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In 1968, Carlos Fonseca and the FSLN adopted a new strategic approach, laying the groundwork for the 1979 revolution. 

14 June 2018 marks the 90th anniversary of the birth of Che Guevara. Below is a lecture delivered by Martínez Heredia, one of Cuba’s leading public intellectuals, at the Center for the Study of Che Guevara in March 2015, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the publication of Guevara’s 'Man and Socialism in Cuba'. 

Protests and conflicts on the African continent throughout the 1960s had their own internal dynamics but were also linked closely with wider international events and developments.

Sociologist Siobhan Brooks discusses the New York City Strippers' Strike, her experience organizing the Lusty Lady, and racism in sex work.  

Two scholars — Grace M. Cho in the US, and Hosu Kim in South Korea — reflect on the recent developments between the US and North Korea, the ghosts of the Korean War, and the need for peace on the Korean peninsula.

While gender-based violence in Ghana and elsewhere may not seem vastly different from the issues addressed by #MeToo, women around the world must define their own movements. 

Marxist Feminist film scholar Dai Jinhua, one of the preeminent cultural critics of China's New Left, historicizes the rapid cultural and intellectual developments that took place in China during the 1980s and 90s. 

In these videos George Monbiot outlines how we can democratise politics and economics, and transfer power back into the hands of the community.

Ian Birchall reviews Opening the Gates, on the historic 1970s struggles at the Lip watch factory in Besançon.

From George Monbiot to China Miéville – see all our new paperbacks here.

A recent call for philosophical debate on gender illustrates how purportedly neutral analyses can be mobilized to reproduce run-of-the-mill transphobia. 

In his bicentenary year, Marx's writings remain essential to understanding how the world moves.