The past year has seen French society rocked by the Gilets Jaunes protests. Yet, while these protests have been ongoing, the government passed new Asylum and Immigration Law and police violence against migrants has reached new heights of brutality. This translation of a statement by the Gilets Noirs, a movement spearheaded by undocumented migrants, outlines their demands.
In American Breakdown, David Bromwich connects the hollowing out of American democracy and the rise of Trump to decades of imperialism, neoliberal policies, and a strengthening of executive power.
Greenhouse effect, global warming, climate change, climate disruption. Think of the succession of words we’ve used to describe the gradual onset of catastrophe and you see at once how inadequate words can be.
In these videos, Priyamvada Gopal uncovers a complicated history of colonial resistance and attitudes to empire in Britain. She is the author of Insurgent Empire: Anticolonial Resistance and British Dissent
Black radicals in London learnt vital lessons from rebellions in the colonies, and interpreted them to a metropolitan audience
An interview with Tony Wood on the current state of Russia-US relations, and the West's misguided obsession with Putin.
Two interviews with Eric Blanc on the importance of rank and file organizing in the wave of teachers strikes.
An indispensable window into the changing shape of the American working class and American politics.
Leo Panitch on Ralph Miliband's theory of the state, his debates with Nicos Poulantzas, and the relevance of his work to the Corbyn project, with Alex Doherty on the Politics Theory Other podcast.
Michael Hardt – author with Antonio Negri of Empire, Multitude, Commonwealth, and Assembly – interviewed about the shifting sands of American imperialism and the escalation of tensions between the US and Iran.
Despite the tragedy, the marginalisation of social housing and its occupants remain.
On Walter Rodney's concept and practice of ‘Grounding’ as Critical Pedagogy