Ideas for the struggle #12 - Do not confuse desires with reality

1. Unfortunately, there tends to be a lot of subjectivism in our analysis of the political situation. What tends to occur is that leaders, driven by their revolutionary passion, tend to confuse desires with reality.

Sudáfrica: Las privaciones y depravaciones de Jacob Zuma

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Turkey: HDP on the arrests of party co-chairs and MPs and the eradication of rule of law

Selahattin Demirtas (left) and Figen Yuksekdag are among the

Ideas for the struggle #11 - Popular consultations: spaces that allow for the convergence of different forces

1. I have previously argued the case for the need to create a large social bloc against neoliberalism that can unite all those affected by the system.