By Redley Silva and Wilfred Silva Comrade P Rajanayagam, a stalwart in the golden era of the history of the left and the working class in Sri Lanka, fought a continuous and unrelenting struggle for the liberation of the workers and the oppressed of all races based on democracy, equality and…
Category: Reviews
Women in the Paris Commune
from “Le Chambard Socialiste,” by Théophile-Alexandre SteinlenSuch a bold statement is quite contrary to the demur and frailty that is attributed to women of that time period. These were militant women fighting for the gains of the working class in the Paris Commune. In honor of International Working Women’s Day,…
Tariq Ali Busts the Myth of Winston Churchill
Originally From: https://www.currentaffairs.org/2022/05/tariq-ali-busts-the-myth-of-winston-churchill The leftist writer discusses his new book about Churchill, which aims to situate the mythologized leader in the context of empire, and to detail Churchill’s forgotten Imperial crimes. Current Affairs filed 25 May 2022 in INTERVIEWS Tariq Ali is a legendary writer, activist, and public intellectual. He is…
Art Is a Dream in Which We Imagine Our Future: The Twentieth Newsletter (2022)
Originally From: https://thetricontinental.org/newsletterissue/culture/ Dear friends, Greetings from the desk of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. On 11 May 2022, an Israeli sniper fired at the head of the veteran Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Aqleh as she reported on an Israeli military raid on a refugee settlement in Jenin (part of the Occupied Palestine…
Ernest Mandel-Introduction to Marxist Theory: Selected Writings
Reviewed by Fabian Van Onzen Originally From: https://marxandphilosophy.org.uk/reviews/19912_introduction-to-marxist-theory-selected-writings-by-ernest-mandel-reviewed-by-fabian-van-onzen/ Resistance Books, London and the International Institute for Research and Education, Amsterdam, 2021, 306 pp., £15 pbISBN 9780902869653 Ernest Mandel was one of the most significant Marxists of the twentieth century. During his life, Mandel participated in anti-fascist resistance, played a leading role in…