Connected by fate: West Asian Grassroots Solidarity with Ukraine and the intricacies of Russian imperialism in the region
This article is based on the materials of the West Asian left activists’ conference, which was organized by the Global and the European network in solidarity with Ukraine (ENSU). The activists were representing various grassroots initiatives, organizations, and parties. They were sharing the experience of Russian imperialism in their respective regions, their government’s politics, as […]
Estonia’s losses on the way out of the periphery: lessons for Ukraine
A development plan organized around capital can never be just. Similarly, the creation of democratic institutions can only be meaningful if grave inequalities don’t sabotage them. In Estonia, the process of democratization began at the same time as capitalist economic reorganization, a large-scale neoliberal experiment. Exactly this path of economic change poses a danger to […]
Unraveling the tangle of Iranian history with Frieda Afary: women rights, class contradictions, Islamic fundamentalism, and leftists mistakes
Frieda Afary is an Iranian American socialist feminist activist, translator and writer. She is a public librarian in Los Angeles. In 2022 her book “Socialist Feminism: A New Approach” was published by Pluto Press. In this work, she critically evaluates various articulations of socialist feminism and why it is needed to fight the global rise […]
Labour, protests, and state capitalism in Belarus, three years on
Last week, two labour activists from Naftan oil refinery were detained by Belarusian security service KGB on charges of undermining national security. The detained Volha Britikava and Aliaksandr Kukharonak have already spent short stints in jail for criticising Lukashenka’s government and participating in anti-government protests. They are among the latest victims of the ongoing repressions […]
“The road of life”: how the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh live under the blockade
July 29. The 229th day of the blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh). 68-year-old Vagif Khachatryan was evacuated by a Red Cross vehicle to Yerevan for a vital heart operation. He was detained at the Azerbaijani checkpoint near the Hakari Bridge. The Azerbaijani military took away Vagif’s passport and ordered him to enter the ward for a […]
Dana El Kurd: “Palestinians are tied to this particular place, like Ukrainians are tied to theirs”
Struggle of the people of Palestine for their freedom and independence is probably one of the ‘don’t ask – don’t tell’ topics for many Ukrainians covered under such a generalisation as the ‘Near East’, and is associated with wars in the first place. At the same time Israel is often presented as a role model […]
Kavita Krishnan: “Our indifference to Ukraine did harm to our struggle in India”
Kavita Krishnan is one of the prominent figures in India's left and women's movements today. She has long been fighting for the rights of women, workers, and discriminated communities, playing a crucial role in large-scale campaigns to stop violence against women. In her texts, she analyzes the problems of Indian society and experiences of struggle […]
Interview with Kavita Krishnan on Inequality, Leftist Struggles, and Repressions in India
Kavita Krishnan is one of the prominent figures in India's left and women's movements today. She has long been fighting for the rights of women, workers, and discriminated communities, playing a crucial role in large-scale campaigns to stop violence against women. In her texts, she analyzes the problems of Indian society and experiences of struggle […]
Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant: UN needed to avoid catastrophe in Ukraine
Last week, Ukraine warned the world that Russia may be planning a catastrophic attack on the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. The reaction to this crisis has been another failure of the United Nations – one that comes in amid a larger failure by the UN to enforce international law and diplomacy against Russia. Usually, when […]
Ukraine, Lula’s peace plan and the global fight against the extreme right: An interview with Brazilian socialist Israel Dutra
Israel Dutra, of the Brazilian Socialist Left Movement (MES), speaks to LINKS International Journal of Socialist Renewal's Federico Fuentes about Putin’s war, solidarity with the Ukrainian resistance and Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s peace proposal. Dutra also discusses the twin challenge facing the international left today: inter-imperialist rivalry and combating the rise of the […]
