Life after Bernie Sanders: People’s Summit searches for the movement’s political future
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By Dan La Botz July 6, 2016 — Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal reposted from New Politics — The mood among the 3,000 Bernie Sanders supporters meeting in Chicago McCormick Place was improbably optimistic over the weekend of June 17-19, with many of the speakers proclaiming to cheering crowds that the movement has been victorious — even though Hillary Clinton, the presumptive nominee of the Democratic Party has received a majority of the popular votes and a majority of elected delegates and super-delegates, as well as the endorsements of President Barack Obama, Vice-President Joe Biden, and Senator Elizabeth Warren. That disjuncture — between the Sanders’ movement’s belief that we have achieved something quite important and Clinton’s clear victory in the primary — provides the contradictory context for this conference of progressives, radicals, and socialists searching for the way to the future, I among them.
Colonialism and independence in East Timor
July 6, 2016 -- Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal -- Jose Da Costa looks at the history of co
De-Privatize! A slogan for the Green Party in the 2016 elections
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Queensland Independent MLA Rob Pyne on building a progressive social and political alternative in Australia today
July 1, 2016 -- Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal -- Queensland Independent state parliamentarian Rob P
Spanish general election: snapshot of a big disappointment
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Britain: what was behind the 'Brexit' vote?
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June 29 -- Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal -- In the aftermath of the recent UK referendum vote to leave the European Union, the British left continues to debate the meaning and significance of the vote. As part of Links' ongoing coverage of the debate we are republishing articles by Charlie Hore, from Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century, and Andrew Flood, from Workers Solidarity Movement.
Ken Canning: Fighting colonialism and racism today
June 29, 2016 -- Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal -- First Nations activist and NSW Senate candidate for the S
Building a progressive social and political alternative in Australia today
June 28, 2016 -- Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal -- Socialist Alliance national executive member Peter Boyle
Tania: the revolutionary warrior
By Doug Enaa Greene June 27, 2016 -- Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal -- "Yes, this is really a very serious situation ... But I can tell you, once again, that there is nothing more beautiful than to be in the middle of a critical situation, where the revolutionary struggle is the most difficult. How many would like to be here in Cuba to participate in defense of the Cuban revolution! I'm lucky enough to be able to do so. This is why I returned to Latin America. If I were interested in living well, surrounded by all the comforts, I would have stayed in Berlin, where I had everything. The Latin American revolution is advancing steadily toward a higher level, and I am fortunate enough to take part of it! ... Patria o muerte! Venceremos!" Tamara Bunke wrote this in a letter to her parents in 1962 when she was an internationalist volunteer in Cuba during the height of the Missile Crisis as the revolution was mortally threatened by the forces of imperialism.
Scottish Socialist Party, Sinn Féin, Momentum and Left Unity on Brexit referendum result
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June 26, 2016 — Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal — In the aftermath of the Brexit referendum which ended with a vote in favor of the UK leaving the European Union, Links has republished a variety of statements reflecting the views of key left forces in England, Scotland and Ireland.
Political fundamentals and the UK Brexit referendum
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By Tony Norfield June 26, 2016 — Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal originally posted on Economics of Imperialism blog on June 16 — What explains the desperation of British capitalism and Conservative Party in the lead up to the Brexit referendum on 23 June?
Flight of corporate profits poses biggest threat to South Africa’s economy
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By Patrick Bond June 23, 2016 -- Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal -- Last week the South African Reserve Bank Quarterly Bulletin confirmed that foreign corporations are milking the economy, drawing away profits far faster than they are reinvested or than local firms bring home offsetting profits from abroad. Can anything be done to stop the hemorrhaging?