Max Chandler-Mather talks about the various ways they have sought to reach out, engage in a dialogue with, and organise people around the housing crisis and more broadly.
Marx, communism and degrowth: On Kohei Saito’s ‘Marx in the Anthropocene’
Daniel Tanuro — In ‘Karl Marx’s Ecosocialism’, Kohei Saito showed how the mature Marx had broken with productivism. His new book, ‘Marx in the Anthropocene’, continues the reflection.
Fighting climate change – Beyond Canada’s carbon tax
First published at Life on the Left.
I International Antifascist Conference: May 17-19, Porto Alegre, Brazil
From the initiative of PSOL and PT from Rio Grande do Sul, we call on international anti-fascist movements to open a dialogue that can confront the destruction that is being carried out by the far right.
Open letter to the Israeli and US governments and others weaponizing the issue of rape
In its current war against the people of Gaza, the Israeli government has chosen to weaponize the issue of sexual violence for political outcome.
Ireland: On the road to reunification?
Tommy Greene — With Michelle O’Neill as First Minister of Northern Ireland, a United Ireland could finally be within reach.
Ireland and Ukraine’s struggle for independence 1916 –23
Ireland and Ukraine had similar challenges in the period 1916 – 1923. Conor Kostick and Vladyslav Starodubtsev answer questions about the period and compare the experiences of the left in that era.
Petition: Free Boris Kagarlitsky and all other Russian anti-war political prisoners!
The sham trial of Dr Kagarlitsky is the latest in a wave of brutal repression against the left-wing movements in Russia.
Mikhail Lobanov discusses the Just World/Peace campaign that is seeking to disrupt the staged presidential elections taking place in Russia between March 15-17.
Russia: For a Just World/Just Peace Manifesto
The following manifesto has been issued by Just World/Just Peace, a new left-wing initiative seeking to disrupt the staged presidential elections that will take place between March 15-17.
Russia: Putin’s plebiscite, Russia’s ‘Left‘ and Russia’s Left
Ernest Reid — The post-Soviet capitalist regime has been central to the gradual destruction of Russia’s Left. Nevertheless, the emerging new cohort of leftists offers hope for the future.
Lenin’s socialism: Labels and realities
Paul Le Blanc — Lenin's conception of socialism, which he shared with Marx and Engels, with Eugene V. Debs and Rosa Luxemburg, and with many others, remains a possible alternative to capitalism that is worth considering and fighting for.