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The Coup Against the Third World: Chile, 1973

September 5, 2023September 5, 2023 wisidagamage

IRepublished From: https://thetricontinental.org/dossier-68-the-coup-against-the-third-world-chile-1973/ In anticipation of the fiftieth anniversary of the 11 September coup against Chile’s Popular Unity government, Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research and the Instituto de Ciencias Alejandro Lipschutz Centro de Pensamiento e Investigación Social y Política release a new dossier analysing the coup and its effects on the Third World and non-aligned countries. On 11 September 1973, reactionary sections of the Chilean army, led by General Augusto Pinochet, left the barracks and overthrew the democratically elected government of President Salvador Allende and the Popular Unity coalition. The…

ASIA: The mind of Junious (A Parable)

August 29, 2023August 29, 2023 wisidagamage

FOR PUBLICATION AHRC-ART-011-2023August 29, 2023 An Article by the Asian Human Rights Commission ASIA: The mind of Junious (A Parable) This story is about Junious. Please do not think that I made a mistake in naming the hero and misspelling Junious for genius. I quite understand some people’s misunderstanding of that sort because an impression has been created and kept for a long time that Junious was in fact the genius. That is far from the truth. A Junious is rightly called Junious, as you will see when you read…

The ABC of syndicalist sections

August 28, 2023August 28, 2023 wisidagamage

This article is written for workers new to on-the-job organizing. It was first published in the Swedish online magazine Syndikalisten in 2021. The author is a member of the Swedish syndicalist union SAC. A difference between the Swedish and English versions is that the English version (below) contains more examples of successful syndicalist sections. The English text also sheds more light on the so-called dual function of sections. Illustration: Fanny Hökby Author : Rasmus Hästbacka Submitted by Joakim on August 10, 2023 A syndicalist section is a local union in…

The Imperialist History Behind the Maui Fires

August 24, 2023August 24, 2023 wisidagamage

UNITED STATES At the center of the latest climate change disaster is the long and ongoing struggle for water and land rights for Native Hawaiians. Emma Lee August 22, 2023 On August 8, a wildfire began in Lahaina, Maui, that spread to affect over 3,200 acres of the island. As the former capital of the Hawaiian kingdom, Lahaina is a significant historical and cultural site for Native Hawaiians (Kanaka Maoli). So far, over 110 people have been killed by the wildfires, at least 20 people have been injured, and over…

China’s speculative bubble begins its way to explode as the world economy slows into recession

August 20, 2023August 20, 2023 wisidagamage

By Daniel Campos, La Marx International 10/7/21 Two events aggravate the world crisis of capitalism: 1) The “recovery” has ended and the slowdown of the global capitalist economy begins 2) China’s speculative bubble begins to burst, the largest in the history of capitalism, a process synthesized in the crisis of the real estate giant Evergrande. We are going to analyze these two great facts, which the defenders of capitalism keep silent and hide. 1) End of the “rebound” and slowdown in the world economy The crisis of capitalism has been going on for more than 20…

The Return of the “Era of Crises, Wars, and Revolutions”

August 17, 2023August 17, 2023 wisidagamage

Claudia Cinatti and Matías Maiello July 11, 2023 The 12th conference of the Trotskyist Fraction — Fourth International (FT-CI) discussed the prospects for the internationalist revolutionary Left On May 13 and 14, the virtual session of the 12th Conference of the Trotskyist Fraction for the Fourth International (FT-CI) was held. A version of the document presented below served as a basis for discussion, along with other articles and contributions, and we have incorporated the contributions and conclusions resulting from these discussions. As we have laid out, a period has opened up in which…

மஹிந்தவும் ரணிலும் இணங்கினால் அது நீதியைத் தவிர்க்கும் மற்றுமொரு ஆணைக்குழுவாக அமையும்

August 17, 2023August 18, 2023 wisidagamage

By koththigoda ஜனவரி 8 முதல் 2019 நவம்பர் 16 வரை “நல்லாட்சி அரசாங்கத்தால்” அரசியல் பழிவாங்கல்களால் பாதிக்கப்பட்டவர்களை விசாரணை செய்ய ஜனாதிபதி கோட்டாபய ராஜபக்ச ஜனாதிபதி ஆணைக்குழுவை நியமித்தார். பொலிஸார், முப்படை உள்ளிட்ட அரச ஊழியர்களுக்காகவே இந்த ஆணைக்குழு உருவாக்கப்பட்டது. ஆணைக்குழுவின் தலைவராக முன்னாள் உச்ச நீதிமன்ற நீதிபதி உபாலி அபேரத்ன இருந்தார். 2015 மற்றும் 2019ற்கு இடைப்பட்ட காலத்தில் பிரதமராக இருந்த ரணில் விக்ரமசிங்க அதிகார துஷ்பிரயோகத்தில் ஈடுபட்டமையால் பிரஜாவுரிமையை இல்லாது செய்ய வேண்டுமென ஆணைக்குழு பரிந்துரைத்தது. ஆனால் கோட்டா ரணிலைப் பிரதமராகப் பரிந்துரைத்தார். ரணில் இறுதியாக கோட்டாவின் 69 இலட்சத்தின் ஜனாதிபதியானார். “உண்மை மற்றும் நல்லிணக்க ஆணைக்குழு” (TRC) என்ற ஆணைக்குழுவை ஸ்தாபிக்கவுள்ளதாக ஜனாதிபதி மறுநாள் தெரிவித்தார். “இலங்கையில் நல்லிணக்கத்தை அடுத்த தலைமுறைக்கு விட்டுச் செல்வது ஜனாதிபதியின் நோக்கமல்ல” என்பதாலேயே இவ்வாறான ஆணைக்குழு…

New Agenda 89: Revisiting UDF 40 years later

August 17, 2023August 17, 2023 wisidagamage

Unions and the UDF A look back at the lessons of the 1980s By Devan Pillay This article traces back to the roots of the tension between the democratic-socialist future promised by the UDF in the 1980s and the independent unions who warned of the dangers of nationalist politics where liberation elites take command instead of the working class. DEVAN PILLAY considers the lessons for today of the 1980s heightened political conflict. INTRODUCTION The African National Congress (ANC), in alliance with the SA Communist Party (SACP) and the Congress of…

The Global South breaks away from the U.S.-led world order

August 17, 2023August 17, 2023 wisidagamage

BY MICHELLE JAMRISKO AND IAIN MARLOWBLOOMBERG Aug 8, 2023 Let trade run free. Tie your currency to the U.S. dollar. Align your foreign policy with America’s. The U.S. and its Western partners wrote these economic rules, a cornerstone of the world order prevailing since World War II. Now developing countries, often called the Global South, are quietly revising them. The Global South sees a chance to chart its own future. Nirupama Menon Rao, a former Indian foreign secretary, points to her country’s spreading of digital payments to developing nations. “India’s outreach to countries…

What Is Post-Marxism & Why It’s A Problem ft. Lillian Cicerchia

August 12, 2023August 12, 2023 wisidagamage

Left Reckoning This is an excerpt from our conversation with Lillian Cicerchia (@LILCICERCH) post-doc at the Free University Of Berlin & co-host of What’s Left Of Philosophy podcast on the problem with the book Hegemony & Socialist Strategy & post-marxism.