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(Middle East Report, Issue 310, Spring 2024). American quarterly with theme: The Struggle for Sudan, “… which chronicles the current counterrevolutionary war from Khartoum to Darfur … Bringing together contributions of scholars, organizers and artists, the issue examines the scale of loss and devastation experienced by entire communities, the popular responses to the war and the longer political and economic dynamics that underpin it.”

Revolutionær anti-zionisme: En diskussion med Moshe Machover. Af Vashti Fox (Socialistisk Information, 14. april 2024). “Moshe Machover er det eneste overlevende fra den gruppe, der dannede den revolutionære antizionistiske organisation Matzpen i Israel. Matzpen påvirkede en generation af både israelske og palæstinensiske modstandere af Israel, og efterlader en vigtig teoretisk arv til socialister i dag.” (på Tidslinjen 9. februar 2013; Se også).

Slavery was crucial for the development of Capitalism (Jacobin, April 10, 2024). “Historian Robin Blackburn has completed a trilogy of books that provide a comprehensive Marxist account of slavery in the New World. He spoke to Jacobin about the intimate links between the slave systems in the Americas and the origins of capitalism.” (på Tidslinjen 25. marts  1807).

‘Lavender’: The AI machine directing Israel’s bombing spree in Gaza. By Yuval Abraham (+972 Magazine, April 3, 2024). “The Israeli army has marked tens of thousands of Gazans as suspects for assassination, using an AI targeting system with little human oversight and a permissive policy for casualties, +972 and Local Call reveal.” (på linkboxen Hvad er Hamas?).

The persistence of global capitalism’s long depression (Spectre, April 6, 2024). “Ashley Smith interviews Michael Roberts about the state of the US and world economy, the reasons for what he calls the Long Depression, and how it is driving political polarization within countries and imperial rivalries between the globe’s dominant and rising powers.” (på linkboxen Kapitalismen i krise (2) 2009– ).

The Iraq War remade the world in its grisly image (Jacobin, March 20, 2024). Daniel Denvir interviews Brendan James and Noah Kulwin: “The 2003 invasion of Iraq has been swept to the margins of collective memory. We must refuse to forget it — and seek to understand what led to it, who benefited, who suffered, and how it transformed the world.” (på linkboxen Imod besættelsen af Irak).

Rossana Rossanda holdt fast i de bedste traditioner på Italiens venstrefløj. Af Matt Myers (Solidaritet.dk/Kritisk Revy, 18. marts 2024). “Rossanda insisterede hele sit liv på behovet for en militant arbejderklassepolitik, mens store dele af den italienske venstrefløj mistede sit politiske ståsted.” (på Tidslinjen 23. april 1924).

The man in whose shadow Netanyahu walks. By Chris Bambery (Counterfire, 15 March 2024). “If there is one leader whom the current Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, follows, it is Ze’ev Jabotinsky, the founder of Revisionist Zionism, which would form the bedrock of Netanyahu’s Likud party.” (på linkboxen Zionisme – Antizionisme).

How can we be free? A Marxist critique of ‘The Dawn of Everything’ (In Defence of Marxism, Issue 42, Summer 2023; online 15 March 2024). “In this article Joel Bergman subjects this work to a rigorous Marxist critique, and exposes the fatal flaws inherent in the authors’ idealist view of historical development.” (på Tidslinjen 2. september 2020).

Lenin’s revenge: early Soviet hidden voices. By Kevin Murphy (New Politics, Blog, March 4, 2024). “Utilizing Harvard Project interviews, archival scholarship and secret police reports to Stalin, this essay emphasizes Soviet citizens’ own voices. Many emigres associated Lenin with the New Economic Policy (NEP, 1921 to 1928).” (på linkboxen Den Russiske Revolution 100 år).

(Against the Current, Issue 229, March-April 2024). American socialist bimonthly online with articles about Israel Gaza slaughter and global resistance, Weaponizing ‘Antisemitism’ and campus resistance, Women in struggle + Book reviews (Martin Luther King, Second International ect.).

(New Politics: An Independent Socialist Journal, Issue 75, Summer 2023, 166 p.). American half-yearly online with sections about U.S. politics, Israel’s war on Gaza, Decolonial climate justice, International politics/Ukraine, Che Guevara: a debate of interpretation, Political theory + Book reviews (Early criticism of the October Revolution etc.).

For to år siden invaderede Rusland Ukraine. Her er status i dag (Solidaritet.dk, 21. februar 2024). “Krigen fortsætter med enorme tabstal på begge sider. Efter en fejlslagen sommeroffensiv har Ukraine nu store problemer på slagmarken. Mikael Hertoft og Andrii Isjenko analyserer situationen og opfordrer venstrefløjen til at bevare støtten til Ukraine.” (på Tidslinjen 24. februar 2022).

(International Socialism, Issue 181, Winter 2024). British quarterly online with articles about Israel/Gaza/Palestine, Die Linke and the German Left, France, Revolutionaries and elections + Book reviews (books by Alex Callinicos, Robert Darlington, Nancy Lindisfarne/Jonathan Neale, Rosa Luxemburg, Nigel Harris/John Palmer, Duncan Hallas, Karl Radek).

Decolonize Palestine
“Decolonize Palestine is an independent, self-funded project founded by two Palestinians living in Ramallah.” With sections Palestine 101, Myths, Rainbow washing, FAQ and Reading list. (på linkboxen Zionisme – Antizionisme: Historien om racisme og etnisk fordrivelse).