International & Foreign Policy.
All of the articles we have published under the tag International & Foreign Policy, beginning with the most recent.
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Sinn Féin Could Capitalise On A Confident Irish Left
It's election time in Ireland, and polling has shown a surge in support for Sinn Féin. This election could mark the end of the Fianna Fáil-Fine Gael duopoly that has dominated Irish politics for nearly a century
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The "Chilean Spring" Continues. Part Two.
Thousands of neighbourhood assemblies have broken out across Chile, an account of how one functions in Barrio Brasil, Santiago, the development of capacities for self-management and its limits.
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The "Chilean Spring" Continues. Part One.
What is the condition of the Chilean rebellion nearly two months after its beginnings?
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Resisting Green Colonialism: Lithium, Bolivia, and the Green New Deal
There are potential contradictions between decarbonisation in the Global North and the needs of communities in the Global South. How should we handle them?
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You will return as Millions: Solidarity Statement with Bolivia
We unequivocally condemn the unfolding coup in Bolivia, and offer our solidarity to the Bolivian people.
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“It's not 30 pesos – it's 30 years”: The Battle for the Heart and Soul of Chile
Chile's protests aren’t about the 30 peso rise. They are about the 30 years of ‘democracy’ suffered since the official end of the dictatorship and a direct result of a growing extra-parliamentary left.
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Trump and Rojava: Can US Imperialism be "Anti-War"?
Turkey is ready to foot the bill for a war in the northeast of Syria, and the US, headed by Donald Trump, is only to happy to sell.
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A Crisis With No Borders
The scale of the climate is global, but propositions on the left have largely confined themselves to the scale of the national and territoriality bounded - any Green New Deal must include free movement
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A Socialist Europe from Below?
The newly appointed portfolio of European Commissioners underlines how the political mainstream is singularly incapable of turning back Europe’s neo-fascist tide.
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Immanuel Wallerstein (1930-2019)
In memory of historian, sociologist and world-systems theorist, Immanuel Wallerstein, who passed away recently at the age of 88.
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A New Internationalism is Possible: Notes from the first International Social Forum
A participant’s thoughts on Labour’s International Social Forum at SOAS in London on the 13th and 14th July 2019.
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Greece's ‘New Democracy’ Are On The Cusp Of Power, But They Are Anything But ‘Moderates’
SYRIZA's betrayals will see them crushed in the upcoming elections, but New Democracy’s victory will see far-right members of the party as key powerbrokers.
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Pride in Poland?
Ahead of this year's elections, religious traditionalists have set their sights on LGBT issues as a key battleground in a new culture war. How did this happen, and is there hope for queer people in modern Poland?
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Make No Mistake: Ukraine’s New President Is Not an Actor
Despite much media fanfare abroad to the contrary, Volodymyr Zelenskyi is not just a humble comedian, nor a political outsider, and his rise to power was far from improbable.
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Barcelona Chose The Left At The Polls. Now It’s Up To The Left To Choose Barcelona.
The left topped the polls at the recent elections in Barcelona, but if they cannot find common ground and work together it will be a grave betrayal of their voters.
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How Imperialism Starves the Global South
Utsa Patnaik is a Marxist economist who has spent her career writing on agrarian change and development. Here she discusses her life's work, economic history and imperialism as income deflation
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Leyla Güven's Struggle for Justice
Kurdish politician and activist Leyla Güven's hunger strike enters its 88th day today. Her struggle against the AKP's fascism and oppression deserves international solidarity.
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Why I went to Venezuela: PT President Gleisi Hoffmann speaks
Gleisi Hoffmann, National President of Brazil's Workers' Party, discusses US imperialism, self-determination and her recent visit to Venezuela
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A Grin Without a Cat? Gilets Jaunes, the Labour Movement, and France's 'Extremes'
In the following interview, independent journalist and Paris resident Cole Stangler describes how politicians and the labour movement have responded to the yellow vests
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Why Bolsonaro Won: Beyond the Clichés
If mind-stopping clichés of violence and corruption do not correspond with voting patterns or Bolsonaro’s governmental plan, why did he win the election? It was not a free or fair process.
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Brazil’s Elections, Fascism, and the Public Education System
Public education and critical thought are under threat, as Bolsonaro and his supporters have declared war on ‘Marxist indoctrination’, the legacy of Paulo Freire, and ‘gender ideology’.
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International Interests and the Destruction of Brazilian Democracy
For US geopolitical interests and the interests of the international capital committed to exploiting Brazil's natural resources, it's vital that Bolsonaro wins the election.
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Bolsonaro and the Institutionalisation of Necropolitics
Hate politics drives the most violent election process since Brazil's re-democratisation.
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Britain's War in Yemen
The murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi has sparked much international outrage. Less examined is Saudi Arabia's genocidal war in Yemen, heavily supported at every stage by the British government.
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Hands Off Venezuela! Maduro, Bolsonaro, and Latin American counter-revolution
The government of Nicolás Maduro is under threat from an emboldened, radical Right.
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The Future of Brazilian Democracy
On Sunday, voters go to the polls. The fate of Brazilian democracy hangs in the balance. Marcos Arruda spells out the stakes and possible consequences.
