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Ba Karang

March 17, 2024 Length: 443 words 0 comments

Standing in Solidarity with Senegal

Summary: Mass movement against President Macky Sall’s attempt to avoid elections bears fruit, a victory fraught with contradictions — Editors

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Alex Adamson

March 8, 2024 Length: 1348 words 4 comments

Lenin, Dialectics, and Trans Liberation

Summary: First appeared in Lenin: The Heritage We (Don’t) Renounce, ed. Hjalmar Jorge-Eichhorn and Patrick Anderson, Daraja Press, 2024 — Editors

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Hamid Shirazi

March 3, 2024 Length: 383 words 0 comments

Los Angeles March for Gaza

Summary: Marxist-Humanists participate and engage in dialogue on a global day of solidarity — Editors

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Karel Ludenhoff

February 29, 2024 Length: 1470 words 0 comments

Germany: Critical Remarks on Anti-Rightwing Demonstrations and the Future of the Left after the Wagenknecht Split

Summary: On recent demonstrations in Germany against the swing to the right and on Alliance Sarah Wagenknecht — Editors

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Derek Lewis

February 25, 2024 Length: 1506 words 0 comments

Fascistic Christian Nationalism’s Role in Killing Nex Benedict

Summary: Analyzing the death of 16-year-old Nex Benedict, a non-binary Oklahoma high school student, in the context of U.S. Christian Nationalism and capitalism — Editors

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Ukraine Solidarity Network (U.S.)

February 23, 2024 Length: 860 words 0 comments

Stand Against Genocide and Imperialism, from Palestine to Ukraine

Summary: This statement of the Ukraine Solidarity Network was issued for the second anniversary of Russia’s full-blown invasion of Ukraine — Editors

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Sam Friedman,
Mary Jirmanus Saba

February 16, 2024 Length: 4441 words 0 comments

The Left and COVID: A response to Mike Haynes

Summary: Mike Haynes’s article “The Left, COVID, and the Roads Not Taken” aims to skewer the Left for its failures during the COVID pandemic.[1] In this article, the authors first go through his argument and show its weaknesses and one or two strengths. They end by suggesting paths the Left can continue to take to centre the public’s health, including responding to the current, and future pandemics. First appeared here: https://www.historicalmaterialism.org/blog/left-and-covid-response-to-mike-haynes – Editors

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Peter Hudis

February 14, 2024 Length: 2852 words 0 comments

Rosa Luxemburg Exposed the Colonial Genocide in Namibia

Summary: Explores the intersection of Rosa Luxemburg’s writings and the historical context of the Namibian genocide, delving into the interconnectedness of imperialism and capitalism. First appeared in Jacobin here: https://jacobin.com/2024/02/rosa-luxemburg-namibia-genocide-imperialism-capitalism

Greek version here: https://imhojournal.org/articles/17264/ — Editors

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Joseph Daher

February 12, 2024 Length: 2895 words 0 comments

Impact of Israeli Genocidal War in Gaza on the Middle East

Summary: As Syria, Iraq, Yemen, and Lebanon face Israel’s genocidal war on the Palestinians, what are the tasks of the left? Earlier version appeared in Solidarity on January 17, here https://solidarity-us.org/impact-of-israeli-genocidal-war-in-gaza-on-the-middle-east/ — Editors

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Ba Karang

February 12, 2024 Length: 351 words 1 comments

In Solidarity with Senegal: The Ongoing Struggle Against Macky Sall’s Dictatorship

Summary: Movement against dictatorship faces challenges from both regime and opportunistic politicians — Editors

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Rocio Lopez

February 10, 2024 Length: 341 words 0 comments

Russia Admits Aims in Ukraine Similar to Israel’s in Gaza

Summary: Interview with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov reveals affinity with Israel’s genocidal war against the Palestinians — Editors

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Chris James Newlove

February 8, 2024 Length: 1258 words 0 comments

Review of Black Marxism

Summary: A critique of Cedric Robinson’s Black Marxism (1983). Originally appeared in Krisis Issue 2, 2018: Marx from the Margins: https://archive.krisis.eu/black-marxism/ — Editors

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S. D. Roy

January 24, 2024 Length: 798 words 0 comments

Behind India’s Attack on the Maldives

Summary: Modi attacks the tiny Maldives nation, in a quest for profit, while stoking Islamophobia and the crassest nationalism — Editors.

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Kevin B. Anderson,
Michael Löwy

January 16, 2024 Length: 23 words 0 comments

[Video] Dialectics & Marxism: Looking at Lukács and Korsch from Today, on the 100th Anniversary of Their Great Works

Summary: This program was established by Turkish Marxists on the 100th anniversary of Lukács “History and Class Consciousness,” and Korsch’s “Marxism and Philosophy” — Editors

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Derek Lewis

January 16, 2024 Length: 1961 words 0 comments

Guatemalan President-elect Bernardo Arévalo, the Movimiento Semilla, and a Tentative Inauguration

Summary: On the inauguration of President Bernardo Arévalo, efforts to halt it, and new stirrings for Indigenous rights and democracy – Editors

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