“Another world is possible – a joyful, creative, new world which emancipates us all from oppression and frees us all from exploitation, and where we live in harmony with nature and one another. This is socialism! This is worth fighting and sacrificing for.”
The Tyranny of State Productivism – On the 2024 China’s People’s Congress
21 March, by“So the People’s Congress has done a great job, again, in reminding the people that with Xi Jinping as their leader no one should worry about anything – he is so good at eliminating problems by eliminating those who report the problems, as the Chinese saying goes.”
Missak Manouchian: their commemoration and ours
4 March, by“For us, honouring them means understanding the depth of the convictions that guided their actions in France and their participation in the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War.”
Making sense of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
21 December 2023, byA momentous development has drawn my attention away from the unfolding climate catastrophe on which I have been riveted. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a major factor fragmenting the left-wing forces I hoped would become a major force in the revolutionary struggle for climate justice and human survival.
The Left and Ukraine: Anti-Imperialism or Alter-Imperialism?
19 November 2023, by“But it must be underlined that the Russian and Chinese governments respond, not as anti-imperialist forces, but rather with their own plans for control and dominance.”
Russian Progressives and Antiwar Forces May Find Opening in Wake of Failed Coup
6 July 2023, by ,Yevgeny Prigozhin’s attempted coup is over, but it could still have far-reaching consequences for Putin’s government.
Andreas Malm: "Targeting SUVs or private jets can help struggles »
21 May 2023, byMobilization against megabasins, pension reform... For Andreas Malm, author and climate activist, it is necessary to rethink the tactics of struggles, even if it means integrating sabotage.
Commons: A Ukrainian left-wing collective intellectual
21 May 2023, byOne of the paradoxes of the war in Ukraine is that some of us have discovered the existence of an active left and a critical and creative thinking in Ukraine that we (including the author of these lines) have ignored for too many years. Amongst our revelations, Commons, Journal of Social Criticism, is certainly one of the most important and productive places for us to understand the situation in Ukraine — and in the world.
Livio Maitan’s centenary conference “Looking to the future” was a success
6 April 2023, byAt least 200 people attended the event promoted by the BLM (Biblioteca Livio Maitan) at the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale (National Central Library) in Rome on 1 April.
China in the crisis of (de)globalization
30 March 2023, byIn all its regional, urban and rural diversity, Chinese society is changing. Can the regime adapt its mode of governance accordingly? Nothing is less certain,“In all its regional, urban and rural diversity, Chinese society is changing. Can the regime adapt its mode of governance accordingly? Nothing is less certain.”