It is not an exaggeration to say that what is currently happening in the heart of the European continent is the most dangerous moment in contemporary history and the closest to a Third World war since the Soviet missile crisis in Cuba in 1962.
Analysis
The strategic impasse of the Left inside the DSA
The real “strategic impasse” is that of those socialists who, finding themselves adrift and without serious organization, joined DSA in a vain hope that it could be influenced to become something it was never been set up to be.
Protests in Kazakhstan: A color revolution or a working-class uprising?
A Zanovo-media correspondent interviewed Ainur Kurmanov – one of the leaders of Socialist Movement of Kazakhstan.
Gabriel Boric: The last president of the old or the first president of the new?
This popular alliance will have a difficult task: to confront the newly radicalized right wing and its desire for anti-popular revanchism. That confrontation will take place in the streets and will draw on the lessons of self-defense learned decades ago…
One year after: Joe Biden, president of the United States
Some commentators thought that Joe Biden as president would mean a Keynesian turn in the US. The same hopes and illusions had developed in the early days of Barack Obama’s presidency in 2009.
From October to December: A union update
A recent article on this site analyzed the recent period in the US that many were calling Striketober. The purpose of today’s piece is to look at developments since then.
Assange facing extradition to US: Where is the outrage?
Earlier this year an investigative report from Yahoo! News revealed that leading figures in the US government had discussed the possibility of kidnapping or assassinating Assange during the seven years he was taking refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy in London.
Beyond Striketober: The class struggle today
The purpose of this presentation is to examine Striketober, the series of strikes that received a great deal of media attention this Fall.
The Evergrande property crisis and the transformation of the Chinese growth model
China has long seen high-speed economic growth tied to property investment. That model is now failing.
Failing to learn the lessons of Vietnam, again
Successive US presidents vowed to learn from the Vietnam war, relying on technology, ‘smart’ weapons and local proxies instead of US troops on the ground. Yet still they embark on unwinnable conflicts.
Whither the global economy?
There seems to be no evidence to justify the claim by some mainstream optimists that the advanced capitalist world is about to experience a roaring 2020s as the US briefly did in 1920s after the Spanish flu epidemic.
Dependency theory in Eduardo Galeano’s Open Veins of Latin America
The ISP is proud to publish this translation of a reflection on Open Veins, 50 years later, written by the Argentinian Marxist economist Claudio Katz, and presented at the International Seminar marking 50 years since the publication of Open Veins.
Jacobin’s new poll gives a left cover to Democrats’ standard messaging about the working class
The Jacobin effort is not a project designed for socialists to understand how better to recruit workers to socialist organizations. It’s a project designed to advise progressive Democrats about how to win more elections to the U.S. House and state legislatures.
The Democrats’ election debacle
The mainstream media are full of interpretations on the deep meanings of the vote and the long-term prospects of the two ruling-class parties. Yet, the explanation for the November results is pretty simple, and it starts with last November’s national election.
Israeli secret dossier contains no evidence of “terror” by Palestinian groups
Israel and its lobby groups have long attempted to discredit, defund and disrupt the work of Palestinian human rights groups like those declared illegal last month.
