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Speaking about BDS
Huwaida Arraf
Posted December 14, 2024
HUWAIDA ARRAF, A Detroit area civil rights attorney and activist and co-founder of the International Solidarity Movement, prepared this presentation for a Wayne State University Board of Governors meeting on December 11, 2024 to advocate divestment from corporations complicit in Israel’s war crimes in Palestine. Nearly two dozen students, faculty and the general spoke….
Celebrate the Syrian People’s Victory!
Posted December 10, 2024
A Ukraine Solidarity Network Statement
THE UKRAINE SOLIDARITY Network (U.S.) wholeheartedly celebrates the liberation of Syria and its people from the half-century murderous Assad family tyranny. Like so many others, we are profoundly inspired by the scenes of people celebrating in the streets,…
Lebanon’s Ceasefire Is No “Divine Victory”
Gilbert Achcar
Posted December 6, 2024
COULD THE CEASEFIRE agreement between Israel and Lebanon be a new “divine victory”? That was how the agreement that ended the Israeli onslaught on Lebanon in 2006 was characterized by Hezbollah. Then, the party displayed that phrase on huge billboards featuring a picture of its Secretary-General, Hassan Nasrallah, in a clear play on words, as the slogan could be read as both a victory attributed to God and a victory led by Nasrallah, whose name in Arabic means “God’s victory.”……
“Progressing by Grassroots Networks”
Posle Media interviews Catherine Samary
Posted November 27, 2024
HOW DOES THE left in France confront the global “right-wing” turn? Can leftist organizations supporting Ukraine develop a common strategy? Researcher and longtime activist Catherine Samary discusses the role of the left in today’s French politics for Posle Media.
Posle: Before we turn to the discussion of the war in Ukraine and prospects for left internationalism, let’s talk about the recent developments in your home country. How do you analyse the current…
Mazan, France: Rape as a Political Fact
Aurélie-Anne Thos
Posted November 21, 2024
WOMEN START QUEUEING at 6AM at the courthouse in Mazan, France so they can support Gisèle Pelicot at the open trial she requested. This rape case has caught international attention because it so perfectly illustrates how many men feel they are entitled to women’s bodies. This continuous outpouring of support demonstrates the determination of women to publicize and end the dehumanization women face the world over.–The Editors….
The Antisemitism Scare: Guide for the Perplexed
Alan Wald
Posted November 12, 2024
INTRODUCTION: As we enter a new political landscape following the election of Donald Trump, resistance to Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza and its bellicose military actions in the region takes on a greater urgency than ever before–even as political repression on US campuses intensifies….
Election 2024: First Response
Solidarity National Committee
Posted November 11, 2024
“IT SHOULD COME as no great surprise that a Democratic Party which has abandoned working class people would find that the working class has abandoned them. While the Democratic leadership defends the status quo, the American people are angry and want change. And they’re right.” — Bernie Sanders
The November U.S. election has produced a sweeping victory, not just in the United States but internationally as well, for the far right. It has sent shock waves through not only the Democratic…
Conference in Honor of Boris Kagarlitsky: Imperialism(s) Panel
Robert Brenner, Ilya Matveev & Hanna Perekhoda
Posted November 9, 2024
Free Boris Kagarlitsky and all anti-war political prisoners in the Russian Federation!
A message from Boris Kagarlitsky, November 14, 2024
Suzi Weissman: Welcome to Jacobin Radio. I’m your host, Suzi Weissman. On October 8th, the Boris Kagarlitsky International Solidarity Campaign held an online conference on “Boris Kagarlitsky and the Challenges of the Left.” Although Kagarlitsky is serving a five-year sentence in a Russian penal colony, he has just published a book called The…
Solidarity and the 2024 Election
Posted November 1, 2024
IN THE 2024 U.S. election, Solidarity is not adopting a formal position on the presidential contest. There are various viewpoints in our organization, as there are throughout the socialist and progressive U.S. left. AGAINST THE CURRENT published several opinion articles covering a range of positions:
* WHY SOCIALISTS SHOULD DEFEAT TRUMP, BY DAN LA BOTZ
Why Socialists Must Defeat Trump – Against the Current ( https://againstthecurrent.org/atc232/why-socialists-must-defeat-trump/ )
* SOCIALIST SUPPORT…
The Path to Victory & the Tasks of the Ukrainian Left
Sotsialnyi Rukh
Posted October 31, 2024
ONE OF THE key decisions of the Social Movement (Sotsialnyi Rukh) conference, which took place in Kyiv on October 5-6, 2024, was the adoption of the resolution, “The path to victory and the tasks of the Ukrainian left.” Below is the text of the resolution:…
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Against the Current
- Election and Widening War—The Editors
- A Century of Surrealism—Alexander Billet
- Arab & Muslim Voters’ Anger Grows—Malik Miah
- The 2024 British Elections—Kim Moody
- The UAW & Southern Organizing—Joseph van der Naald & Michael Goldfield
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