The following article by Conor Costick was first posted by Ukraine Solidarity (Europe). It provides a critique of a section of the Irish Left organised by the Socialist Workers Movement through their front organisation People before Profit. They distort Connolly’s attitude towards winning wider support for Irish self-determination in the lead-up to and during the…
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…
Climate change or system change
This article was written by Ali Fleming, an Extinction Rebellion activist. It argues that only system change can help us now. It was first posted by rs21. The Cerberus heatwave has lived up to its savage name with extreme temperatures that have been deadly for Southern Europe. While it was easy to ignore the catastrophes…
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…
A living nightmare
Eddie Ford first posted this article for Weekly Worker. He argues that frequent, intense and deadly wildfires are the inevitable result of record temperatures. But this is not simply down to us humans: the climate crisis is driven by capitalism A LIVING NIGHTMARE Our screens have recently been filled with apocalyptic imagery from wildfires burning…
Languages do not “die”, they are persecuted: A Scottish Gael’s perspective on language “loss”
The following article was written by Paul Meighan and was first posted on bella caledonia. LANGUAGES DO NOT “DIE”, THEY ARE PERSECUTED: A SCOTTISH GAEL’S PERSPECTIVE ON LANGUAGE “LOSS” Two-thirds of the world’s 7000-7500 languages are Indigenous languages. One-third of Indigenous languages are experiencing language loss and “as many as 90% are predicted to fall…
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…