The Paris Commune of 1871, banks and debt by Eric Toussaint On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the extraordinary experience of the Paris Commune, it is fundamental to draw a number of lessons from it. The measures a government takes regarding its Central Bank, the debts of working class people, public

  En mémoire de Patrice Lumumba assassiné le 17 janvier 1961 par Eric Toussaint   Ce 17 janvier 2021, nous commémorons le 60e anniversaire de l’assassinat de Patrice Lumumba (1925-1961). Suite à une victoire éclatante aux premières véritables élections auxquelles les Congolais ont partic

What Trump's Doing Is Crazy and Dangerous—and It Ain't Over Yet Trump still threatens us, and discussing the election in the past tense is stupid. by Jeffrey C. Isaac Ever since November 7, when the election was more or less authoritatively “called” by all major media, a wide range of pundits have spoken

Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair The Rolling Constitutional-Fascist Coup in the World's Most Dangerous Nation by Paul Street “We Want to Get Rid of the Ballots” We are in the middle of a rolling authoritarian and even fascist coup that is working with and through the United States Constitution to no smal

Will the Military Support a Declaration of Martial Law Garett Reppenhagen, Veterans for Peace, Interviewed by Bill Resnick August 27, 2020 Recently, Veterans for Peace issued a statement condemning the deployment of troops in the U.S.:   “Veterans For Peace condemns the inflammatory statements of Dona

  Ernest Mandel et l’écosocialisme   par Michael Löwy* La préoccupation de l'environnement apparaît avec force dans les écrits de Mandel seulement à partir des années 1970. Elle ne figure pratiquement pas, par exemple, dans le Traité d'économie marxiste (1962). Il est vrai qu’on trou

A boot is crushing the neck of American democracy by Cornel West The fundamental question at this moment is: can the United States be reformed? Here we go again. Another black person killed by the US police. Another wave of multiracial resistance. Another cycle of race talk on the corporate media. Another displ

COVID-19: The murderous state! by SUD Santé We are publishing this text from the SUD Santé Sociaux federation, because it reflects the reality encountered by staff in this sector in our different countries. On 17 November 2019, in the city of Wuhan, China, the coronavirus 2019 (COVID 19) appeared. On January

El activista y expreso político del franquismo Chato Galante fallece por coronavirus Era miembro de la asociación de presos y represaliados de la dictadura franquista La Comuna y pertenecía a la Liga Comunista Revolucionaria cuando fue detenido y torturado hasta en cuatro ocasiones entre los años 1969 y 197

The Capitalist Pandemic, Coronavirus and the Economic Crisis (Part 1) by Eric Toussaint A public health crisis The coronavirus pandemic is a serious public health problem and the human suffering caused by the spread of this virus will be enormous. If it massively affects countries of the Global South with ver

La Lega #HaciaLaHuelgaFeminista - Coro de Mujeres Feministas   EL DIA  8 DE MARZOHAREMOS UNA HUELGACON TODAS LAS MUJERESLA CALLE SERÁ NUESTRA ABUELAS, ESTUDIANTES HETEROS, TRANS,  BOLLERASDIVERSAS Y MIGRANTESVAMOS JUNTAS A LA HUELGA O LI OLI OLÁ……..LA HUELGA VENCERÁES LA HUELGA FEMINIS

Thirteen theses on the imminent ecological catastrophe and the (revolutionary) means of averting it  by Michael Löwy* I. The ecological crisis is already the most important social and political question of the 21st century, and will become even more so in the coming months and years. The future of the plan

Megafires in Australia: a climate tipping point, live by TANURO Daniel The expression ‘tipping point’ refers to the point when a system passes from one system of equilibrium to another, the point where it is no longer possible to prevent accumulated quantitative changes from causing a qualitative change