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An Analysis of the Presidential Election in Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan became the first publicly elected President of Turkey in the history of the Republic, winning 52 per cent of … Keep reading »

A ceasefire in the war in eastern Ukraine was announced in Minsk, Belarus on September 5. Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko made a simultaneous announcement in Wales where he was a … Keep reading »

Protests, riots and police violence in Ferguson (a suburb of St. Louis), Missouri, last August have laid bare “America’s racial rift” says The Guardian Weekly.[1] Mainstream opinion-makers have tended to … Keep reading »

“Should Scotland be an Independent Country?” — referendum question to be put to Scots on 18 September 2014. It was hard not to remember the 1995 Quebec sovereignty referendum as … Keep reading »

The Dynamic Reorganization of the Spanish Left It is no longer enough to win over civil society, occupy public spaces, take to the streets, carry out symbolic actions, prevent evictions, … Keep reading »

Introduction: Crisis in Labour Politics The issue that we can’t ignore this Labour Day is the disorientation in our movement’s politics. List the issues working people are most concerned about … Keep reading »

Not the G20, and Not the BRICS Nations International attention has been diverted away from this year’s G20 meetings in Australia by the declaration from the leaders of Brazil, Russia, … Keep reading »

Part 2: NUMSA and the Emergence of a New Movement NUMSA has always been the left critic within COSATU. Its roots lay in the traditions of independent socialism of FOSATU … Keep reading »

Part 1: The Demise of COSATU The two biggest signifiers of the state of the labour movement in South Africa in 2014 are, on the one hand, a terminal crisis … Keep reading »

Speech given by Marta Harnecker on August 15, 2014, accepting the 2013 Liberator’s Prize for Critical Thought, awarded for her book, A World to Build: New Paths Toward Twenty-First Century … Keep reading »

The Ukrainian conflict, like most political phenomena, is multi-dimensional and highly complex. As such, it calls for a holistic – dialectical, if you wish – approach. But to judge by … Keep reading »

On June 28th, one hundred years ago, a Bosnian nationalist assassinated the crown prince of Austria-Hungary, setting in motion a chain of events that led a month later to the … Keep reading »