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A blueprint for a party of an old type

Submitted by Scott Jay on Nov 27 2016 17:54

A Blueprint for a New Party recently published in Jacobin Magazine is more of a strategy for campaigning for Democrats than a path to strengthening social movements.

This is What Democracy Looks Like

Submitted by fischerzed on Nov 25 2016 12:58

Internationalist Perspective's analysis of the recent US election. Originally posted in the "news forum, it was suggested re-posting here.

Brazil: Anarchist murdered

Submitted by Foristaruso on Nov 20 2016 09:13

A Brazilian anarchist student, Guilherme Irish, was this week murdered by his father due to his political views.

Class War 04/2016: Paris November 13th 2015, Brussels March 22nd 2016 – Just like an ordinary day in Syria, Iraq, Yemen or Afghanistan…

Submitted by Guerre de Classe on Nov 16 2016 16:19

“The terrorist threat” and militarization of society against the re-emergence of class war
A (very) small example: France and Belgium

Gothenburg Infoshop Syndicalist Forum rocked by explosion, but damage limited

Submitted by altemark on Nov 12 2016 11:50

On Friday 11th November, during the night, Gothernburg's Syndikalistiskt Forum seems to have been the target of some sort of explosive device. Police are working from the presumption that there may be ideological motives behind the explosion.

Leonard Cohen - R.I.P.

Submitted by Hieronymous on Nov 11 2016 02:15

Poet, songwriter and artist Leonard Cohen passed away today.

In the ANC's battle of factions there are no superheroes

Submitted by Malatesta Black on Nov 7 2016 07:28
Jacob Zuma

The article looks at the background to the struggle to control the state by factions within South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) and how this is linked to the legacy of apartheid and using the state to build a new section of the ruling class.

A Letter to ‘Rojavist’ Friends

Submitted by Guerre de Classe on Nov 5 2016 15:39

This letter is not addressed to those militants who surf the net from one movement or struggle to the next, according to the direction of the media, with the goal of constructing a party or an organisation. It is addressed to you, friends and comrades of different cities, with whom we often share positions, and whose critical sense and reflexion we appreciate, but nevertheless with whom we are sometime in disagreement.

Modern day slavery in the USA

Submitted by AWSM on Oct 8 2016 07:23
US prison labourers

Since the 45th Anniversary of the Attica prison riots – September 9th, 2016 – an estimated 24,000 people have been on strike in the USA. If you haven’t heard of the strike you are not alone. It has mostly been ignored by the mainstream media and even much of the Left. This is because the strikers are made up of a group who usually don’t feature in strikes: prison workers.

The Chameleons of Rojava

Submitted by Guerre de Classe on Sep 23 2016 17:17

Text about PKK/PYD's politics by Ben Davies. It has since been pointed out that Davies holds extremely dubious pro-Islamist politics; as such, we reproduce this text for reference and for the more enlightening discussion below the article itself.