national liberation
Content about national liberation struggles, and movements for national self-determination.
Mexico is not only Chiapas nor is the rebellion in Chiapas merely a Mexican affair
TPTG's detailed analysis and critical look at the Zapatista revolt, and the social and economic conditions of peasants and workers in Mexico which gave rise to it.
In January 1994, in the south eastern state of Chiapas in Mexico, news of the Zapatistas armed revolt composed mainly of Indian peasants, travelled all over the world bringing about an explosion of interest and information on Mexico because the rebellion was automatically connected with the Mexican revolution.
Against Nationalism
Published in September 2009, an analysis of nationalism, where it comes from, and why anarchists fundamentally oppose it.
Preface
Red and Black Notes reply to the International Bolshevik Tendancy
Red and Black Notes reply to the International Bolshevik Tendancy criticism of an internationalist anti-war leaflet they co-authored.
International Bolshevik TendencyBox 332, Adelaide St. Station
Toronto, ON, M5C 1J0
March 13, 2003
Dear comrades
The counter-revolution in Ireland - Serge Van Der Straeten and Philippe Daufouy
Article looking at the national liberation of Ireland, and its relation to the development of capitalism.
The rich always betray the poor. - Henry Joy McCracken
National Struggle And Class Struggle In Puerto Rico: Lessons for Anarchists by Mike Staudenmaier
A history of national and class struggles in Puerto Rico, from the time of the Spanish colonizers to the Nationalist uprisings and armed clandestine groups until the recent lack of radicalism. We do not agree with this article but reproduce it for reference.
In the past 150 years, assertions of national identity and class identity have transformed the world in which we live, changing the self-understanding, motivations, and actions of billions of human beings.
Gaza: Against war and warmongers!
Leaflet produced by Brighton Solidarity Federation about the conflict in Gaza, for international solidarity with civilians in the middle-east – against all governments and gangsters.
One thing is absolutely clear about the current situation in Gaza: the Israeli state is committing atrocities which must end immediately. With hundreds dead and thousands wounded, it has become increasingly clear that the aim of the military operation, which has been in the planning stages since the signing of the original ceasefire in June, is to break Hamas completely.
No state solution in Gaza
Statement distributed by the Manchester and Sheffield Anarchist Federation groups on the conflict in Gaza, in solidarity with the victims of the conflict, and for internationalism.
One thing is absolutely clear about the current situation in Gaza: the Israeli state is committing atrocities which must end immediately. With hundreds dead and thousands wounded, it has become increasingly clear that the aim of the military operation, which has been in the planning stages since the signing of the original ceasefire in June, is to break Hamas completely.
National liberation and state power - An anarchist critique of the MPLA in Angola
A text written around 1980 by Martin Spence outlining a critique of the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), and national liberation struggles in general.
INTRODUCTION
Palestinian union hit on all sides
An article from the Al-Jazeera website detailing the repression faced by trade unionists in Palestine not only from the Israeli state but also from the 'national liberation' militias of Hamas and Fatah.
Taken from Al-Jazeera English, by Omar Khalifa.
With 47 per cent of the potential Palestinian labour force unemployed and a per capita income 23 times less than that of Israel, the Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions (PGFTU) has a difficult enough job.
Every nation-state is imperialist by nature - Tom Wetzel
Many leftists see so-called "national liberation" movements as the strategy for opposing American imperialism. Tom Wetzel asks if this is the case.
The idea is that creating independent state-run economies can cut down the power of the dominant centers of capital and chart an independent course that gives expression to "national self-determination." National liberation only enhances the power of the local boss class.
Third World Nationalism
