The eruption of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests after the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer on the 25 May was a spectacular highlight to the eerie summer of 2020. In the United States alone, an… Continue Reading
Editor’s introduction Michael Kidron (1930-2003) was among the most insightful theorists of the International Socialist tradition and a former editor of this journal.1 His early work focused on an analysis of capitalism during its sustained expansion in the decades following… Continue Reading
The role of trade unions and organised labour in preventing catastrophic climate change is a burgeoning field of research.1 Many academic contributions investigate climate policy issues but leave aside discussion of workers’ action.2 In contrast, this article focuses on past… Continue Reading
The global economy is changing.1 After the financial crash of 2008, world trade declined and has been outpaced by sluggish growth in global production. The Covid-19 crisis and a fall in commodity prices in March 2020 has since driven the… Continue Reading
When faced with great social and political crises, our usual response as socialists is to look for historical parallels and consider what lessons can be drawn from them.1 The Covid-19 pandemic that has ravaged the globe since early 2020 poses… Continue Reading
The French Front National (National Front, FN), now the Rassemblement National (National Rally, RN), is one of the most successful far-right parties in Europe.1 Formed in 1972, its roots and ideology are firmly in the fascist tradition. However, since its… Continue Reading
The killing of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis in May 2020 sparked a global rebellion against racism that has been remarkable in its reach, determination and resilience.1 The Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement has shone a spotlight not just… Continue Reading
On 4 August a massive explosion shook Beirut port when a neglected storehouse of ammonium nitrate blew up, catapulting Lebanon onto the front pages of the global media. The volatile chemical was being stored next to the country’s main grain… Continue Reading
Zuerst auf Englisch erschienen in International Socialism 167—http://isj.org.uk/what-can-we-learn-from-kautsky-today/. Aus dem Englischen von David Paenson, Angelo Kumnenis und Rosemarie Nünning. Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts galt Karl Kautsky als Papst des Marxismus. Danach geriert er bis vor Kurzem allem Anschein nach vollkommen… Continue Reading
Salgın hastalıkları doğanın, insan toplumuna yönelik öngörülemez, yıkıcı bir saldırısı olarak görmek cazip gelebilir.1 Ancak Koronavirüs Salgını 2019’un (Covid-19) patlak vermesi hiç de “doğal” bir olgu değildir. Epidemiler ve pandemiler; virüslerin mutasyonu, bir konaktan diğerine geçişi ve canlı organizmalar üzerindeki… Continue Reading