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SYRIZA: A Cautionary Tale
To much fanfare internationally, Alexis Tsipras recently announced that austerity is 'officially' over in Greece. But far from a Greek tragedy, the story of SYRIZA is one of opportunism and political cowardice
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Socialist Internationalism: Beyond the Manifesto on Foreign Policy
Labour’s goal should be to transition the UK out of its post-imperial phase of militarism and support for US hegemony, and into a new foreign policy paradigm of socialist internationalism.
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Samir Amin (1931-2018)
A tribute to the life and thought of Samir Amin: Communist, champion of the Global South, and trailblazer of dependency theory
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The Summerhill Occupation and the Fight for Public Housing in Dublin
Dublin's housing market is out of control, and Fine Gael have no intention of stepping in to help, but ordinary renters are taking action into their own hands.
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Migration, the Far Right, and the Left
Since 2016, led by centrist and far-right parties, European migration policies have shifted to the right. What role can pro-immigration left groups play in changing this reactionary wave?
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Turkish Elections: The Forces of Progress deserve our Solidarity
The cracks are beginning to show – now more than ever, we must take a stand against international complicity and show solidarity with the Kurdish and Turkish left
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Crossing the Border of Australian Social Democracy—a roundtable discussion
Australia is a laboratory in the future of global border control systems, with deep investment by parties of the social democratic left. Here, xBorder discuss its operation and opportunities for disruption.
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Allende's Cybernetic Revolution: Project Cybersyn, and What We Must Learn
The story of Chilean President Salvador Allende's efforts to secure Chile's road to socialism through cutting-edge central planning
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The Strange Death of Democratic Hungary
What's so terrifying about the consolidation of Viktor Orbán's regime is how little reassurance it offers to democrats or socialists
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SAFTU: A Giant is Risen?
Emerging divisions in the South African trade union movement find their roots in the struggle against Apartheid.
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From Land Day to Nakba Day: the Meaning of Return
In Gaza, the Land Day protests are not just a struggle for human rights, but are part of a long tradition of resistance against the existence of Israel as a settler-colonial society
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The Paysandu Fire and the Right to the City
In the post-coup atmosphere, the Brazilian media and government have used the tragedy at Paysandu square to attack poor people, social movements and the right to the city.
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On the Heritage of Totalitarianism
With every intense wave of Decommunisation of public space, where one 'totalitarianism' is denounced, a parallel rehabilitation of another is taking place.
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Criminalising Politics in Brazil: The Judiciary vs. Lula da Silva
The jailing of President Lula marks another stage in the deterioration of Brazil’s democracy: the consolidation of a state of exception and the failure of the rule of law in Brazil.
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Sen Katayama: Pioneer, Internationalist, and Revolutionary
The story of Sen Katayama, his vision, and the scale of his impact on the labour movements of Japan, America, and the USSR.
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Macronism, and How To Fight It: A Commentary from Parti des indigènes de la République (PiR)
This commentary discusses the necessity for struggle against the labour reforms of Emmanuel Macron, acknowledging the deepening racial divisions it will exacerbate
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A World for the Many not the Few: Labour’s new internationalist vision
Labour’s new International Development paper, spearheaded by Kate Osamor MP, represents a clean break with New Labour orthodoxy
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“The Kurdish Nation is an oppressed nation”
Why the Left must stand with the HDP in Neo-Ottoman Turkey
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“We have to democratise the party”
Anti-Coalition Campaigning in the SPD
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A Trial for Lula and Brazilian Democracy: What's Next for Brazil
Brazil has just taken another step toward the dismantling of its democracy.
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The Evolution of Neoliberalism in Tunisia 1980-2017
Neoliberalism has traditionally been understood within the dimensions of liberalisation and the contours of austerity, but it can also be understood within the framework of resistance.
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The Rolling Coup: How Michel Temer is Turning Brazil into a Banana Republic
Michel Temer has transformed Brazil from a rising nation with a growing middle class into a democratically-weakened US puppet state.
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Honduras: the “Preemptive Soft Coup”
The endless epidemic of “soft coups” promoted by the White House has once again attacked Honduras.
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Understanding Poland's Rally of Hate
Poland's annual Independence Day march has become a focal point for right-wing religious nationalism. How did we get here?
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The Right, Resurgent: Peru’s President sparks fears of pardon for former dictator Fujimori
A series of political crises have undermined the power of PPK. The Peruvian far right see this as an opportunity.
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Che, the Commodity
Not even the most optimistic Irish Marxist could have predicted that they would be seeing Che stare out from the top corner of an envelope, his face on a newly minted government stamp.
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A Receding Tide? The Left in Latin America Today
Most sensible commentators will tell you today that the Pink Tide is over.
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Fascism without Borders: Britain and the BJP
In May 2015, as campaigning for the general election in Britain was underway, a flyer surfaced online urging “Dharmic voters" to vote for the Conservative party.
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Organising with solidarity in mind: Notes on social movement unionism and critical equity work
This is a chapter from AK Press's Why Don't the Poor Rise Up, which is out now.
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Shaking the Hornets' Nest: The Forces of Reaction in ‘Australia’s Greatest Crisis’
On the turbulent Premiership of Gough Whitlam, Australia’s Great Reformer.
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Interpreting Mariátegui: Lessons from Peru for the British Left
It is difficult to interpret exactly why José Carlos Mariátegui is such an unknown figure among the pantheon of international Marxist thinkers regularly discussed or referenced by the British Left.
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Terror, Tragedy and the Political
In British society, war is presented as a ‘pragmatic’ matter; this depoliticisation of war has created a politics that revolves almost entirely around it.