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Vietnam, 1968 and what lies ahead of us (RS21, May 9, 2025). “Fifty years ago the US war on Vietnam came to and end. Over 50,000 United States troops had died, and over 3 million Vietnamese people. Millions joined the fight to stop the war – and that fight led to an explosion of struggle in 1968 which changed the world. Jonathan Neale was part of that movement, and he tells a story still relevant now.” (på Tidslinjen 30. april 1975).

(International Socialism, Issue 186, Spring 2025, 192 p.). British quarterly online with articles, among others, about The making and breaking of state power in Syria, Class struggle and identity politics in the era of Trump, Cadrisation: building a party of organic intellectuals, Race, capitalism and the spectre of Marx and The Comintern: colonialism and imperialism + Book reviews and Pick of the quarter.

New Podcast Series: Histories of the Palestinian Left (Jacobin, May 14, 2025). “Red Star Over Palestine, a history podcast from Jacobin Radio, looks at the different strands of the Palestinian left and the role of figures like Emile Habibi, Leila Khaled, and Ghassan Kanafani in Palestinian politics and culture.” (på linkboxen Zionism – Antizionism).

When “the future was now”: prefigurative politics and the Carnation Revolution. By Raquel Varela and Roberto della Santa (LeftEast, April 30, 2025). “The Portuguese Revolution remains the most significant social revolution in post-war Europe to date … The Carnation Revolution, understood more broadly, would have a profound impact, contributing to the fall of the Greek dictatorship of colonels, the end of Franco’s regime in Spain, and, eventually, the Portuguese democratic counterrevolution.”(på Tidslinjen 25. april 1974).

80 år efter befrielsen. Af Børge Trolle (Socialistisk Information, 3. maj 2025). “Vi genudgiver her Børge Trolles (1917-2004) fortælling om den tyske besættelse af Danmark frem til befrielsen for 80 år siden, den 4. maj 1945. Trolle var i 1939 med til at danne Revolutionære Socialister, som sympatiserede med Fjerde Internationale, og deltog aktivt i modstandskampen, indtil han blev arresteret i 1944.” (på linkboxen Besættelsen 1940-45).

(Against the Current, Issue 236, May-June 2025). American socialist bimonthly online with articles about Trump’s tariffs and the Democrat’s disarray, Vets mobilise vs. DOGE, Reproductive rights, Gaza/Palestine, Social movement media: learning from Krupskaya & Lenin + Reviews of books about Nuclear power, Zionism, Antifascism, Immigration and South African Neville Alexander (1936-2012).

Serving Somebody: A Complete Unknown and the figure of Bob Dylan. By Jordy Cummings (Spectre, April 29, 2025). “One of the most frustrating, if entertaining films of 2024 was James Mangold’s Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown … This new stunningly apolitical and misogynist myth of Dylan will be explored below, but the principal aim of this writing is to serve as a vital corrective.” (på linkboxen Bob Dylan).

April 1975: USA taber krigen i Vietnam (Autonom Infoservice, 25. april 2025). “Vietnam var den første krig, USA tabte … En global antiimperialistisk solidaritets-bevægelse for Vietnam støttede betingelsesløst den vietnamesiske befolknings modstandskamp for national suverænitet.” (på Tidslinjen 30. april 1975).

Life, death and resurrection (Weekly Worker, Issue 1534, April 17, 2025). “Easter Sunday is the most important date in the Christian calendar. After a short life packed full of miracles, their man-god died an agonising death on a Roman cross – only to rise, three days later, from Hades, born again. But, asks Jack Conrad, what about the real, flesh-and-blood Jesus?” (på linkboxen Socialists on Religion).

Palæstinensiske fanger: ‘Der vil komme et oprør’. Af Michael Presberg (Socialistisk Information, 11. april 2025). “I Israels fængsler står palæstinensere – der som regel er tilbageholdt uden rettergang – over for mord, sygdom, seksuelle overgreb og noget af den mest ekstreme tortur på jorden. Under folkedrabet i Gaza har disse menneskerettighedskrænkelser nået et rekordhøjt punkt, siger en leder af fangeorganisation.” (på linkboxen Zionisme – Antizionisme).

