Spyros LapatsiorasUniversity of Crete, spirosla@gmail.comJohn MiliosNational Technical University of Athens, john.milios@gmail.com1. The prevailing heterodox approaches to neoliberalism and financializationA crucial aspect of many heterodox approaches to modern capitalism, finacializationand crisis is the idea that the domination of neoliberalism and of […]
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Ursprünglich veröffentlich von CrimethInc. Übersetzung von SchwarzerPfeil. Die Geschwindigkeit, mit der die Taliban Afghanistan noch vor dem Ende des Abzuges der USA zurückerobert haben, zeigt, wie zerbrechlich die Hegemonie des US-Imperiums ist: wie viel Zwangsgewalt es braucht, um sich aufrecht zu erhalten und
Afghanistan: Der Sieg der Taliban im globalen Kontext
Originally published by Anarchist Communist Group. Like the fall of Saigon, the fall of Kabul is a major defeat for the USA and its allies, and symbolises another stage in the decline of the United States as the top World Power.
On August 16, 2021 President Biden addressed the nation to explain why the US military is pulling out of Afghanistan. To a lesser extent, he also tried to explain why the Afghan government and its 300,000 military forces imploded over
Afghanistan & the American Imperial Project
From lundi matin #299, 09/08/2021 … In the midst of all this noise, there is no room for the slightest divergent word, for the slightest point of view outside of the prevailing order. Whenever we were close to a turning
Tunisia: “We ourselves don’t have a people”
Around the world, rich countries are celebrating as their COVID numbers fall. Their success is no mystery — it’s because of a massive rollout of COVID vaccines. While we should celebrate the development of these vaccines, their deployment highlights the tyrannies of capitalism. Most
The Quant Case for Open-Access COVID Vaccines
The English translation of the article first appeared on PPPR “Riots are born not because of little things but out of little things“ Aristotle, Politics, V Tackling the theme of neopopulism – a term that will be justified in the
Neopopulism as a Problem: Between Geopolitics and Class Struggle*
… Like Britain, the rise and fall of the American Empire is written in the language of energy. But unlike Britain, which declined as rapidly as it rose, the American rise and fall is less spectacular (at least so far).
Why America Won’t Be ‘Great’ Again
An Interview Discussing the Pandemic, Economic Crisis, Repression, and Resistance in Iran All around the world, as the compromises that stabilized capitalism through the 20th century collapse, people are facing increasingly authoritarian measures from governments of all stripes. In this
Iran: “There Is an Infinite Amount of Hope… but Not for Us”
Übersetzt von Richard A. Bachmann. aus dem Commune Magazin. Es ist schon seltsam heutzutage Englischmuttersprachler zu sein, besonders wenn man aus Großbritannien oder den USA kommt. Beide Nationen war einst sowohl in militärischer als auch wirtschaftlicher Hinsicht global agierende Kolonisatoren,
2019 – Ein Jahresrückblick im Zeichen der Sozialen Kämpfe
Nein sie sind nicht einfach Zuhause geblieben. Haben die Hände in den Schoss gelegt und ängstlich in sich hinein gehorcht. Weil sie sich das einfach nicht leisten konnten. Weil ihre Kinder was zu essen brauchen. Also haben sie sich an
Covid 19 – Aufstand oder Barbarei
It is easy to see today that in the course of implementing neo-liberal strategies, the state is being increasingly restricted in its function as the guarantor of social peace and compromise between the classes, while the various modes of operation