Yes to revolution, no to intervention!
We Stand Behind the Syrian People’s Revolution – No to Foreign Intervention Over 150 thousand were killed, hundreds of thousands injured and disabled, millions of people displaced inside and outside Syria. Cities, villages, and neighborhoods were destroyed fully or partially, using all sorts of weapons, including warplanes, scud missiles, bombs, and tanks, all paid for […]
Imperial hypocrisy to justify an assault
EVIDENCE OF a horrific chemical weapons attack by the Syrian regime against civilians has revived liberal calls for “humanitarian” intervention by the U.S. military–despite the U.S. armed forces’ own recent record of mass death and destruction in Iraq, Afghanistan and beyond. For example, Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson wrote that President Barack Obama should “punish […]
Statement from Egypt’s Revolutionary Socialists: Not in our name!
The Muslim Brotherhood was overthrown to deepen the revolution, not to support the regime. Whatever crimes the Brotherhood has committed against the people and against the Copts in defence of its power in the name of religion, we do not give army chief Al-Sisi our authority. We will not go into the streets on Friday offering […]
Egypt: the Next Phase in the Revolution
“WHAT HAPPENED on June 30 was, without the slightest doubt, the historic beginning of a new wave of the Egyptian revolution, the largest since January 2011. The number of people who demonstrated on that legendary day is estimated to exceed 17 million citizens, something unprecedented in history. The significance of this surpasses any participation by […]
Georg Lukács: the Actuality of the Revolution
“Historical materialism is the theory of the proletarian revolution.” This is how Georg Lukács opens his short book Lenin: a Study in the Unity of his Thought. Lukács was writing just as the peak of European revolutionary ferment had passed – his book was published in 1924 – and his message is clear. He restores […]
Egyptian Revolution: Freedom is in the hands of the people
A confrontation between Egyptian soldiers and supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood calling for ousted President Mohamed Morsi to be returned to power left more than 50 demonstrators dead in the early morning hours of July 8, according to news reports. The killings come after a week of upheaval that started with perhaps the largest demonstration […]
All of Egypt is Tahrir
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has been toppled at the hands of a military that was the backbone of the Hosni Mubarak regime before the dictator fell. Yet the mass celebrations of Morsi’s downfall in Cairo’s Tahrir Square and around the country represent the real face of this latest stage in the Egyptian revolution. Morsi’s ouster […]
The revolution and the counterrevolution: Egypt 2013
June 30 may be remembered as another turning point for the Egyptian Revolution. Opponents of President Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood will take to the streets on the one-year anniversary of Morsi’s first day in office to call on him to resign. The June 30 mobilizations are the culmination of the “Tamarod” (Rebellion) petition […]
Istanbul to Brazil: neoliberalism, democracy and resistance
Three weeks ago, police moved in to clear a protest camp out of an inner-city park, to make way for a shopping mall. The protesters were a mixed bunch: leftists, environmentalists, even architects,who felt they had no other option than direct action to stop the destruction of another piece of history, another park, another shared […]
The roots of Turkey’s rebellion
Richard Seymour analyzes the issues involved in an Occupy-style revolt in Turkey. ON FRIDAY [31 June], Turkish police surrounded protesters in Gezi Park near Taksim Square, the central square in Istanbul. Police blocked all exits and attacked them with chemical sprays and teargas. An Occupy-style movement has taken off in Istanbul. The ostensible issue spurring […]
