As a part of our ongoing coverage of the emerging strike movement in Britain, Charlie Kimber, editor of the weekly newspaper Socialist Worker, explores recent developments, asking what changed in 2022 and what has stayed the same. His analysis draws… Continue Reading
Aus dem Englischen von Rosemarie Nünning. Durchgesehen von David Paenson. Zuerst erschienen in International Socialism 170 (April 2021) (http://isj.org.uk/eastern-bloc-women) Die Frage, wie die nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg entstandenen Gesellschaften, die von 1948 bis 1989 den Ostblock bildeten – Albanien, Bulgarien,… Continue Reading
Zuerst erschienen in International Socialism 175 (June 2022) (http://isj.org.uk/women-first-civilisations) Die von Frauen geleistete Arbeit hat in der feministischen und linken Debatte in den vergangenen Jahren viel Aufmerksamkeit gefunden, insbesondere die im Haushalt und im Gesundheitswesen.1 Summiert wird das teils unter… Continue Reading
Aus dem Englischen von Rosemarie Nünning. Zuerst erschienen in International Socialism 175 (June 2022) (http://isj.org.uk/eurasian-faultline) Wir befinden uns an einem Wendepunkt der Weltpolitik: Zum ersten Mal seit der Blockade Berlins zu Beginn des Kalten Kriegs prallen in Eurasien zwei atomar… Continue Reading
Hunger is once again stalking the planet.1 The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation’s World Food Price Index hit a record high of 159.3 points in March this year, up 12.6 percent from February as fertiliser prices soared and the… Continue Reading
The continuing military assault on Ukraine by Russia, and the transformation of the war into a proxy conflict with NATO, has offered insights into contemporary imperialism. We have seen how the relative decline of US and Western European power in… Continue Reading
The richest and most powerful nation on the globe set the clock back on women’s reproductive rights by half a century on 24 June 2022. This was the day the United States Supreme Court reversed its ruling on the landmark… Continue Reading
Policing in England is in crisis.1 The Metropolitan Police was put into “special measures” on 28 June 2022; the total number of forces in special measures is now six.2 Although the police in Britain have always been a repressive force,… Continue Reading
Vegetation fires are astonishing in their severity.1 Temperatures are painfully intense along the fire’s ember-strewn edges even before the white-heat heart of the blaze arrives. Their smoke is dense, choking, acrid and debilitating. Their 5 kilometres per hour speed of… Continue Reading
Aus dem Englischen von David Paenson und Angelo Kumnenis. Zuerst erschienen in International Socialism 172 (Oktober 2021) (http://isj.org.uk/afghanistan-empire) Die überstürzte Flucht des US-amerikanischen Personals aus seiner Botschaft in der afghanischen Hauptstadt Kabul im August markierte den Höhepunkt einer scheußlichen, zwanzig… Continue Reading