Category: Civil Liberties/Repression

Ecuador has begun to experience a pattern of violence similar to that of Colombia and Mexico.

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.

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

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.

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.

Raymar Aguado Hernández denounces Cuban state repression of critical leftists

Alina Bárbara López Hernández rejects the Cuban state’s claim to be on the left.

James Buckwalter-Arias introduces the collection of contributions from critical leftists in Cuba.

Dan Fischer analyzes the Stop Cop City movement in Atlanta, its roots in the Black Power movements and anarchist inspirations.

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

What we hope might emerge from the current horrors in Sudan

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.

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.

Sudanese activist Muzan Alneel discusses four years of the Sudanese Revolution and the crucial role played by neighborhood Resistance Committees.

Background and prospects for the Iranian protests

Ukrainian feminists see themselves as part of the same struggle as that of Iranian women

A sketch of a long-time human rights activist

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.

Frieda Afary reviews a collection of interviews with 12 women political prisoners in Iran.

The perils and possibilities of law as a tool for social transformation have been debated by legal scholars and advocates for social justice for many years.