Bolívar City and Venezuela in Ruins
Submitted by Crossly on Dec 21 2016 21:40
Venezuela is breaking into pieces, and the violence in Bolívar City may be just the beginning.
The 27 May in Angola: a view from below
Submitted by Steven. on Dec 7 2016 10:46
A historical paper by Lara Pawson about the 1977 massacre of around 25,000 black members and supporters of the Marxist-Leninist national liberation movement the MPLA, by the MPLA government itself, aided by Cuban troops under the command of Raul Castro.
Beyond Bolivaria: a critical look at the fetishization of Chávez and ’21st century socialism’
By Aragorn Eloff, 2013. Written in response to the widespread adulation of Hugo Chavez in South Africa.
Revolucia Registaro: Petro Kropotkin
Petro Kropotkin sur la kontraŭdiro de "Revolucia registaro".
The SYRIZA-ANEL government, the cycle of struggles against austerity and the future of social antagonism
The following text was published in “Sfika”, the journal published by SKYA, in June 2015. Even though many things have happened since, we consider that the text still has an analytical and practical value. One of our main concerns in writing it was to show that in contrast with what SYRIZA declares, the present crisis is deep and it concerns the totality of the capitalist relations.
Hegemony and socialist strategy: towards a radical democratic politics - Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe
In this hugely influential book, Laclau and Mouffe examine the workings of hegemony and contemporary social struggles, and their significance for democratic theory. With the emergence of new social and political identities, and the frequent attacks on Left theory for its essentialist underpinnings, 'Hegemony and Socialist Strategy' remains as relevant as ever, positing a much-needed antidote against 'Third Way' attempts to overcome the antagonism between Left and Right.
The agrarian question in the Russian revolution: from material community to productivism, and back - Loren Goldner
Buried under almost a century of ideology, "the Russian question," the historical meaning of the defeat of the Russian revolution, is the question that will not go away. This essay is an attempt to answer it.
Militancy: highest stage of alienation - Organisation des Jeunes Travailleurs Révolutionnaires
A critique of the role of the political militant, its misery and arrogance; written by Dominique Blanc and published by the OJTR in France, 1972.
Brazil impeachment and the left press
Submitted by Vigo on Sep 8 2016 23:40
A critical analysis of the biased coverage of the US left-wing media of the Brazilian president's impeachment scandal.
