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The Lebanese Intifada
Summary: On new protests in Lebanon, which have created solidarity across all sectarian divides — Editors
Ukraine, Peace, Oligarchs and Big Power Manoeuvres
Summary: Talk about a possible peace agreement between Ukraine and Russia ignores how the Ukrainian people are being squeezed by rival imperialisms as well as Ukraine’s own corrupt oligarchs. An earlier version appeared at Ukraine Solidarity Campaign — Editors
Los Angeles Protest Against Turkish Attack on Kurds
Summary: Demonstration outside Turkish Consulate draws several hundred spirited participants to support Rojava and denounce Erdogan and Trump — Editors
Fermenting Revolution: Anti-Racism and Broader Social Struggles
Summary: On Raya Dunayevskaya and C.L.R. James during the Johnson-Forest Tendency on anti-racism as a ferment for broader revolutionary struggles. First appeared in The Activist History Review on September 26, 2019 — Editors
Support Rojava Against the Erdogan-Trump Unholy Alliance to Crush the Kurds!
Summary: Solidarity with Rojava vs. the Trump-Erdogan dirty deal against the Kurds — Editors
Protest Against the Far Right in Los Angeles
Summary: LA Left holds vigil against far-right conference — Editors.
No War on Iran for the Saudis!
Summary: Statement by the International Marxist Humanist Organization against war and imperialist sanctions. While the attack, attributed to Iran, on the Saudi oil processing plant shows the vulnerability of US allies in the region, the new financial sanctions the US is using against Iran — and also Venezuela — constitute an unprecedented type of imperialist intervention, in addition to threats of outright war — Editors
On Corporate Pride and Reclaiming Pride’s Radical Past
Summary: Discusses the meaning of Pride, and its revolutionary potential.
In Memoriam: Lisa Lubow
Summary: Remarks delivered to the July 20 memorial meeting for scholar activist Lisa Lubow (1954-2019), at Glendale Community College, CA. Lisa linked her fierce opposition to environmental destruction to its underlying roots in the capitalist system through the Converging Storms Action Network, which she co-founded — Editors
Sanctions and More. Who suffers?
Discusses the civilians suffering from the sanctions on Iran. Originally appeared in London Progressive Journal on September 22, 2019 here.
GM strikers push beyond fairness
Summary: The strike against General Motors by 49,000 members of the United Autoworkers, which began September 15, has caught the attention of the country.
Stand for Labor and Human Rights in Iran
Summary: On repression of Iranian workers and other social activists — Editors
What Marx Understood About Slavery
Summary: Marx theorized the particularly capitalist character of New World slavery and resistance by enslaved people in relationship to capital and labor as a whole. First appeared in Jacobin on September 5, 2019, here: https://jacobinmag.com/2019/09/slavery-united-states-civil-war-marx — Editors
The Amazon Burns and the Politics of Death: Resisting the Commodification of Our Future
Summary: The Bolsonaro administration is allowing the Amazon to burn as part of a project to accelerate capital accumulation, but is meeting massive resistance both at home and abroad. First appeared in New Politics Online, Aug. 30, 2019, here: https://newpol.org/the-amazon-burns-and-the-politics-of-death-resisting-the-commodification-of-our-future/
Portuguese translation here.
The Continuing Relevance of Karl Marx
Marx’s theories of alienation, exploitation, class struggle and ideology remain more relevant than ever, but have to be separated from the enormous distortions they have suffered. First appeared in Mainstream Weekly (India), June 1, 2019, here: http://www.mainstreamweekly.net/article8750.html — Editors