nationalism

The Drums of War in the Gulf

Submitted by Internationalis... on Jan 17 2020 21:09

The article which follows is taken from the new edition of Revolutionary Perspectives (#14) which is just out. It was obviously written before the events which followed the British Navy’s seizure of the Iranian tanker, the Grace 1, off the coast of Gibraltar, but the substance of the analysis has not changed.

Brexit: Ruling Class Crisis

Submitted by Internationalis... on Dec 7 2019 11:06

The “synchronised stagnation” of the global economy since 2008 shows the capitalist class everywhere has no solution to economic crisis. Hence ever more strident nationalism has been adopted across the globe. It even engulfs its two greatest powers, now locked in a trade war. This nationalism is their “alternative”. For them the problem is not capitalism but one form of it – globalisation. The fact is that the continued existence of the system in any form means more misery for most.

The Machine and Its Discontents: A Fredy Perlman Anthology

A new Fredy Perlman anthology, joint published by Active Distribution and Theory and Practice 2018.

Once More on the Brexit Diversion

Submitted by Internationalis... on Oct 19 2019 14:40

The real division we face is not Leave versus Remain, or No-Deal versus soft Brexit, but between those who have an interest in creating a fundamentally different kind of society and those who do not.

Esperanto Banned 70 Years Ago

Short account of the banning of Esperanto and the beginning of persecution of its speakers in Nazi Germany.

Class, nation, people and the real movement within the crisis of reproduction of capitalist social relations

This text aims at a critique of recent left (and “ultra-left”) analyses that use the concepts of “middle class”, “interclassism” and populism in order to describe or even polemicize against social movements such as the “movements of the squares” and the “yellow vests” movement.

Italy: The Failure of the “Populist” Coalition

Submitted by Internationalis... on Jun 23 2019 10:10

For those who think that the political and economic incompetence of our rulers is confined to the Anglo-Saxon states the following article from our Italian comrades, written just before the European elections, only underlines the same sorry story for Italian capitalism.

Political Liberalism - Max Stirner

Stirner's essay on the for him modern state and liberal ideology that it promoted and depended on.

Brexit or Remain: A Choice of Tripe at the End of May

Submitted by Internationalis... on May 30 2019 10:39

The crisis in the capitalist party political system has become even more acute during May. Two sets of election results have shown that the Labour v Conservative Punch and Judy show has, at least for the time being, lost its ability to call all the shots.