Author: Patrick Silberstein

Ukraine: Those who choose not to see, those who choose not to hear, those who choose to forget

By: Didier Epsztajn, Mariana Sanchez, Patrick SilbersteinFebruary 15, 2023

Those who speak of “peace” by not supporting the legitimate right of Ukrainian peoples to self-determination and to live, those who break with support for national liberation struggles are mistaken and contribute to undermining the rights of all citizens, in Ukraine and around the world.

“The Russian Army is a Paper Tiger–and the Paper is Now on Fire”

By: Patrick SilbersteinMarch 7, 2022

If Russian imperialism has suffered this setback, it is above all thanks to the extraordinary and unexpected resistance of the Ukrainian army and the Ukrainian population.

France’s Confusing Political Demonstrations on July 24 – Another Planned for July 31

By: Dan La Botz, Patrick SilbersteinJuly 30, 2021

An interview with longtime French left activist Patrick Silberstein on the current demonstrations in France

France: Covid-19: A Very Political Virus

By: Patrick SilbersteinMarch 16, 2020

I’ll begin by telling you a story. In August 1940, when the Luftwaffe was crushing London with its bombs, British bourgeois politicians were very reluctant to open the subway system so that people could take refuge there. It took the

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