Ever since the beginning of the pandemic, the right-wing BJP government, instead of fighting the virus with emergency health measures, has been manipulating the pandemic as a divisive tool for its communal politics.
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Colombia: The state’s deadly assault on social protest
Though it has received little coverage in the mainstream U.S. press, there has been ongoing mass protests, along with murderous state repression, in Colombia over the past weeks.
May 4 in Madrid: A defeated left (a chronicle of urgency)
Iglesias’s last episode of resigning all of his positions left Podemos in a deep internal crisis that portends a ferocious power struggle. It’s a crisis that will also have consequences inside UP.
Is Marxism Eurocentric? (Part II)
In this two-part series, ISP’s Lance Selfa seeks to refute the “conventional wisdom” about Marxism that Marxism is “Eurocentric,” and, therefore, has little to say to the mass of the world’s population in the 21st century globalized world.
Is Marxism Eurocentric? (Part I)
In this two-part series, ISP’s Lance Selfa seeks to refute the “conventional wisdom” about Marxism that Marxism is “Eurocentric,” and, therefore, has little to say to the mass of the world’s population in the 21st century globalized world.
The significance of the Paris Commune
No matter the outcome, the Commune had shown how a revolution raises up workers estimation of themselves and brings out the best in humanity.
Revolution and counter-revolution in Myanmar
Counter-revolutionary violence has reached new heights in Myanmar, as the Tatmadaw (the country’s military) attempts to terrorise a nationwide uprising into submission.
Labor Notes: April month of trouble making (part III)
The bi-annual Labor Notes conferences have become perhaps the most important gathering places for the left in the labor movement. The purpose of this article is to report on these meetings.
In the face of a murderous military dictatorship, an urgent appeal for financial solidarity with grass roots resistance in Myanmar/Burma
Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières (ESSF), is calling for financial solidarity to support the democratic movement in Myanmar, now and over the long term.
Vaccine imperialism: If no one is safe until everyone is safe, then no one is likely to be safe
The arrival of effective vaccines against Covid-19 provides hope that the pandemic that has infected over 100 million people and killed over 2.5 million can be brought under control. But that will not happen while much of the world’s population remains unvaccinated. In largely unvaccinated areas, the virus will continue […]
Ecuador: How did the Right make a comeback?
Lasso skillfully portrayed Arauz as a candidate who couldn’t tell the truth. The revelation that Arauz worked with Lenin Moreno’s government when he was an official of the Central Bank—a fact Arauz tried to conceal—spearheaded Lasso’s dirty campaign.
Labor Notes: April month of trouble making (part II)
The bi-annual Labor Notes conferences have become perhaps the most important gathering places for the left in the labor movement. The purpose of this article is to report on these meetings.
Cracks in the blue wall of silence
Although there is no way to predict the future of struggle, it would be wrong to dismiss the Derek Chauvin conviction as meaningless, whatever the intent of the prosecutors or police witnesses.
United States: ‘Stop the Hate’ Asian Americans fight back
Asian American leaders are warning that a deepening geopolitical confrontation between the US and China is contributing to heightened suspicion, prejudice and violence against their communities in ways that could continue to intensify even after the pandemic begins to subside.
Labor Notes: April month of trouble making (part I)
The bi-annual Labor Notes conferences have become perhaps the most important gathering places for the left in the labor movement. The purpose of this article is to report on these meetings.
