June 28, 2017 (by Skype from Tokyo).
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I would like to thank the Transnational Institute and other sponsors of the conference for inviting me to make the opening address. I (…)
The Global Left Will Fail Unless it Understands the Feminisation of the Workforce. Global capital hurts people of colour the most, says the celebrated activist.
Angela Davis is a public intellectual extraordinaire. She has been an academic, an activist, a scholar and an author. Richard Nixon (…)
The situation seems to be desperate. The offensive of the right wing and the far right movements occupies space and minds. It spreads out in the media and claims to express the shift of societies to the right. This is not the case and nothing has been decided yet. Societies resist and (…)
We are experiencing a period of considerable turmoil and great uncertainty. We are probably experiencing a change of epoque, during which old trends try to hold on rigidly, initiating new trends. Antonio Gramsci (the Italian Marxist theorist and politician)’s quote is pertinent: “The old world (…)
Speech delivered at the opening plenary session of the 111th Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Washington State Convention Center, August 19, 2016.
Walden Bello shares some reflections on the meaning of Seattle for change in knowledge systems, discusses how despite the deep (…)
PRESENTATION INTERCOLL
Intercoll is an open space for the development and confrontation of social and citizen movements. It is run by people linked to the movements, everyone involved in the struggles and mobilizations. It deals with activists who engage in an intellectual work to renew, from (…)
Michael Löwy discusses Pope Francis’s recent Encyclical Laudati Si’, ecosocialism and left unity in Europe today
February 19,2016 — Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal — Michael Löwy is a militant of the French section of the Fourth International. His wide-ranging interests (…)
Waiting for political change to come about once every few years at election time is not only frustrating, but is an almost sure-fire way of ensuring that the changes you really want don’t get delivered within the time frames that are necessary.
If we really want to see change, then to (…)
In parallel to the EU-US trade deal currently under way, the US is negotiating a similar agreement with 11 countries of the Asia Pacific: the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Walden Bello, leading critic of neoliberal and corporate globalisation, identifies the global strategy underpinning the (…)
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