It is impossible to understand what is happening in Ukraine today without some knowledge of its past
Author: newpolitics
Monday, March 7: Putin’s War on Ukraine: History, Analysis, Solidarity
An Internationalism from Below forum
Spotify Itself Is Misinformation
If big-money artists, like Neil Young, are speaking out against Spotify but not mentioning the company’s exploitative practices, then Spotify couldn’t have asked for a better distraction from its wretched business model.
Open letter from Israel to the Russian Anti-War Movement
Israeli activists for Palestinian rights express support for the Russian anti-war movement
What the DSA International Committee’s Ukraine Statement Gets Wrong
The DSA International Committee statement on Ukraine rightly criticizes NATO but is silent on Russia’s role in the current crisis
Education Reforms and Capitalism’s Changes to Work: Lessons for the Left
[Editor’s note: An archived version of the event can be seen here: https://www.facebook.com/newpoliticsmag/videos/263390032588738/]
Join us January 20, 7:30pm (Eastern) to discuss what we need to learn and do to resist changes capitalism has made to labor and schools since Trump’s election . . .
Bolivia Update: Arce’s First Year
In October and November of 2019, clashes over the validity of presidential elections in Bolivia led to protests and the eventual ouster of the leftist Indigenous president Evo Morales, in what most observers characterized as a coup. In the year . . .
Education Reforms and Capitalism’s Changes to Work
Join us for a webinar Jan. 20, 2022, 7:30 pm (EST) as Lois Weiner and teacher union activists discuss how the revived attacks on teachers and their unions reflect capitalism’s chilling alteration of work. Details will be posted shortly.
Liberals Look To Weingarten, Again, To Betray Teachers, Parents, and Students
Randi Weingarten, President of the American Federation of Teachers, is once again doing the work of big money.
Help Afghan Women. Do Not Recognize the Taliban Government.
An Interview with a representative of RAWA inside Afghanistan
U.S. Strikes of 2021 in Context : What’s Happening and Why?
By now you will have read about the strikes of 2021. For one thing, there are more of them, some in industries where we haven’t seen many strikes for a while like retail, entertainment, or major manufacturing firms; others in . . .
The Two Souls of Aplutsoc
John Barzman responds to Aplutsoc’s criticisms of his interview with New Politics about social resistance to the French health pass.
Social Resistance to the Health Pass
Continuing debate about the health pass and social resistance in France: The editorial board of Aplutsoc responds to New Politics’ coverage.
Afghanistan and Its Challenge to Feminism
How should anti-imperialists relate to the coming to power of the misogynist Taliban regime in Afghanistan?
Politics, Not Prosecution, Is the Answer to Antisemitism
A review of David Renton’s book on what the Left got wrong in dealing with the antisemitism crisis in the British Labour party.
It’s Easier to Imagine a Mark Fisher Meme than the End of Platform Capitalism
A constellation of events has thrown left wing memes into the mainstream, leading to a confirmation of the late Mark Fisher’s thesis that countercultural trends tend to be co-opted by capitalist media.
What is Left in the Neoliberal University?
The neoliberal university exploits intellectual labor under a veneer of liberal-humanist values — a false consciousness which emerging working-class academics must overcome.
Contingent Faculty Activism Pushes Legislation into Congressional Budget Reconciliation
The rising movement among contingent faculty has pushed bills onto CA Gov. Newsom’s desk and into the budget reconciliation process in Congress.
The Political Creativity of Sylvia Pankhurst
Socialists and feminists (and socialist feminists) can profoundly benefit from the legacy of Sylvia Pankhurst who is equally deserving of the contemporary attention given to Rosa Luxemburg and Alexandra Kollontai.
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