Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal

20/08/2024

Rasti Delizo — The enduring struggle for the socialist transformation of the Philippines resolutely marches onward in the early half of the 21st century.

20/08/2024

Michael Roberts — The overthrow of the Sheikh Hasina’s dictatorial government in Bangladesh is a startling outcome of the economic nightmare that many so-called developing economies are experiencing.

20/08/2024

Michael Löwy — Reflection on Marx’s contribution to an ecological perspective has made considerable progress in recent decades.

20/08/2024

Ashley Smith — The greater evil is obviously Trump and the far-right GOP. Harris and the Democratic Party are lesser evils by comparison. But that does not exonerate them of being evil.

17/08/2024

William I Robinson — The genocide in Gaza and the repression of Palestine solidarity around the world tell a larger story of global capitalist crisis.

17/08/2024

Susan Price — To say “Capitalism kills” is not hyperbole. Capitalism is simply incompatible with life on Earth.

15/08/2024

Michael Pröbsting looks at Lenin’s position on the defence of Serbia in World War I and why it is wrong to apply it to the Ukraine War today.

Michael Pröbsting looks at Lenin’s actual position on the defence of Serbia in World War I and why it is wrong to apply it to the Ukraine War today.

15/08/2024

Following its cancellation due to the floods in Porto Alegre in May 2024, the 1st International Antifascist Conference will take place next year in the capital of Rio Grande do Sul.

15/08/2024

CPI(ML) Liberation — The unification of Jharkhand’s two leading Left forces, CPI(ML) Liberation and Marxist Coordination Committee, was announced on 10 August.

13/08/2024

Kevin B. Anderson discusses Marx and Lenin’s writings on imperialism, why the world is becoming more bipolar and the need for consistent anti-imperialism.

13/08/2024

Jerry Harris — Some see multi-polarity as a new stage of non-alignment, and even the creation of an anti-imperialist bloc. But the economic and political elites of the Global South are too deeply tied to transnational capitalism to be truly independent.

Jerry Harris — As multi-polarity grows, some see this as a new stage of non-alignment, and even the creation of an anti-imperialist bloc. But the economic and political elites of the Global South are too deeply tied to transnational capitalism to be truly independent.

13/08/2024

LeftEast interviews three people from Uzbekistan’s leftist circles about the state of the country’s political economy under Mirziyoyev, the role of Soviet nostalgia, the conditions and potential for the fledgling Uzbek left.

12/08/2024

Justin Akers Chacón — The crisis churning out rising displacement is located in the failings of the capitalist system internationally, both in its economic functions and political operations.

11/08/2024

Clifton D'Rozario — There is no denying the far right has emerged as a formidable political force around the world. In India, fascism is not just being fought in the electoral arena; it is also being confronted on the streets.

Clifton D’Rozario — There is no denying the far right has emerged as a formidable political force around the world. In India, fascism is not just being fought in the electoral arena; it is also being confronted on the streets.

10/08/2024

Phil Hearse — Thousands of anti-fascists mobilised to face down fascist groups threatening immigration lawyers and mosques in cities across Britain on August 7.

Phil Hearse — One thing is obvious. Whereas there is a party of the radical right, there is no electoral party of the militant left.

10/08/2024

Baba Aye — Tens of thousands of people have trooped out on the streets across Nigeria in nationwide protests against hardship and hunger, since 1 August.

07/08/2024

Ilan Pappé — Violence as a permanent aspect of life can only be removed when its source is removed. In the case of Palestine, it is the ideology and praxis of the Israeli settler state, not the existential struggle of the colonised Palestinian people.

Ilan Pappé — Violence as a permanent and massive aspect of life can only be removed when its source is removed. In the case of Palestine, it is the ideology and praxis of the Israeli settler state, not the existential struggle of the colonised Palestinian people.

07/08/2024

Gilbert Achcar — There is no doubt that the court of history will include Joe Biden's name prominently on the list of perpetrators of crimes against humanity.

07/08/2024

Badrul Alam — Prime minister Sheikh Hasina used all the tools of repression at her disposal against the people to retain power, but was defeated in the end.

07/08/2024

Anti*Capitalist Resistance statement on far-right violence sweeping Britain and Northern Ireland.

Anti*Capitalist Resistance statement on far-right violence sweeping Britain and Northern Ireland

07/08/2024

Daria Saburova — In April-May 2024, tens of thousands of Georgians took to the streets to protest against the new "Law on Transparency of Foreign Influence," which was finally passed by the parliament on May 28th, overturning the presidential veto.

07/08/2024

Communist Party of India -Marxist Leninist- Liberation CPIML — We congratulate the democracy-loving people of Bangladesh at this hour of victorious assertion.

CPI(ML) Liberation — We congratulate the democracy-loving people of Bangladesh at this hour of victorious assertion.

03/08/2024

Jess Spear — We need to place an understanding of the ecological crisis at the centre of what we are doing. We are not just ecosocialists when we are campaigning about the environment and socialists the rest of the time.

03/08/2024

Max Elbaum — The mood among opponents of MAGA has shifted dramatically. But the electoral map hasn’t changed, and the Gaza genocide continues. What does this mean for progressives and the socialist left?

Max Elbaum — The mood among opponents of MAGA has shifted dramatically. But the electoral map hasn’t changed, and the Gaza genocide continues. What does this mean for progressives and the socialist Left?

03/08/2024

Sharon Smith — Kamala Harris’ rhetoric has tended to be more progressive than Biden’s, but Biden’s policies are very likely to be Harris’ policies in a future presidency because Harris has never strayed far from them, whatever language she has used.

Sharon Smith — Kamala Harris’ rhetoric has tended to be more progressive than Biden’s, but Biden’s policies are very likely to be Harris’ policies in a future presidency because Harris has never strayed far from them — whatever language she has used.

30/07/2024

Boris Kagarlitsky — The influence of the far right has kept growing in precisely the degree to which the left has retreated from its previous class politics.

30/07/2024

Akash Bhattacharya — As the Indian people mounted a strong fightback against Hindutva/corporate rule of the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP), the political battle between the far-right and democratic forces entered a new phase in Europe.

30/07/2024

Walden Bello — Two recent events have shattered complacency about the specter of a fascist takeover globally that a number of us have been warning about for some time now. This has made many progressives and liberals fear that the enemy is at the gates.

30/07/2024

Marty Hart-Landsberg — Global carbon dioxide emissions (the main cause of global warming) continue to rise. Yet, we have seen only modest attempts to bring emissions down.

27/07/2024

Pablo Stefanoni looks at the recent European and French elections — in which the former saw a strong showing for the far right National Rally while the latter resulted in a win for the broad left New Popular Front — and what it means for both sides.

Pablo Stefanoni looks at the recent European and French elections — in which the former saw a strong showing for the far right while the latter resulted in a win for the broad left — and what it means for both sides.