Against Campism, for International Working-Class Solidarity
4 weeks ago
As socialists we must espouse a truly internationalist politics, one that supports democratic and working-class movements around the world. We support such movements in their struggles against tyrannical governments and the ruling classes of all countries, just as we welcome their solidarity with us. As U.S. socialists we oppose the imperialism of the United States, but as internationalists we must also oppose the authoritarianism and imperialism of other states, regardless of what those who run those states call themselves. That is, we must oppose “campism.”
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Features
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Syria,
Russia,
Venezuela,
Historical events and figures,
Features,
Campsim
Dan La Botz, Jason Schulman
Free Syria scares Israel, that's why it sows hatred and occupies
4 weeks ago
Israel has a vested interest in keeping Syria weak and fragmented, especially now that the people can openly show support for Palestine, says Joseph Daher.
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Features
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Palestine,
Syria,
Israel,
Features
Joseph Daher
HTS must reject Assad-era neoliberalism
4 weeks ago
The fall of Assad in December 2024 raised hopes for a brighter future in Syria. But as the country looks to rebuild its economy, enormous challenges remain.
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Features
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Syria,
Features
Joseph Daher
Yemen on the brink
4 weeks ago
Gilbert Achcar
Class, Race, and Gender in the 2024 elections
4 weeks 1 day ago
Kamala Harris' loss to Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential elections was due in large part to declining support for the Democratic candidate from union members, African Americans, and Latino/a s suggesting a decline in class consciousness, working class solidarity, and the strengthening of masculinist and white racial identities. These are shocking not only because of Trump's hostility to unions, working class problems, and his overt racism and sexism, but because these groups have long been part of the Democratic party voting bloc.
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IVP602 - March 2025
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United States (USA),
Women,
LGBT,
Racism and Islamophobia
Kay Mann
Algeria: Colonisation and racism
4 weeks 2 days ago
Jean-Michel Apathie, a well-known French mainstream columnist, was suspended from the RTL television channel on 5 March after pointing out that France had committed massacres during the colonisation of Algeria.
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IVP602 - March 2025
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France,
Algeria,
Imperialism
Édouard Soulier, Louisa D
The fight to free Mahmoud Khalil and defend freedom of speech
1 month ago
In the past few days, thousands of people across the United States have demonstrated in support of Mahmoud Khalil, an individual who has come to symbolize President Donald Trump's attacks on immigrants, on Palestinians, on the Palestine solidarity movement, on universities, and on academic freedom and freedom of speech.
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IVP602 - March 2025
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United States (USA)
Dan La Botz
Kurdistan: ‘Turkey must choose between the status quo, endless war and peace with the Kurds'.
1 month ago
Following the appeal by Abudllah Öcalan, leader of the Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK), for his movement to lay down its arms, what are the prospects for the Kurdish people? L'Anticapitaliste spoke with Salih Azad, head of the Kurdish Democratic Centre in Marseille.
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IVP602 - March 2025
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Turkey,
Kurdistan
Salih Azad
Student protests in Serbia: "The movement cannot afford to stop now"
1 month ago
On January 28, the ongoing mass protest movement in Serbia toppled the government, ushering in the biggest challenge to Aleksandar Vučić's authoritarian rule, which has been in place for more than a decade
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IVP602 - March 2025
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Serbia
Vladimir Unkovski-Korica
Spanish state: Housing – old problem, new solutions
1 month ago
Rent levels have been on everyone's lips in recent months, and not for nothing. Not only because it's a problem that affects hundreds of thousands of people, but also because the housing rights movement has succeeded in getting tens of thousands of people onto the streets of Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Seville, Gijón, Burgos, Zaragoza, Salamanca and other cities.
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IVP602 - March 2025
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Spanish state
Alex Francés , Blanca Martinez
Spanish state: PSOE Congress closes ranks around leader
1 month ago
The 41st Congress of the Partido Socialista Obrero Español (PSOE – Spanish Socialist Workers' Party), held from 29 November to 1 December 2024, took place against an increasingly unstable international and geopolitical backdrop, and at a time when the media and the judiciary are focusing on corruption, the new shadow hanging over ‘Sanchismo', the method of government of the current prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, who is also the party's general secretary, in particular the affair involving the party's former number two, José Luis Ábalos.
