Javier Sethness

Javier Sethness is the author of Imperiled Life: Revolution Against Climate Catastrophe and of Eros and Revolution: The Critical Philosophy of Herbert Marcuse and For a Free Nature, as well as the editor and translator of I Am Action: Literary and Combat Articles, Thoughts, and Revolutionary Chronicles by Praxedis Guerrero.

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Javier Sethness

December 21, 2018

Trump’s Pullout and Turkey’s Threat to Rojava

Summary: Written as part of a call for an emergency demonstration in Los Angeles to support the Syrian Kurds First appeared in Coalition for Peace, Revolution, and Social Justice — Editors

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Javier Sethness

December 1, 2018

[Discussion Article] What Were Stalin’s Real Crimes? Critique of “A Marxist-Leninist Perspective” on Stalin

Summary: Response to October 18, 2018  interview on “Revolutionary Left Radio” with Justin and Jeremy from the “Proles of the Round Table” and hosted by Breht  Ó Séaghdha, where Stalin was openly defe…

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Javier Sethness

July 17, 2018

The Fall of Der’aa: Assad’s Counter-Revolution Triumphant

Summary: The fall of Der’aa, the city where the Syrian revolution began, is a real tragedy for the forces of human liberation, as seen in this account by a member of the Black Rose/Rosa Negra Anarchis…

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Javier Sethness

April 15, 2018 Length: 1297 words

Imperial Theatrics in Syria: Where Is Justice for Syrians?

Summary: Utter cynicism of US-British-French missile attack on Syria, as murderous Assad regime and its allies continue to suppress the revolution. Originally published by Coalition for Peace, Revolut…

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Ali Kiani,
Javier Sethness

March 28, 2018 Length: 3103 words

On Internationalism and National Liberation in Syria: Should Afrin Be Defended?

Summary: Two separate articles, by Javier Sethness and Ali Kiani, respond to a critique of our support for the Syrian Kurds by Fredo Corvo, “Is the Defense of Afrin Proletarian Internationalism?”  The…

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Kevin B. Anderson,
Alexander Reid Ross,
Javier Sethness

March 25, 2017 Length: 23 words

[Video] From Marx and Bakunin in the First International through the Russian Revolution

Summary: Panel discussion at the Orange County (LA area) Anarchist Book Fair, with two anarchists and one Marxist-Humanist — Editors

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