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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

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

Cadrisation: building a party of organic intellectuals

Posted on 5th April 2025 by International Socialism

In traditional military parlance, the cadre referred to the nucleus of officers around which a unit of soldiers could be built.1 Like many military terms, it would be adopted by revolutionaries in the inter-war period: cadres were the core of… Continue Reading →

Article Bolsheviks, Cadrisation, Party building

Election campaigns and antifascism in France: a response to Denis Godard

Posted on 19th January 2025 by International Socialism

Denis Godard’s article in International Socialism 184 aims to assess the situation in France today and sketch out the tasks of the left.1 It also presents the history of the Popular Front in France in the 1930s, intending to draw… Continue Reading →

Article elections, France, Front Populaire

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

Biology is not our destiny

Posted on 18th January 2025 by International Socialism

One of the campaign ads used in the 2024 presidential elections was: “Kamala Harris is for they/them. President Trump is for you”.1 The slogan both taps into the transphobia promoted by the political right in the “culture wars” and appeals… Continue Reading →

Article Gender, transgender liberation, women's liberation

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

Farage and Reform UK: a clear and present danger

Posted on 17th January 2025 by International Socialism

The success of Reform UK in the British general election of July 2024 is unprecedented.1 The far right, anti-immigration party won 4.12 million votes, 14 percent of the total, and five seats: Clacton in Essex, Boston and Skegness in Lincolnshire,… Continue Reading →

Article far right, Farage, Fascism

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

Palestinian women’s resistance: from the Great Revolt to the First Intifada (1936 to 1993)

Posted on 29th October 2024 by International Socialism

Across the Middle East, there has been a strong tradition of women’s resistance and activism against imperialism for more than a century.1 In Palestine and the Palestinian diaspora, this resistance against colonial oppressors was first against the British and then… Continue Reading →

Article colonialism, Palestine, women's liberation

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