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IVP602 - March 2025
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Spanish state
Jaime Pastor
France: The situation in France, the NFP and the tasks of revolutionaries
1 month ago
The situation in France is marked by the general crisis of capitalism and its place in the international balance of forces. It is currently in a very unstable equilibrium and, like many other countries, could tip over into the domination of the extreme right.
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IVP602 - March 2025
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France
Antoine Larrache
Toward a Socialist Approach to Crisis
1 month ago
Ståle Holgersen is a Senior Lecturer in Human Geography at Stockholm University and a member of the ecosocialist Zetkin Collective. His new book makes essential contributions to socialist strategy in our crisis times and, more broadly, to theorizing crisis. He develops a fresh understanding of the ecological crisis as one expression of capitalist crisis tendencies and persuasively argues against the left shibboleth that capitalist crises are good for radicals. “Crises are the enemy,” writes Holgersen, in his characteristically clear, captivating voice. The book will advance thinking among socialists familiar with crisis debates and active in movement struggles. It will also be an excellent resource for people becoming politicized who are newer to radical ideas. I recommend the book both to your radical reading group, and to instructors teaching critical sociology classes at undergraduate and grad levels.
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Reviews section
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Ecology and the Environment,
Economy
James Cairns
Greece: the mass movement is back on track!
1 month ago
February 28 was a historic day for Greece. The general strike represented the biggest mobilization at least since the fall of the military junta, in 1974, if not in the history of the Greek state altogether. Unprecedented rallies took place in more than 260 cities, including dozens abroad, as far as Argentina, South Korea, and Australia.
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IVP602 - March 2025
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Greece
Manos Skoufoglou
Germany: After the federal elections, resistance not adaptation!
1 month 1 week ago
The results of the German federal elections held on 23 February 2025 confirm that the country's shift to the right can be halted. In parliament, the conservative CDU/CSU, with 208 seats, and the fascist Alternative für Deutschland (AfD), with 152 seats, have achieved the strongest positions. Together, they represent a large majority of the 630 MPs. The AfD sees itself as the real winner, having more than doubled its share of the vote from 10.3% to 20.8%.
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IVP602 - March 2025
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Germany
Heinrich Neuhaus, J. H. Wassermann
For Ukraine without oligarchs and occupiers!
1 month 1 week ago
The predatory policies of the newly elected U.S. president make it impossible to establish a lasting peace for Ukrainians. Ukraine's refusal to sign the mineral extraction agreement, designed to serve the interests of American capital, demonstrates the country's determination to avoid colonial dependence. This opens the door to exploring a more equitable model of relations between Ukraine and the states of Europe, Asia, and the rest of the world under the banner of resistance to imperialist domination. However, if the current approach persists, Ukraine risks facing an imminent reduction or even a complete halt of military aid from the United States.
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IVP602 - March 2025
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Ukraine
Sotsialnyi Rukh
‘Since 1967, 35% to 37% of Palestinian society has spent time in Israeli prisons'.
1 month 1 week ago
Salah Hamouri
So-called axis of resistance
1 month 1 week ago
Joseph Daher
Austerity or Raising the Minimum Wage: Catarina Martins on Portugal's Experience
1 month 1 week ago
Catarina Martins was the national coordinator of the Left Block, a democratic socialist political party in Portugal, from 2012 until 2023. She was elected a Member of the European Parliament in the 2024 European election and sits in the Left group in the European Parliament — GUE/NGL. Catariana has a training in linguistics and a theatre occupation.
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Features
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Portugal,
Ukraine,
Debt
Catarina Martins, Denys Pilash
Against Left Pronatalism
1 month 1 week ago
Neoliberalism enforces family responsibility with a cruel logic: a couple who can't afford rent without both their incomes are a couple who stick together. A young adult who can't afford college without student loans is a child who remains bound to her parent. Lack of public spending on public goods forces poor and working-class people into economic dependence on their relatives. Meanwhile, for the rich, the private family is reinforced as a main conduit for wealth transmission.
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Features
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Women
Robin Peterson
Checked
1 hour 54 minutes ago
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