The False Friends of Rojava
The significance of the struggle in Kobanê cannot be overstated. But real international solidarity won’t come in the form of military intervention.
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War & Empire
Long Way From Maidan: A Report from Donetsk
There’s a lot of real old-fashioned class antagonism at the heart of this. When, on top of that class antagonism, you add an actual war with shooting, it becomes really ugly.
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The Quiet Counterrevolution of Human Rights Idealism
The human rights movement, in its focus on atrocity, has been way too selective, leading us away from thinking about structural wrongdoing.
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The Normality of War
The anniversary of World War One should be a time of deep reflection for the left. How was it possible that the vast majority of the socialist parties in Europe could drop their avowed internationalism and fall in behind the imperialist war adventures of their countries’ elites?
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Democracy Promotion at Face Value
Improving livelihoods and education among people never helps authoritarian regimes, which is why they don’t do it. They know that their biggest threat is an empowered, educated populace that can read and feed itself.
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Entschuldigen Sie bitte – Wie weit ist es von Simferopol nach Grosny?
Eine kritische Überprüfung der Situation in der Ukraine, der Beteiligung von Putins Russland und der Fähigkeit (oder Unfähigkeit) der internationalen Linken auf soziale Aufstände ohne bereits vorgeschriebene Botschaften zu antworten.
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Excuse Me Mister, How Far Is It from Simferopol to Grozny?
If we are unwilling to listen to revolutionaries on the ground, maybe we should shut up. To make it very clear: leftists and anarchists support neither dictators nor representatives of imperialist states.
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Disculpe Señor – ¿Qué Distancia Hay entre Simferópol y Grozny?
Un extracto de “Excuse me Mister – How Far is it from Simferopol to Grozny?” traducido al Español por un gato cualquiera
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Gespräch mit dem syrischen Anarchisten Nadir Atassi
Die Stadt Yabroud ist die Kommune des syrischen Aufstands. Neben dem Vorbild für religiöse Koexistenz, viele ChristInnen leben in der Stadt, wurde Yabroud auch Vorbild für Autonomie und Selbstverwaltung in Syrien.
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Two Refugee Camp Sieges
The Syrian regime has a long history of starving Palestinians, perhaps longer than any other Arab regime.
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