Capitol Riot: The Grambling of Democratic Imagination
Submitted by Mumakil on Jan 7 2021 18:56
These events were not an aberration from democracy, because simply the USA were never democratic in the first place. They weren’t democratic when they had slaves, they certainly weren’t democratic when the segregation laws were in place, the separation of normal citizens and Others due to the color of their skin, and of course, they remained un-democratic when the Jim Crow laws withdrew and the ugly systemic racism was swept under the rag.
Being Human After 1492
Essay first published in The Con, Johannesburg, in response to the election of Donald Trump.
Honda, General Motors: Global Crisis and the Car Industry
Submitted by Internationalis... on Mar 7 2019 11:54
Two articles on the recent developments in the US and UK automotive industry.
Are We Going Back to the 1930s?
Submitted by Internationalis... on Sep 12 2018 13:23
You would have to be well over 80 to directly remember anything about the 1930s. The nearest thing to real experience of that time, for those in the succeeding generation, was listening to our parents who preferred to forget about them.
Protectionism and “globalisation” have the same mother: the crisis of capital
Submitted by Internationalis... on Jun 19 2018 18:01
Has “globalisation”, the freedom for capital and goods to move from one end of the planet to the other, with no barriers to limit trade and its miraculous effects, come to an end? Looking at what has happened recently, it seems that an ideology, and, even more so, one of capital’s ways of being has reached the end. It seems like the bourgeoisie, or at least a part of it, has taken a suit from its wardrobe which it has not worn for a long time, one which was needed for a tougher climate and the storms that come with it.
Living The Dream during Trump's Trade War
Submitted by With Sober Senses on May 4 2018 05:00
Short podcast on Trump, Trade and Capital from Living The Dream - a podcast hosted at The Word From Struggle Street
The role of the left in the rise of far-right populism - Ben Debney
If Trump exemplifies the use of scapegoats by the far right for the destruction of the country by the pursuit of privilege, then Hilary Clinton exemplifies the use of scapegoats by what passes for the left for the selling out of principle on much the same grounds, a habit with many similar examples in more radical spheres.
Trump and Jerusalem
Submitted by Internationalis... on Dec 17 2017 10:19
Trump has just offered two early Christmas presents to the imperialist project in Israel. This article briefly explains the wider context for this provocation.
The Communist Left and Marxist Humanism - Part 1 On Trump and Neo-Fascism
Submitted by Fredo Corvo on Oct 26 2017 17:59
The rise of ultra-right in the United States, with the barely hidden encouragement of Trump, is worrying. Not only the American proletariat, but the international working class as a whole is threatened by repressive trends.
Resistance No. 162 ( Anarchist Federation)
Resistance is the Anarchist Federations publication on social struggles and analysis of them. This issue covers Grenfell, Fascism, Trump, the Racist vans, Deliveroo, the struggle to reclaim Pride, Edinburgh Mothers against the benefit cap, Rent Strike, No to Prisons and Anti-Fracking.
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