Category: Article

Picasso's painting immortalized the scenes of horror when Guernica was bombed on behalf of General Franco's forces. The painting remains an emblem of resistance to the dishonesty of powerful aggressors: at the time, Franco denied responsibility for the horrors, claiming that "the Reds" had "destroyed Guernica" themselves in an attempt to court world sympathy.
antiracism

Israel’s Antisemitism Ruse

Daniel Freeman-Malloy argues that we are starting to the settler colonial logic behind the ruse of Israel’s claims to victimhood.

A line of trombonists leads a large military band in full regalia down a wide city street
Education

And the Band Plays On

The role of classical and other US Military Bands in manufacturing patriotism, promoting class distinction, and defending imperialism.

Colombian protesters advance through tear gas towards a police lline
Colombia

A Multitude in Precarious Conditions

Professor Leopoldo Múnera Ruiz analyzes the social composition and politics of the recent massive strikes in Columbia.

Latin America

Manufacturing Legitimacy

Derek Cross and Angela Marino argue that, given the recent election in Peru, it is important to remember the lessons of US-sponsored OAS intervention in Bolivia.

Feminism

Trans Organizing in Times of Mass Struggle

Spectre Journal plans to publish in Issue Five a series of short essays that consider the involvement of trans organizers in recent cycles of struggle.

Anti-capitalism

What Is the Meaning of Revolution Today?

Spectre editor David McNally confronts the new reformism, calling for radical honesty as we assess the meaning of revolution today.

The Making of India’s Vaccine Famine

Swati Birla and Kuver Sinha argue that vaccine capitalism is inexorably taking us to a Covid endemic: a future where Covid is a treatable disease for the upper middle classes and a continuous deadly infectious disease with a steady level of fatalities among the poor.

France

After the Commune

Upon the 150th anniversary of the Paris Commune, William Clare Roberts argues that a realistic balance sheet is needed to shape socialist strategy in the present.

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