Today is a day to celebrate Union victory and emancipation. By Aaron Jamal and Reilly Finnegan (Jacobin, April 9, 2025). “April 9, the day that the American Civil War ended in 1865, should be a national holiday celebrating the defeat of the Confederacy, the end of slavery, and the triumph of liberty.” Se også: 160 years since the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. By Tom Mackaman (World Socialist Web Site, April 13, 2025) (på linkboxen Den Amerikanske Borgerkrig og Abraham Lincoln).

One should not camouflage capitalist and imperialist China as “socialist”: A reply to Immanuel Ness and John Bellamy Foster. By Michael Pröbsting (Spectre, April 8, 2025)
“While Foster and Ness make a number of largely correct criticisms of several left-wing authors who ignore or underestimate the relevance of imperialist superexploitation of semicolonial countries … they advocate a policy of support for the new Eastern Great Powers, praise China as a ‘socialist’ country …” (på linkboxen China and Capitalism).

Trump, Fascism and the authoritarian turn. By DK Renton (Spectre, April 1, 2025). “Rather than concentrating on applaing the (at times, misleading) label of fascist to Trump, the important thing is to learn the lessons from historical antifascist movements to formulate a robust counterpolitics to the Trumpian agenda.” (på Tidslinjen 8. november 2016).

Walter Rodney: a revolutionary for our times (Tempest, 1 April 2025). “Robert Cuffy and Leo Zeilig examine the revolutionary legacy of Walter Rodney, casting light on his break with state socialism and his embrace of working-class struggles from below.” (på Tidslinjen 13. juni 1980).

The U.S. ruling class and the Trump regime. By John Bellamy Foster (Monthly Review, Vol.76, No.11, April 2025). “… the fact that the ruling-class oligarchy is now openly wielding power on the national and international stages as part of the Trump regime shows that the overwhelming political influence of the capitalist class is no longer in dispute as this alignment pushes the country deeper into neofascism.” (på Tidslinjen 8. november 2016).

Oligarkernes kup. Af Kjeld Schmidt (Ny Politik, nr.1, 2025). “Hvordan kunne det ske? Hvordan skal vi forstå det? Det korte svar er, at en klike af mangemilliardærer har taget magten med en falleret kasinoejer og tugthuskandidat som frontmand. Det lange svar er, at det er noget mere kompliceret … Den brik, jeg vil fremhæve som den centrale, er den store omvæltning i forholdet mellem klasserne i det amerikanske samfund, der er sket over de seneste årtier.” (på Tidslinjen 8. november 2016).

(Marxist Left Review, Issue 28, March 2025). Australian half-yearly journal online with articles about How capitalism gave us Israeli barbarism, The ANC’s failure to deliver freedom in South Africa, The many failures of Western Marxism, Why the Kenyan youth revolted + Book reviews (China, Kautsky, Africa).

Palestine, Israel and the Arab-Israeli conflict: A primer. By Joel Beinin and Lisa Hajjar (Middle East Research and Information Project, February 2025). “This primer provides an overview of key actors, organizations, historic events, political developments and diplomatic initiatives that have shaped the status and fate of Palestinians and the State of Israel from the late nineteenth century to the present.” (på linkboxen Zionisme – Antizionisme: Historien om racisme og etnisk fordrivelse).

(New Politics: An Independent Socialist Journal, Issue 78, Winter 2025). American half-yearly online with themes about The far right in The United States and beyond, The Middle East (Syria) and articles about Richard Wright, Zionism and others + Book reviews).

Resistance – the axis and beyond (Issue 313, Winter 2024). “The issue provides a kaleidoscopic perspective on resistance to Israel’s genocidal campaign in Gaza since October 7, 2023. Since Hizballah’s ceasefire and the stunning ouster of Bashar al-Asad in Syria in December, the Axis of Resistance has appeared weaker than ever.”

(Science & Society, Vol.88, No.3, 2024). American journal online with symposium about Imperialism, Anti-Imperialism, and the Global Class Struggle: “One of the most urgent challenges facing the left is the need to come to terms with the meanings of ‘imperialism’ and ‘anti-imperialism’ in our time.”

Marxism and the critique of antisemitism (Historical Materialism, Vol.32, No.1-2, 2024). “This introduction and the special issue as a whole give some possible avenues for reflection: connection with Islamophobia, the place of Zionism and Holocaust memory in the projection of Western power, the rise of a new far right, and the shifting class position of both Jewish and other racialised communities, imperialism, and the ongoing crises of capitalism.” (på linkboxen The Politics af Anti-Semitism).