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Kashmir: Lockdown Succeeded by Covid-19
Summary: How the coronavirus has affected everyday life in Kashmir, India – Editors.
Sweden and Covid-19: Social Democrats Hesitate
Summary: How the coronavirus has hit Sweden – Editors
Covid-19 Lays Bare Capitalism’s Deference to Profits over Lives
Summary: Covid-19 pandemic reveals contradictions of capital and class in Trump’s America — Editors
Auto Companies Announce Closure Following Outbreak of Wildcat Strikes
The Big Three automakers announced they will begin temporarily suspending production until at least March 30 after a series of wildcat strikes — Editors.
First appeared in Labor Notes here, on March 18.
[Video] Understanding Rosa Luxemburg’s Life and Work
Interview with Peter Hudis, editor of the Complete Works of Rosa Luxemburg, on the life and legacy of Rosa Luxemburg. In cooperation with Verso Books and the Rosa Luxemburg-Stiftung – Editors.
Luxemburg: ‘Critique in the workers’ movement’
Summary: On Rosa Luxemburg’s birthday, we present an extract from her 1906 essay “Critique in the Workers’ Movement,” available in English for the first time. Originally published on VersoBooks’ blog here – Editors.
University of California Graduate Students Strike Against Unsustainable Housing Costs Spreads
Summary: Graduate students at UC Santa Barbara (UCSB) have gone on a wildcat teaching strike in protest at unsustainable living conditions, joining their colleagues at UC Santa Cruz, who have been on strike since December of last year – Editors
They Shook the Walls of Their “Betters”: A Report on the Sanders Campaign
Summary: On the class divide between rank-and-file workers and trade union bureaucrats, that motivated the Sanders campaign in Iowa and Nevada — Editors
The Irish general election of February 2020
Summary: The Irish election has produced a very strong showing for the left around issues of housing and healthcare costs/accessibility. Yet the left-of-centre Sinn Féin is not without contradictions — Editors
Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register for Citizens (NRC) are violent attacks against the working and oppressed masses of India
Summary: Vigorous and extensive participation of working masses in the ongoing spontaneous protest movement is the need of the hour!
Remarks on Race, Capital, and Revolution
Summary: Delivered as a comment after a presentation by Kevin B. Anderson on Marx at the Margins at University of Lund, Sweden — Editors
Emancipation of the working class is the act of workers themselves!
Summary: Below is the text of a flyer that was written by Lalan, a worker in Nagpur, India, and translated by Arvind Ghosh, for the General Strike in India which on 8-9th of January saw 150 million workers went on strike, including workers in transport, financial services, and both state-owned and private industries – Editors.
Sudan’s Revolution of 2019: At the Crossroads of Africa and the Arab World
Summary: Sudan’s revolution is not only Arab but also African in a way not seen in the 2011 Arab uprisings. The old regime combined Islamism and a racist form of Arabism with military rule, touching off in response a youthful, democratic, multiethnic, and pro-feminist revolutionary movement that has achieved something akin to dual power. First appeared in New Politics, Winter 2020, here https://newpol.org/issue_post/sudans-revolution-of-2019/ – Editors.
Anti-Colonialism and Humanism
Summary: This article on the differences between colonial-racist and emancipatory humanism, with a particular focus on Africa and on the writings of Frantz Fanon, is based on a presentation at a Los Angeles meeting of the International Marxist-Humanist Organization, June 2019. First appeared in New Politics, Winter 2020, here https://newpol.org/issue_post/anti-colonialism-and-humanism/ –Editors
