Solidarity with the uprising in Kazakhstan – International Statement

We, socialists, trade unionists, human rights activists, anti-war activists and organisations have watched the uprising in Kazakhstan since 2 January with a sense of deep solidarity for the working people. The striking oil workers, miners and protesters have faced incredible repression. The full force of the police and army have been unleashed against them, instructed to ‘shoot to kill without warning’. Over 160 protesters have been killed so far and more than 8,000 have been arrested.

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What price for Eco-Leninism?

Through his recent writings, the Swedish ecosocialist Andreas Malm has created an important and valuable strategic discussion amongst radical environmentalists (we’ve printed a review of his book How to Blow Up a Pipeline in our last magazine and posted it on our website). Here we publish a critical review of Malm’s Corona, Climate, Chronic Emergency: War Communism in the Twenty-First Century by John Molyneux, a member of People Before Profit, the Socialist Workers’ Network and the Global Ecosocialist Network in Ireland.

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DSA: Solidarity with the Venezuelan people or with the regime?

This open letter was posted by Venezuelan Workers Solidarity (VWS) on June 4, 2021, raising serious concerns about DSA’s participation in an international conference initiated by Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, the Congreso Bicentenario de los Pueblos (Bicentennial Congress of the Peoples) in Caracas, which was held from June 21 to July 1

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