EL&SD Coverage – Looking at the world through non-campist lenses

Many on the Left still view the world through lenses dating from when the US was the all-dominant global power. Countering this was the USSR, which assisted many national liberation struggles (although some could abandoned if it better fitted USSR state needs).  The USSR  was viewed to be superior to the USA because of its…

Arundhati Roy on things that can and cannot be said: The dismantling of the world as we know it

We are reposting the Stuart Hall memorial lecture, first posted on thewire, given by Arundhati Roy last September. She is author of  Azadi – Fascism, Fiction and Freedom in the Time of the Virus, outlining the ongoing fascistisation of India under Modi. In Arundhati’s lecture, she locates this process in a global context. Solidarity, speaking…

Edinburgh marches against COP27

 The following article on the COP27 Coalition march, organised to coincide withe world wide protest against the COP27 leaders and corporate capitals’s continued attempts to greenwash their activities, was written by Stehen Topple and  first posted by The Canary.   EDINBURGH MARCHES AGAINST COP27 Several thousand people marched through Edinburgh on Saturday 12 November. This was…

From Palestine to San Antonio, from Melilla to the Polish border – United for a world without walls

The following article on the murderous impact of walls upon migrants was first posted by Stop the Wall in their Urgent Letter Nº 3.   FROM SAN ANTONIO TO PALESTINE, FROM MELILLA TO THE POLISH BORDER – UNITED FOR A WORLD WITHOUT WALLS This is hell. It’s on fire. Ghassan Kanafani, “Men in the Sun”…

Nato preparing for inter-imperialist war with China and Russia

The following article by Gilbert Achcar, first posted by The Nation, outlines the need for a global peace movement opposed to all military alliances and the ongoing massive increases in defence budgets. NATO PREPARING FOR INTER-IMPERIALIST WAR WITH CHINA AND RUSSIA At the end of June, for the second time since the Spanish state joined NATO…

From the war on terror to conflict between world powers

The following article by Claudia Cinatti of Left Voice (USA) points out that the heinous attacks on the World Trade Center have shown the failure of the “war on terror.”  Following its defeat in Afghanistan, U.S imperialism is now directing its attention toward China and other capitalist powers.     FROM THE WAR ON TERROR TO…

The Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan respond to the Taliban takeover

We are posting this interview with a spokesperson for the Revolutionary Association of Women of Afghanistan following the Taliban takeover of Kabul Afghan Women’s Mission has been in touch with RAWA to address their needs at this urgent time. In this brief Q&A with AFM Co-Director Sonali Kolhatkar, RAWA explains the unfolding situation on the…

Afghanistan – Imperial intervention paves way for murderous reaction

We are posting the following two articles by Mike Small on the current situation in Afghanistan. They were first posted on bella caledonia at https://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2021/08/20/global-britain-britannia-unchained/ and https:bellacaledonia.org.uk/2021/08/17/falling 1. GLOBAL BRITAIN, BRITANNIA UNCHAINED 2. FALLING _______________ 1. GLOBAL BRITAIN, BRITANNIA UNCHAINED Liberal media went crazy for the Tory back-benchers sticking it to Boris Johnson in Westminster yesterday.…

Afghan women bear the brunt of the hypocritical “war on terror”

A piece written for The Commune by members of the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan Recently the media has widely reported the deaths of British troops in Afghanistan with the escalation of violence. Additionally, there is much debate of British policies in Afghanistan. What the people of Britain miss here is the suffering…

Afghanistan Solidarity Appeal

The LPP, in close association with the ALRO, has decided to launch the Afghan Workers Solidarity Campaign. The idea to start this campaign was discussed during the recent visit of Alan McCombes (editor, Scottish Socialist Voice). Writing from Peshawar, Alan described the conditions the ALRO face: The activists I met live in grinding poverty, often…