The uprising triggered by the murder of Jina Mahsa Amini stands out in its length, scale and radicalism. Its slogans attack the very essence of the Islamic Republic.
Analysis
More loyal than oppositional: What’s so progressive about the Progressive Caucus?
The progressives, with the Squad in tow, followed a well-worn path: set out a “progressive” position; pledge to hold fast to it; compromise with their mainstream opponents; vote for the mainstream “compromise” which drops the progressive position; then, after it passes with their votes, claim that’s what they wanted all along.
Britain’s historic nurses’ strikes reveal health system pushed to the brink
Despite the impact on the British public at a time of year when the health system is under extraordinary pressure, Britons are still firmly behind striking nurses. Two-thirds of the public support the strike action, a poll Tuesday from YouGov indicated.
Inside China’s protests
Historically, students have been at the forefront of resistance to Communist Party rule. During the 1989 uprising, they played a leading role in the Tiananmen Square demonstrations, which acted as the social detonator for a nationwide strike movement. But after the movement was defeated, university campuses became tightly monitored and increasingly repressive.
The geopolitics of crisis in Northeast Asia
Ballistic missile launches by North Korea (which is developing a programto miniaturize nuclear weapons), the resumption of major joint military maneuvers between Washington, Seoul and Tokyo… Northeast Asia is once again a hotbed of tension in a region where all the major powers confront each other.
For a democratic antiwar position on the invasion of Ukraine
Faced with the invasion of Ukraine by the regime of Vladimir Putin, the antiwar movement has seen the development of very contrasting positions. They all have in common that they all claim peace, a word behind which very diverse, even opposing attitudes can be placed.
Betrayal of railway workers ignites working-class fury toward Biden and Democrats
“Politicians are happy to voice platitudes and heap praise upon us for our heroism throughout the pandemic,” said one rail leader. “Yet when the steel hits the rail, they back the powerful and wealthy Class 1 rail carriers every time.”
Protests in China are not rare – but the current unrest is significant
Having written extensively on protests in China, I can attest that protests in China are not at all uncommon – but that doesn’t make what is happening now any less significant.
Greece’s Nov. 9th general strike and its political impact
It is obvious that the November 9th strike could probably constitute the beginning of a progression in the coming period of workers’ struggle. The crucial question is therefore where do we go from here?
Turbocharging Zionist colonialism
Negotiations to form a far-right coalition are still ongoing, but there can be no hiding Netanyahu’s victory. Moshé Machover locates the drift to the right in the Zionist project itself.
Tories collapse amidst a growing strike wave
The opportunity for building a mass movement across the working class and wider society is clearly upon us. However, the left needs to develop a coherent strategy for uniting the disparate forces and growing numbers of workers entering the struggle.
Australia: US bombers in the Northern Territory increase the risk of war
Australia may be far from the US Air Force’s target—China—but that is why the bombers will be stationed here.
U.S. elections: How the right wing’s anticipated “red wave” fizzled
The results of the U.S. midterm election broke a well-established historical pattern of the “out” party scoring a victory over the president’s party. In the process, the results made fools of the right-wing politicians and pundits who had proclaimed that a “red wave” would wipe out the Democrats and, possibly, put President Biden on the road to impeachment.
The Friedmans’ lamentation
It would be better if the Jews of the world didn’t support Israel blindly and that U.S. politicians were freed from reflexive support. It has corrupted Israel and taught it that it can cause as much harm as it wishes without taking responsibility and at no cost.
French workers mobilize for pay raise and against Macron
Keeping fighting, creating the conditions allowing for the construction of a movement for a general strike that would unite public and private workers, here is what’s on the table.
