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Russia’s invasion of sovereign Ukraine opened the eyes of many to the imperial nature of the Russian state. The expansion of the empire and strengthening
Summary Post-slavery is an academic analytical concept that signifies the fragmented legacies and continuities of past slavery and slave trade in contemporary societies after its
Dear Dr. Sachs, We are a group of economists, including many Ukrainians, who were appalled by your statements on the Russian war against Ukraine and
On 24 February, the Russian army invaded Ukraine as part of a large-scale military operation aimed at rapidly decapitating Ukrainian power and subjugating the country.
The Chinese model of state-directed capitalism is coming apart — and it’s unleashing a new authoritarianism. In 2008, before his first serious bid for the
Volodymyr Ishchenko has carved out a unique niche as one of the western Left’s go-to voices on all things Ukrainian. His list of articles and
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Hannah Arendt famously suggested that the rise of totalitarianism in Europe was the boomerang effect of the violence, oppression, and denial of rights by European
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“Sovereignty and self-determination are important concepts to keep at the heart of Left analysis”—and can help orient us in the confusion and misinformation surrounding Russia’s
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For dancing in the streetsFor being afraid of kissingFor my sister, your sister, our sistersFor changing old valuesFor the shame of povertyFor yearning for an
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Calls to “decolonize” academic production may invoke progressive anti-Eurocentrism, but the theory of decoloniality identified with works by Walter Mignolo only trades in the most
How is ethnic domination produced, legitimised, and sustained under conditions of liberal democracy? This article engages with this problem and provides a re-conceptualisation that draws
By Ilya Budraitskis, Oksana Dutchak, Harald Etzbach, Bernd Gehrke, Eva Gelinsky, Renate Hürtgen, Zbigniew Marcin Kowalewski, Natalia Lomonosova, Hanna Perekhoda, Denys Pilash, Zakhar Popovych, Philipp
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Uri Weltmann is the national field organiser for Omdim be’Yachad-Naqef Ma’an (Standing Together), and a member of its national leadership. Standing Together is a Jewish-Arab
This question involves two common misunderstandings. First, “communist country” is an oxymoron: communism requires the end of nation-states, so it would be impossible for China
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At the end of 1965, the apparatchiks of the Communist Party of Ukraine received an outrageous samizdat – in Ukrainian: samvydav – entitled “Internationalism or
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Russian imperialism brings fascism and genocide, disguised in the language of anti-fascism, to Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). Central European anti-fascists were among the first
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The invasion of Ukraine has been a shock not just to Eastern Europe, but to the post World War II international order. While the fundamental
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David Harvey’s February 25 FocaalBlog post is presented as “An Interim Report” on “Recent Events in the Ukraine”. Harvey’s essay effectively covers some of the core forces
I began this paper as a contribution to discussions in the Internationalism from Below Group, whose members’ criticisms helped to improve it. I finished it
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When Marjorie Taylor Greene found herself approvingly quoting Nation of Islam conspiracy theories and noting the “common ground” between the GOP and the NoI, many laughed.
For decades, historians have debated the question of whether concepts equivalent to race and racism existed in premodern Chinese ethnic discourse. Unfortunately, this discussion has
Since 2017, the Chinese authorities have detained hundreds of thousands of Uyghurs, Kazakhs and other Muslim minorities in ‘reeducation camps’ in China’s northwestern Xinjiang autonomous
Yige Dong is Assistant Professor of Sociology and Global Gender & Sexuality Studies at University at Buffalo, State University of New York. She co-authored ‘What
A new book uncovers letters by Jewish and Arab fighters from the 1948 war, highlighting the personal lives of those who fought to establish Israel
At this late stage in the game, one should not be surprised at how incredibly poor the western left’s understanding of China is. Many western
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There is a robust discussion inside the Left about antisemitism in its own ranks. This is not just related to Zionism, Israel, and Palestine, but
Contemporary left-wing feminist and queer politics finds itself in a double-bind between on the one hand neoliberal and corporate embracement of gender equality and sexual
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Matthew W. Mosca is Associate Professor of History at the University of Washington (USA). His teaching and research interests center on Chinese and Inner Asian
Looking for Empires: Japanese Colonialism and the Comparative Gaze, by Kate McDonald – 17 April 2021
Kate McDonald is Associate Professor at the University of California Santa Barbara (USA). Her research explores the social, cultural, and technological history of mobility in
Andrew B. Liu is an associate professor in the Department of History at Villanova University (Pennsylvania, USA). His research interests include modern China, South and
[The following Open Letter was a collaborative effort of a group of Syrian writers and intellectuals and others who stand in solidarity with them. It
On the second day of Ramadan, in early May of 2019, the Doha-based television channel Libya al-Ahrar aired an episode of its hidden camera program
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Apologists for capitalism like to point to its historically progressive aspects, like its supposed use of “free labor” rather than older forms of labor compulsion.
African evangelicals align themselves with the American right and there are many parallels between American and African evangelicals that may explain why the latter support
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New preface to Aufheben’s 2016 article “The rise of conspiracy theories: Reification of defeat as the basis of explanation“, published by Libcom in late 2020.
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A “Letter Against US Imperialism” has been circulating in leftist circles. It views the protests in Iran in a reductionist manner and unequivocally rejects them.
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Abstract What place does the caste system have in modern India with its globally integrating market economy? The most influential anthropological approaches to caste have
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