Remembering Wave Hill: when Australia’s indigenous fought back

The following article, written by Chloe Koffman was first posted by The Tribune.  It looks back to an inspirational struggfle which linked Australis’s indigenous workers with Australian labour movement and the key role played by the Australian Communist Party and on te winning of land rights by the Guirindji people. REMEMBERING WAVE HILL: WHEN AUSTRALIA’S…

Greater than the Sum of Our Parts – Feminism, Inter/Nationalism and Palestine

Mary McGregor reviews Greater Than the Sum of Our Parts: Feminism, Inter/Nationalism, and Palestine by Nada Elia. This has also been posted by bella caledonia. GREATER THAN THE SUM OF OUR PARTS, FEMINISM, INTER/NATIONALISM AND PALESTINE True liberation only comes when oppressed groups rise together in solidarity and recognize the interconnectivity of our struggles. At…

The unbearable manicheanism of the “anti-imperialist” left

This article, written by Willam I. Robinson was first posted by anti*capitalist  resistance. It critically examines the contradictory logic and regressive politics of the contemporary “anti-imperialist” left that opposes capitalist exploitation by the West but turns a blind eye to repression by non-Western states opposed to Washington. Manicheanism is  an ancient philosophy that interprets the…

Portrait of a revolutionary: Guevara in Kilkee

The following article was written by Jim Aitken and was first posted by culture matters.   PORTRAIT OF A REVOLUTIONARY: GUEVARA IN KILKEE   Sixty years ago, in 1963, an Aeroflot flight from Moscow was on route to Havana and had to stop at Shannon airport due to fog. Shannon, then as now, is famous…

Coup in Niger shows France’s imperialist decline

This article by Claudia Cinatti, first posted by Left Voice (USA) looks at recent political developments in Niger, and criticises those who take a campist approach. COUP IN NIGER SHOWS FRANCE’S IMPERIALIST DECLINE The coup d’état in Niger has opened an explosive situation in Africa with international ramifications. On July 26, a few days before…

France: anti-police uprising of marginalised youth hurls challenge to the entire social order

The following article by Kevin Anderson was first posted by the International Marxist Humanist Organisation. It argues that after a racist police murder, the uprising of France’s marginalised youth targets state apparatus in unprecedented ways, exposing the race/class fault lines of modern capitalism.   FRANCE: ANTI-POLICE UPRISING OF MARGINALISED YOUTH HURLS CHALLENGE TO THE ENTIRE…

Ban cluster bombs – Ukraine is no exception

The following article by Fed Leplat was first posted by of anti-capitalist resistance. It argues for the need of the Ukraine Solidarity  Campaign to oppose Biden’s and Zelensky’s support for the use of cluster bombs agains Putin’s Russian imperial occupying forces in Ukraine, with the potential humanitarian risks posed by these internationally condemned weapons.. BAN…

Charity loophole lets US donors give far-right groups $272m in secret

The following article by Lydia Namubiru was first posted by openDemocracy. It highlights the role of US corporations secretly channeling money to far right groups opposed to LBGT+ and women’ rights , especially abortion.   CHARITY LOOPHOLE ALLOWS US DONORS GIVE FAR RIGHT GROUPS $272M IN SECRET A loophole in US charity law is letting…

UK sanctions Iran for ‘undermining peace in the Middle East’, Israel unmentioned

The following article which was written by Joe Glenton, was first posted by The Canary. It exposes the hypocrisy of the UK government extending sanctions to Iran, by  ignoring the Israeli state backed assault on Jenin. UK SANCTIONS FO IRAN ‘UNDERMINING PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST’, ISRAEL UNMENTIONED Britain on Thursday, 6th July,  announced plans…

The real honours of Scotland

The following article by George Gunn from the Province of the Cat was first posted by bella caledonia. It links King Charles receiving the ‘Honours Scotland’ with the seizure of the land under feudalism. This continues  to this day, albeit it as aggressive capitalist expropriation. However  it  acknowledges its feudal forebears in the pomp and…