Police crackdowns on Israeli peace demonstrators combined with court rulings and settler organisations are designed to strip Palestinian families of their homes and land. The Israeli state has tried to silence both Israelis and Palestinians who resist, according to Zo HaDerekh (This Is The Way) the Communist Party of Israel’s Hebrew-language weekly
The logic of Lenin v the logic of Trump
SAM BROWSE examines how Lenin’s analysis remains relevant for confronting modern challenges of inequality, climate change and rising fascism ahead of an important discussion with the acclaimed historian and activist Paul le Blanc
The attacks on black academics are well-funded and relentless, writes DIANE ABBOTT, and they need to be fearlessly resisted by all concerned
Communists in Australia, Britain and the US outlined a joint state agreement against their governments’ militarist provocations.
Extreme hot weather resulting from environmental change needs to be tackled through greater firefighting investment instead of fewer jobs and less resources, writes COLIN BROWN
Faced with crises in every direction, Volodymr Zelensky is rewriting his country’s complex history by paying homage to the founding fathers of Ukrainian ultra-nationalism and courting their modern heirs, writes KENNY COYLE
There are many intricate details about the new Saudi, Turkish and Pakistani alliance we do not yet know, suggests ROGER McKENZIE, but its impact could be considerable
LENIN lies in a tomb in Moscow, yet his teachings are still reviled by “mainstream” politics 100 years since his death. But in today’s world, riven by inequality, climate catastrophe and war, is it worth returning to his radical understanding of democracy, his demands of “peace, land and bread” and the fundamental analysis behind them?
To look at this question, on Wednesday November 6, activists from across the left will meet in London’s historic Marx Memorial Library in a discussion, led by Paul Le Blanc, entitled The Logic of Lenin versus the Logic of Trump.
An activist and acclaimed US historian teaching at La Roche University, Pennsylvania, Le Blanc is the author of a multitude of books and articles, most recently Lenin: Responding to Catastrophe, Forging Revolution (2023, Pluto).
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