Lukáš Rychetský and Pavel Šplíchal, 23 March 2021 When COVID-19 hit, Malaysia plunged into a deep political crisis, reaching its peak with the declaration of a state of emergency and the suspension…
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Belt and Road and the Pan-Asian Railway Network
Hoang Hao Tra My, March 25, 2021 The social and environmental impact of the Boten–Vientiane Express Railway in Laos In 2013, Chinese President Xi Jinping launched the Belt and Road…
Nigeria: Extraction-driven devastation: an interview with Nnimmo Bassey
In early 2021, anti-extractivist struggles won two major legal victories against Shell Oil’s operations in Nigeria. These wins represent decades of community organizing on the part of Niger Delta activists…
Quel che servirebbe per i vaccini
Giorgio Carlin, 9 febbraio 2021 Per produrre i vaccini servirebbero innanzitutto… le fabbriche, ma il capitalismo del just in time non è strutturalmente attrezzato per le pandemie Si sa che…
Resolution: A complete turnaround of the transport sector is absolutely imperative
Wednesday 24 February 2021, by Fourth International In order to fight climate change the whole system of transportation has to be reversed and reconstructed as it is currently responsible for one fifth…
Fighting the Medical Monopoly: Mobilizing for ZERO-COVID and Decommodified Healthcare
Salimah Valiani With the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, ‘vaccine nationalism’ is only slightly more rife than the calls against it. The focus on ‘vaccine nationalism’ by critical thinkers and activists…
New haircuts, old ideology: film warns of shifting far-right strategy in Europe
Philip Oltermann, 28 Feb 2021 They’ve ditched the shaven heads but, despite recent setbacks, they remain a threat, says film-maker Christian Schwochow Inside a university auditorium in Prague, a young…
What if liberal anti-racists aren’t advancing the cause of equality?
Bhaskar Sunkara, 6 March 2021 Much of today’s advocacy around racial justice places the onus on individual actors and the private sector. We need collective action instead Americans are talking…
The Sweatshop Feminists
Hester Eisenstein, June 17, 2015 Global elites have appropriated feminist language to justify brutal exploitation and neoliberal development. I have often been asked since the publication of my book what I mean…
The US Left, China, Internationalism & Campism: When Your Enemy’s Enemy is Not a Friend
Wednesday 3 March 2021, by CLARKE John In a world based on exploitation and oppression, resistance is ever present. Most of the time it simmers below the surface but sometimes it takes…