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[Discussion Article] A letter to the Western Left from Kyiv
Summary: We republish this open letter, written in medias res, by Ukrainian activist Taras Balious. First appeared here: https://ukrainesolidaritycampaign.org/2022/02/25/a-letter-to-the-western-left-from-kyiv/ – Editors

[Video] Memorial Meeting for Ali Kiani, Iranian Marxist activist, writer, and translator
Memorial meeting for Ali Kiani, February 20 – Editors.

Mass Protest: Russia Hands Off Ukraine! *Change of Location – Downing Street, not at Russian Embassy*
Labor Movement Solidarity with Ukraine, Protest on Saturday 26 February.

Strike Action: University and Colleges Union, UK – the Four Fights
A worker’s report on ongoing labor strikes against the increasingly cruel treatment of the workforce in UK universities. — Editors

“When all you have is a hammer…”: why Agamben’s ideas were bound to lead to this
Summary: Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben’s attack on public health measures during Covid 19 is linked to undialectical perspectives rooted in Nietzsche, and contrasted to other thinkers like Toni Negri, Naomi Klein, and Peter Linebaugh – Editors

No to war – Russia’s hands off Ukraine!
An international statement of solidarity launched by the Ukraine Solidarity Campaign. The International Marxist-Humanist Organization has signed and supports this statement. — Editors

Review: Kevin B. Anderson, Kieran Durkin, and Heather Brown, (eds.) ‘Raya Dunayevskaya’s Intersectional Marxism’
Review essay by Alyssa Adamson, first appeared in Theory, Culture & Society https://www.theoryculturesociety.org/blog/review-anderson-durkin-brown-raya-dunayevskayas-intersectional-marxism — Editors

“As Putin and Biden bluster threats of war, and so-called antiwar activists echo imperial lies…”
A long-time socialist’s poem reminiscing about friends and experiences in Kyiv in the shadow of the threat of war in Ukraine. — Editors

The January 6 Insurrection: Historical and Global Contexts
Summary: One year later the January 6, 2021 Trumpist insurrection marks a nodal point. It exemplifies both U.S. white mob violence and contemporary global neofascism. While both of these contain rural roots, we need to avoid the Lassallean trap of writing off rural populations as uniformly conservative. Reposted from https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0sd6k6zf? First appeared in Critical Sociology — Editors

Review: A Revolutionary Subject: Pedagogy of Women of Color and Indigeneity
A review of Lilia Monzo’s ‘A Revolutionary Subject: Pedagogy of Women of Color and Indigeneity’ — Editors

Time, Labour, and the Overcoming of Domination: Reflections on Martin Hägglund’s “This Life: Secular Faith and Spiritual Freedom”
Summary: This review of an outstanding philosophic study that has much to offer to those seeking to develop an alternative to capitalism, first appeared in Historical Materialism Online, September 7, 2021 – Editors

“Striketober” Persists
Strike activity beginning in “Striketober” through today, with an emphasis on the University of California-American Federation of Labor Lecturers strike movement and Starbucks workers’ ongoing unionization struggle — Editors

Chile: Behind the Left’s Victory
Summary: Background and context for Chile’s runoff election – Editors

U.S. Workers Look for New Ways Out
Summary: Strikes at Kellogg’s, John Deere, and Riot Games are showing new forms of creative organizing not seen before — Editors