The right to self-determination - Joseph J. Cohen A 1951 article by Joseph J. Cohen that argues that the 'right for national self-determination' post-World War I caused more problems than it solved.
The nation versus human dignity A brief observation provoked by the latest royal birth and the frenzy surrounding it.
Unemployed? Low wages? Bad sex life?! 'The nation' won't help us! Article on nationalism and its divisive effect between workers, with a focus on warehouse workers in…
Stalinist caterpillar into libertarian butterfly? The evolving ideology of the PKK - Alex De Jong This is an very informative article about the Abdullah Ocalan, the PKK and its…
On David Graeber: 'Victory in Kobane. What next in the Rojava revolution?’ David Graeber is a very thought-provoking thinker. But his recent youtube talk is more striking for…
Kurdistan? - Gilles Dauvé A critical analysis of the Kurdish movement against the background of the Syrian conflict and the so-called "Rojava revolution", by Gilles Dauvé.
Nostalgia for origins - Miguel Amorós A 2007 essay on nationalism, whose “most progressive” historical variant “in the human sense” stood for the defense of “old customs and…
War and revolution - Amadeo Bordiga In this 1950 article from the “Thread of Time” series Amadeo Bordiga examines the question of war and revolution in Marxist theory…
The bloodbath in Syria: class war or ethnic war? As the Syrian conflict drags on, Devrim Valerian looks at the fighting, in particular in Syrian Kurdistan which many on the left have hailed as a…
The West, IS and the PKK - Hamid Moradei Internationalist communist analysis of geopolitical manoeuvrings, the rise of Islamic State and the nature of the PKK in Syria and the Middle…
The Wretched of the Earth - Frantz Fanon Written at the height of the Algerian war for independence from French colonial rule and first published in 1961, it analyses the role of class,…
Black Skin, White Masks - Frantz Fanon A psychological study of the effects of the concept of race and racism on black minorities in white majority societies.
