Today (28/11/20) marks 200 years since the birth of Friedrich Engels. For this occasion we reproduce an article from Revolutionary Perspectives 1 (Series 3), originally published back in 1995 for the 100th anniversary of Engels’ death. It’s not a “celebration” or potted biography, it’s an…

The category, which includes art books, literary spaces, zines, and more, is having its best-ever year—and just hit a major milestone. By Oriana Leckert and Margot Atwell Kickstarter October 26, 2020 Kickstarter has seen a number of category bests this year: Games are on track for their best year…

As we are based in Wuppertal (Germany), we are confronted with a lot of celebrations around the 200th anniversary of Friedrich Engels’ birth. Engels was born in Wuppertal and even prominent Christian-Democrats (CDU, conservatives) and and wannabee Social Democrats of the SPD are commemorating Eng…

Copernicus and the Savages Someone said to Socrates that a certain man had grown no better in his travels. “I should think not,” he said. “He took himself along with him.” Montaigne Can serious questions regarding power be asked? A fragment of Beyond Good and Evil begins: “Inasmuch as in a…

2020-07-11 11:44:08 KOBANI, Syria (North Press) – The Kurdish-led Autonomous Administration in northeast Syria announced on Thursday the inauguration of the first foodstuff factory in the country’s northern town of Kobani. The Syrian government, under complete control of the Arab Socialist Baath…

UPDATE UPDATE victory FOR NOW After the demonstrations, press conference, occupation and picket Cerberus and BBVV agreed to SUSPEND THE EVICTIONS “The Eviction Paralysed!” by the #GuerraACerberus of the @PAH_Valencia Y @rmartinezdalmau#SiSePuede#DecretoStopDesahucios ALREADY…

Patrick Reynolds was one of the founders of IBRG and played a key role in its history. He is now writing up that history and putting it into the context of radical history in Britain and Ireland in the C20th. Victory day for Winchester Three. Campaigners celebrate at Old Bailey 1990 after hearing ve…

Photograph Source: Sam Blackman – CC BY 2.0 What It Has To Do with Inequality During the last 10 years I have written multiple articles documenting how Cuba has better medical practice and education than the US. To be honest, I have known for a long time that there is an area of medical training w…

Damjan Pavlica This research focuses on the Yugoslav history of Kosovo in the 20th century, especially on the Serbian-Albanian conflict. I wanted to find out how Kosovo entered Yugoslavia and how it left. I endeavored to acquaint myself with the views of Serbian/Yugoslav, Albanian, Western and other…

During the years of my Jerusalem childhood I was raised in the Antiochian Orthodox tradition. My brothers and I served as altar boys in the St. Simeon’s Qatamoun Orthodox Church, a church we attended until the harassment, harangue, and stone throwing by interloping male Jewish children and adults…

Photograph Source: Mike Maguire – CC BY 2.0 Every election year is accompanied by countless analyses of why Americans voted the way they did. The 2020 election is no different. Liberal and Democratic Americans who were hoping for an overwhelming victory for Joe Biden were disappointed, although th…

This report on the situation in the UK is primarily for the debate with comrades abroad and for our own understanding about where things are heading. We think that a social situation needs at least two characteristics in order to become revolutionary: the rulers must have lost the resources and abil…

Above photo: AP. Sumatra, Indonesia – With his hand clamped tightly over her mouth, she could not scream, the 16-year-old girl recalls – and no one was around to hear her anyway. She describes how her boss raped her amid the tall trees on an Indonesian palm oil plantation that feeds into some of…

In this report, Perilous Chronicle analyzes the first 90 days of prisoner resistance to COVID-19, beginning in March 2020. It describes the context for the wave of unrest, describes major events from this period, and draws conclusions based on the data collected for each event. Published November 12…

For years, normality has been stretched nearly to breaking-point, a rope pulled tighter and tighter, waiting for a nip of the black swan’s beak to snap it in two. Now that it’s snapped, do we tie its ends back together, or shall we undo its dangling braids, to see what we might weave from them…

Seven new books and four book reviews. Engels at 200; Capitalist Crime; Eleanor Marx on England; Wheat’s Biography; Early Capitalist Farming; Renewable Energy; Sinking Middle Class Ecosocialist Bookshelf is an occasional feature. We can’t review every book we receive, but we will list and link t…

Patrick Reynolds was one of the founders of IBRG and played a key role in its history. He is now writing up that history and putting it into the context of radical history in Britain and Ireland in the C20th. IBRG Officers before meeting with Mo Mowlam of Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Irela…

There has been a lot written about the QAnon conspiracy theory since it began, especially with violent acts perpetrated by its supporters so we felt it was important to discuss the movement, and how it has spread to Canada. Pre QAnon: PizzagateBefore QAnon another conspiracy theory popped up concern…

Blessed is the match consumed     in kindling flame. Blessed is the flame that burns     in the secret fastness of the heart. Blessed is the heart with strength to stop     its beating for honor’s sake. Blessed is the match consumed     in kindling flame. —Hannah Senesh, Jewish p…

Syrian war protest at the White House in 2013. Photo: James Bovard. How many Syrians did you vote to kill on Election Day? Thanks to our perverse political system, the answer will be revealed over the next four years if the Biden administration drags the U.S. back into the Syrian Civil War. But ther…

Review: The Deficit Myth: Modern Monetary Theory and How to Build a Better Economy by Stephanie Kelton (published by John Murray, 2020). Stephanie Kelton, a professor of economics and public policy, formerly chief economist on the US Senate Budget Committee with the endorsement of Bernie Sanders, is…

Above photo: Tela Troge holding “Honk for Indigenous Rights” and Shinnecock elder Jennifer E. Cuffee-Wilson holding “This Indigenous Woman ‘I’m Done’” sign at rush hour. WNV/Matt Ballard. As a leader of Sovereignty Camp 2020, Shinnecock attorney Tela Troge discusses why they are protes…

Call To Stop Shutting Off People’s Power For Good Disconnects by CPS Energy have doubled during CEO Paula Gold-Williams’ tenure. And there are still no promises of reform. Across San Antonio, the virus was hunting. Food insecurity was high. Mass layoffs and terminations rolled on. And it was hot…