John Clarke recommends Oliver Kearns’ book “The Covert Colour Line,” on racism as the foundation of US and British intelligence agencies.
Category: Civil Liberties/Repression
Self-Organization and the New Left in Ukraine
From Maidan to War
The author (right) on Kyiv’s IndependenceSquare. December 2013.
In early December 2013, I found myself on Kyiv’s Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence Square), holding a sign reading “Don’t Believe Politicians—Self-Organize!” as part of a protest with a small group of student activists. Weeks . . .
Ecuador’s reactionary war
Ecuador has begun to experience a pattern of violence similar to that of Colombia and Mexico.
Can Xi Jinping’s “Chinese Model” Supplant Capitalist Democracies and Why Should Western Socialists Care? – Part 4
Given China’s drivers, it’s difficult to imagine how this trend could be halted or reversed short of the collapse or overthrow of the CCP. That’s coming but of course it’s impossible to predict when.
The Cuban Government’s Persecution of a Left-wing Dissident
Alina Bárbara López Hernández
In the closing address to the tenth congress of the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (CDR -the street level vigilance committees) that took place on September 28 of this year, the president of the Cuban . . .
Two Stories, One Position
As I write (and you read) these lines, two intellectuals, two friends, are persecuted by the respective governments of their countries. Alina Barbara López Hernández in Cuba, and Boris Kagarlitsky in Rusia.
The Struggle to Stop Cop City—By Any Means Necessary
A history of Stop Cop City and the struggle to defend the Atlanta Forest. A must read for anyone interested in getting the whole story.
Introduction to Marginalized Discourse: Voices from the Critical Left in Cuba
James Buckwalter-Arias introduces the collection of contributions from critical leftists in Cuba.
Stop Cop Planet, Save the Surreal World
Dan Fischer analyzes the Stop Cop City movement in Atlanta, its roots in the Black Power movements and anarchist inspirations.
The History Wars and the New Red Scare
The views of Left and Right differ regarding the study of history. For the Right it is largely an exercise in building identity and loyalty, an exploration of what makes one’s nation and race, and therefore one’s self, special. For . . .
A Sudanese Dream
In the face of the nightmare that Sudan is going through these days, we have a dream...
Book Review Essay: Anti-Authoritarian Internationalism, Then and Now
The consensus from the authors reviewed here is that the anti-fascist and anti-authoritarian causes requires profound socio-economic and political changes at all levels of global society.
Constitutions Are the Problem
An excerpt from We the Elites: Why the US Constitution Serves the Few. Direct self-organization makes a constitutional system unnecessary while simultaneously dismantling the rule of property.
A Revolutionary Way of Doing Politics Is Taking Shape in Sudan
Sudanese activist Muzan Alneel discusses four years of the Sudanese Revolution and the crucial role played by neighborhood Resistance Committees.
Statement by Ukrainian Feminists in Solidarity with Iranian Women
Ukrainian feminists see themselves as part of the same struggle as that of Iranian women
“Cancel Culture” and Its Perils
There is no question that “cancel culture” is a legitimate tool of a vibrant democratic culture, especially as it allows the powerless to redress the abuses and the offensive behavior directed at them by powerful public figures.
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