Zuerst auf Englisch erschienen in International Socialism 142—https://isj.org.uk/whats-wrong-with-privilege-theory/. Aus dem Englischen von Rosemarie Nünning. Können Menschen, die selbst nicht unterdrückt sind, Teil des Kampfs für Befreiung sein? Sind alle Weißen mitschuldig an Rassismus oder können sie im Kampf für die… Continue Reading
International Socialism 160, London, Herbst 2018 aus dem Englischen Rosemarie Nünning. In Universitätskreisen und in der radikalen Linken war die Diskussion über Unterdrückung lange Zeit beherrscht von der Privilegien- und der Intersektionalitätstheorie.1 Mit der Niederlage der Arbeiterbewegung Ende der 1970er… Continue Reading
Shortly before our last issue appeared in early October, Nick Howard died. He had just turned 83. A longstanding and much loved member of the Socialist Workers Party in Sheffield, Nick was involved in International Socialism from the start. He… Continue Reading
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1906 Muslim League founded 1940 Muslim League adopts principle of a separate nation for India’s Muslims 1947 India partitioned creating East and West Pakistan. Around one million die in communal violence, millions more are displaced 1948 Pakistan army invades Balochistan.… Continue Reading
On the eve of Jamaica’s celebrations marking 50 years of political independence, the Jamaica Gleaner released the results of a poll finding that an estimated 60 percent of Jamaicans believed that they would be better off if they had remained… Continue Reading
The mass strike of 30 November 2011 (N30) was the broadest and biggest ever British public sector strike and involved the largest number of women workers in any British strike. It has been discussed several times in this journal, with… Continue Reading
Sub-Saharan Africa is huge. Its area is larger than that of China, the United States and India combined or five times that of the 28 countries of the European Union. Its population, at over 930 million, is also getting on… Continue Reading
A review of Heather A Brown, Marx on Gender and the Family: A Critical Study (Brill, 2012/Haymarket, 2013), £85.29/£19.99 Heather Brown has written an important study of Marx’s writings on women’s oppression.1 She situates her book in the current… Continue Reading
In August 2014 unarmed 18 year old black teenager Michael Brown was shot and killed by white police officer Darren Wilson in the St Louis suburb of Ferguson. Brown was shot six times including twice to the head, despite having… Continue Reading