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Marx’s Concept of Revolutionary Organization and Its Relevance for Today
Summary: Based on a presentation given at a Los Angeles IMHO meeting on June 25th, 2023 –Editors
The trial of Reyhaneh Ansari Nejad will be held on July 17, 2023
Summary: Support statement for Iranian woman labor activist who was later sentenced to two years in prison, trans. by Hamid Vahed — Editors
Learning from the ‘COVID War’
Critique of the liberal establishment COVID Crisis Group—on need for labor and community activism and on how capitalism fuels pandemics; first appeared in Harvard Law School blog Bill of Health, July 5, 2023, here: https://blog.petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/2023/07/05/learning-from-the-covid-war/ — Editors
Black Woman Slammed to the Ground by Sheriff Deputy in Lancaster
Summary: Police brutality against Black woman in Lancaster, California spurs wave of media coverage and local protests — Editors
France: Anti-Police Uprising of Marginalized Youth Hurls Challenge to the Entire Social Order
Summary: After a racist police murder, uprising of France’s marginalized youth targets state apparatus in unprecedented ways, exposing the race/class faultlines of modern capitalism – Editors
Available in Belarusian here: https://imhojournal.org/articles/france-anti-police-uprising-of-marginalized-youth-hurls-challenge-to-the-entire-social-order-2/
“For 120 days, we did not distinguish between day and night”: Letter from an Iranian Prison
Summary: Shocking letter from a teacher’s union activist in Evin Prison, Tehran — Editors
[Discussion Article] Marxism & Intersectionality
Summary: This review of Ashley J. Bohrer‘s, “Marxism and Intersectionality. Race, Gender Class and Sexuality Under Contemporary Capitalism” examines whether or not the book succeeds in providing an unifying analysis of intersectionality and revolutionary Marxism – Editors
Addressing the Confederation of Trade Unions coinciding with the 111th International Labor Organization Conference
Summary: Demands for independent international labor organizations’ support for the real needs of Iranian workers. – Editors
How Green was Karl Marx? – On Kohei Saito and the Anthropocene
Summary: A review of Saito’s Marx in the Anthropocene — Editors
Writers Guild of America Strike: not just about pay, but human creativity
Summary: A report on the US 2023 Writers’ Strike, the demands of the Writers’ Guild of America, and the obstacles they face.
“Abolish the Present State of Things”: The Programmatic Basis of Alternatives to Capitalism
Summary: Based upon remarks to a March 2023 conference on the new edition of Marx’s Critique of the Gotha Program — Editors
Uganda Passes Anti-LGBTQ+ Legislation
Summary: Uganda’s murderous new anti-LGBTQ+ law is not only about Africa, given its connections to the agenda of the U.S. religious right – Editors
Statement of the Iranian Writers’ Union Condemning Government Murders
Summary: Protests a series of brutal executions of those fighting for liberation, trans. by Hamid Vahed — Editors
Dominion, Democracy, and an Ongoing North Carolina Constitutional Case
Summary: Despite the significance of Fox News’ payout to Dominion, serious threats to U.S. democracy, spearheaded by Republicans, continue to gain momentum – Editors
On the New Edition of Marx’s Critique of the Gotha Program: Voice of a Worker from India
Summary: Remarks by a worker activist from Nagpur, India at the March 18, 2023 conference on the new edition Marx’s Critique of the Gotha Program, sponsored by the International Marxist-Humanist Organization. Translated from the Hindi – Editors
