Archives: Online Posts

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.

Reflections on the Third Intifada
Salwa Ibrahim writes about the novelty of the third intifada currently taking shape in Palestine.

Friends in Palestine, Has the Future Arrived?
Palestinian activist G. N. Nithya writes of the horrors of the ever-continuous Nakba.

The Colombian State Is at War with Its People
Laura Correa Ochoa, María Cárdenas, and Tianna S. Paschel argue that Colombia’s sustained assault on protesters this week represents a form of warfare that indigenous and Black communities know all too well.

Turning a Profit from Death
Spectre’s Tithi Bhattacharya explains why anti-capitalism is central to the struggle against COVID-19 in India and how Narendra Modi is by no means up to the task.

Why Feminism? Why Now?
Loubna Qutami asks what it means to think about Palestinian liberation as a feminist issue?

Resurgent Sectarianism in the North of Ireland
Seán Mitchell writes of republican militants, loyalist devils, and the necessity of a class-based alternative in Ireland.

Revolution Is Illegal
Orisanmi Burton reflects on the legacy of the Panther Twenty-One on the fiftieth anniversary of their acquittal.

Mariátegui in Debate
Deni Alfaro Rubbo reviews Mike Gonzalez’s new book, In the Red Corner, about the political ideas of José Carlos Mariátegui.

Building Asian American Liberation from Below
Promise Li argues that a true movement for liberation for Asian Americans requires building collective power by linking antiracist and anticapitalist struggles in coalition with other marginalized communities.