Tag: Anti-imperialism
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Palestinian liberation and the MENA revolutions
In the aftermath of the outpouring of Palestinian resistance to Israel’s latest escalation of its policy of slow-motion ethnic cleansing, Joseph Daher analyses the strategic alternatives for the Palestinian struggle.
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Zones of assault
Swati Birla and Kuver Sinha explore how the Modi government in India has shaped and compounded the extreme COVID-19 crisis there to benefit capital.
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The ghastly specter of sectarianism
Seán Mitchell, a socialist activist and historian from West Belfast, eloquently provides a framework for the history of sectarianism in Ireland, necessary for our understanding of these resurgent dynamics.
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San Francisco educators endorse BDS
Alex Schmaus and brian bean report on the first public school educators union in the U.S. to endorse boycott, divestment, and sanctions against Israeli apartheid.
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Imperialist Keynesianism
Ashley Smith contextualizes the Biden administration program, and argues that it represents a Keynesian break from decades of neo-liberal policy. However, it is a break driven in the first instance by the imperative to rehabilitate the profitability of U.S. capitalism and U.S. imperial power.
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For a free Palestine
On behalf of the Tempest Collective, brian bean provides our statement of solidarity with Palestine.
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“If you repress us, we will rise up even more”
Ashley Smith interviews activist and poet Me Me Khant on the recent coup in Myanmar, which has triggered a mass popular uprising and general strikes throughout the country.
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The First Decade of the Arab Revolutionary Process
Gilbert Achcar reflects on the tenth anniversary of the start of the Arab Spring, its lessons, and the ongoing process which continues to this day.
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The empire strikes back
Ashley Smith previews Biden’s foreign policy, arguing that what is coming is not simply a return to Obama-era multilateralism, but an attempt to deepen Trump’s focus on the great power rivalries, especially with China.
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Left on an Island
Lausan Collective members Andi W. and Promise Li make a case for why the Left needs to stand in solidarity with Hong Kong. It is not about deciding which nation-state is worse; it’s about rejecting a false binary the ruling elites have crafted for us.