Onyesonwu Chatoyer Settler-Colonialism and Neo-Colonialism It is impossible to understand capitalism without first understanding settler-colonialism and neo-colonialism – the dominant forms of colonialism still remaining in the world today. The earth’s most dangerous imperialist power – the United States of America – is itself a former British (but also in some regions such as the…
Category: Nationalism
Women and the Far Right
Judith Orr The far right is on the rise across the globe and the gains made by women since the 1960s are in their sights. The leader of the world’s most powerful nation is a proud misogynist, boasts about the sexual harassment of women and has declared himself intent on abolishing abortion rights across the…
The US State and the US Revolution
Eugene Puryear It is no exaggeration to say that the principal disputes between activists, organizations and political trends in U.S. social movements have hinged on different understandings of, and attitudes toward, the state. What distinguishes a revolutionary communist perspective from a reformist perspective is not one of momentary tactics, which may range from the most…
Socialism in Africa or One Unified Socialist Africa: The 2-Line Struggle of the African Left
Sobukwe Shukura, A-APRP Central Committee Political Critique of the recently concluded PAT conference in Winneba, Ghana The Pan-Africanism Today (PAT) conference distinguished itself from the right opportunism of 7th PAC (hosted by the neo-colonialist forces in Uganda) and 8th PAC that made no ideological commitment to socialism or mass organizations like workers, women or youth….
Amílcar Cabral: “Nazis are the most tragic expression of imperialism and its thirst for domination”
Amilcar L. Cabral: National Liberation and Culture – PDF This text was originally delivered on February 20, 1970; as part of the Eduardo Mondlane (1) Memorial Lecture Series at Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, under the auspices of The Program of Eastern African Studies. It was translated from the French by Maureen Webster. When Goebbels,…
Nazis & Nationalists: The Rise of Greece’s Far-Right
Greece’s governing Syriza coalition betrayed its supporters and capitulated to the EU and international finance. Far-right groups are positioning to win the support of disaffected voters.
From George Wallace to the Alt-Right: Resisting White Supremacy
By Lorenzo Raymond The history of the civil rights movement is often used to pressure militants into passive resistance. But how nonviolent was the Black Freedom Movement, particularly when it was winning? Historians now agree that the use of force played a constructive role for many liberation projects of the period, including not just the Black…
A Dozen Shades of Far Right
The growing threat of authoritarianism demands mass movements and broad-based anti-fascist action on the basis of internationalism and genuine solidarity. By Maik Fielitz Earlier this year, a site in the German city of Dresden that had originally been designated for a refugee shelter was turned into a court room. Ironically, it now hosts a terror…
Deep State: Germany, Immigration, and the Fascist Nationalist Socialist Underground
“The old world is dying and the new world struggles to be born. Now is the time of monsters.” – Antonio Gramsci Wildcat In November 2011, news of a double suicide after a failed bank robbery developed into one of the biggest scandals in postwar German history.1 Even now, it remains unresolved. For thirteen years…
