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Class struggle and identity politics in the era of Trump

Posted on 13th May 2025 by International Socialism

Trump’s second election victory has dealt a severe blow to the idea that people see politics through the prism of identity.1 Kamala Harris did not win enough votes from women or black men to secure victory. Commentators and activists are… Continue Reading →

Article Donald Trump, Identity Politics, women's liberation

Pick of the Quarter

Posted on 13th May 2025 by International Socialism

The January-February issue of New Left Review, the latest to reach us, is among the most interesting editions in recent years. It includes a short update on Donald Trump’s return to power by the editor, Susan Watkins. The emphasis here… Continue Reading →

Pick of the quarter

From value to uneven development

Posted on 13th May 2025 by International Socialism

A review of From Value to Uneven Development: Selected writings by John Weeks in the Marxist tradition edited by Ben Fine, Simon Mohun, Alfredo Saad-Filho (Monthly Review Press, 2024), £110 This book brings together a selection of the theoretical writings… Continue Reading →

Book reviews John Weeks, uneven development, value theory

Escaping from history?

Posted on 9th May 2025 by International Socialism

A review of The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World by Jonathan Freedland (John Murray Press, 2023) Jonathan Freedland is a Guardian journalist and liberal Zionist who accused Corbyn of antisemitism. Currently, he… Continue Reading →

Book reviews Auschwitz, Holocaust, Israel

The comintern: colonialism, nationalism and imperialism

Posted on 3rd May 2025 by International Socialism

In 1919, the Communist International, or Comintern, was founded in high hopes that the Russian Revolution would spread globally.1 The focus was on western Europe with its mass working-class movement. Given the wave of revolutionary fervour, it seemed little was… Continue Reading →

Uncategorised Bolsheviks, colonialism, Comintern

The making and breaking of state power in Syria

Posted on 5th April 2025 by International Socialism

In May 2015, prominent al-Jazeera journalist Ahmed Mansur sat down with Abu Muhammad al-Jolani, leader of the Syrian armed faction, the Nusra Front, for a lengthy discussion of the group’s worldview and military strategy. His face hidden from the camera,… Continue Reading →

Article imperialism, Islamism, Syria

Polycrisis and far-right resurgence in Germany

Posted on 28th March 2025 by International Socialism

In 2021, the new government of chancellor Olaf Scholz took over from the conservatives and pre-emptively celebrated itself as a “progress coalition” that is “setting the course for a decade of social, ecological, economic, digital, and social renewal”.1 The coalition… Continue Reading →

Analysis Fascism, Germany, Polycrisis

Labour’s “Special Relationship” with the US

Posted on 19th January 2025 by International Socialism

The “special relationship”, declared prime minister Keir Starmer in his first official visit to White House in July 2024, was “stronger now than ever”.1The meeting in Washington was a triumph for him. It was the reward for shadowing dutifully the… Continue Reading →

Article Labour Party, Reformism, United States

Palestinian women’s resistance today: imperialism, Islamism and violence

Posted on 18th January 2025 by International Socialism

The history of women’s activism in nationalist movements in Palestine has been eviscerated or marginalised at best.1 Yet, women have played a central role in the Palestinian struggle against occupation by the British and then the Israelis dating back to… Continue Reading →

Article Hamas, Palestine, women's liberation

Transatlantic slavery, capitalism and the case for reparative justice

Posted on 30th October 2024 by International Socialism

This article seeks to build a Marxist case for reparations related to transatlantic slavery—an issue that has recently returned to the political agenda of the left and crossed over into mainstream discussions. Until recently, reparations were often seen as a… Continue Reading →

Article Black Lives Matter, monarchy, Slavery

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