Nyeste links på Socialistisk Bibliotek

Kapitalen og venstrefløjen i 150 år. Af Bertel Nygaard (Arbejderen.dk, 24. marts 2023/Magasinet Arbejderen, nr.5, 2022). “I de 150 års danske brug af Marx’ hovedskrift ‘Kapitalen’ kan man se væsentlige træk af venstrefløjens lange bestræbelser på både at forstå og forandre verden. De to første bøger af ‘Kapitalen’ udkom på dansk allerede i 1888 og 1889 …” (på Tidslinjen 11. september 1867).

The US invasion was a catastrophe for the people of Iraq (Jacobin, March 19, 2023). Daniel Finn interviews Dina Rizk Khoury: “The US promised to bring freedom to Iraqis, but its eight-year occupation resulted in death and destruction on a horrifying scale. It left behind a corrupt, sectarian political order that has responded to popular protests with brutal repression.” (på linkboxen Imod besættelsen af Irak).

Blood and treasure: United States budgetary costs and human costs of 20 years of war in Irag and Syria, 2003-2023. By Neta C. Crawford (Costs of War, March 15, 2023, 27 p.). “This paper examines the total costs of the war in Iraq and Syria, which are expected to exceed half a million human lives and $2.89 trillion.” (på linkboxen Imod besættelsen af Irak).

Svæver krig og fred frit ovenover historien? Af Peer Møller Christensen og Niels Frølich (Solidaritet.dk/Kritisk Revy, nr.14, 15. marts 2023). “Når fredsbevægelser her tages under kritisk behandling, skyldes det de problemer, bevægelserne løber ind i, når det drejer sig om Ukraine-krigen …” (på Tidslinjen 24. februar 2022). Se også nye nummer af Kritisk Revy for en række andre artikler.

Clara Zetkin and the socialist origins of International Women’s Day. By Katherine Connely (Counterfire, 8 March 2023). “It’s no wonder that German socialist, Clara Zetkin’s legacy has been erased by the corporate sponsorship of #IWD [International Women’s Day].” (på Tidslinjen 5. juli 1857).

(Arbejderhistorie, nr.1, 2021 + nr.2, 2021). Tidsskriftets 2021-årgang online. Se artikler i nr.1 (144 s.) om retsforfølgelsen af de spaniensfrivillige, minitema om arbejderlitteratur + boganmeldelser. I nr.2 (200 s.) tema om Socialdemokratiet (150 år) + debat og boganmeldelser.

(Against the Current, Issue 223, March-April 2023). American socialist bimonthly online with articles, among others: View from the Ukranian Left, Interview with Rabab Abdulhadi about the Palestinian struggle and Kim Moody about the US 2022 Midterm Elections + Book reviews.

China’s New Left: the revival of lost traditions (Europe Solidaire Sans Frontiéres, 17 February 2023). “Gregor Benton on the emergence of leftist and Trotskyist youth organisations in China and the Chinese diaspora.” (på linkboxen China and Capitalism).

Capitalism makes everyone bend to its will, rich and poor alike (Jacobin, February 26, 2023). James Rushing Daniels interviews Søren Mau: “In his new book Mute Compulsion, Søren Mau argues that to understand and end capitalism, we need to analyze how it not only subordinates the poor to the rich but in fact exerts economic power over everyone — including capitalists themselves.” (på linkboxen Søren Maus “Stum tvang”).

Lula’s return. By André Singer (New Left Review, Issue 139, January-February 2023, p.5-32). “An analysis of the class forces aligned on each side of Brazil’s 2022 electoral divide by one of the country’s leading social theorists.” (på Tidslinjen 27. oktober 1945).

Marx’s Communist Manifesto has much to teach us in 2023. By C.J. Polychroniou (Truthout, January 16, 2023). “In this exclusive interview, China Miéville discusses his latest book, why it’s still important to engage with ‘The Communist Manifesto’ and why we must approach ecological catastrophe with radical theory.” (på linkboxen Det Kommunistiske Manifest).

One hundred years of Ousmane Sembène. By Tsogo Kupa (Jacobin, February 12, 2023)
“This year marks the hundredth anniversary of the birth of the Senegalese filmmaker Ousmane Sembène. His films — dazzling portraits of Senegalese and French society — represent some of the most brilliant attempts to think about the limits and possibilities of political art.” (på linkboxen Ousmane Sembène og afrikansk film).

What are the lessons of Vietnam for Ukraine today? By Stephen R. Shalom and Dan La Botz (Foreign Policy in Focus, January 23, 2023). “As the left did in nearly all earlier cases of struggles for colonial liberation, so in this one too it should stand with the liberation movement.” (på Tidslinjen 22. februar 2022).

(New Politics: An Independent Socialist Journal, Issue 74, Winter 2023, 134 p.). American half-yearly online with sections about US Politics, Interviews with activists, International Crises and struggles (Haiti, Sudan, Iran, Japan, Ukraine), History and theory (March on Rome, Lenin’s April Theses, Trotsky, Anarchism) + Book reviews.

Rosa Parks was a radical. By Jeanne Theoharis (Jacobin, February 4, 2023). “Far from being a face of respectability politics, she was a defiant and seasoned working-class organizer who despised the cringing submission that Jim Crow induced and who doggedly fought oppression in all its forms.” (på Tidslinjen 4. februar 1913).

The road to Stalingrad (Counterfire, 29 January 2023). “Chris Bambery looks at the background to the war in Russia.” + Part 2: We got to Berlin, but did we have to go via Stalingrad? (Counterfire, 31 January 2023). “Chris Bambery looks at one of the bloodiest and most important battles of the Second World War.” (på Tidslinjen 2. februar 1943).

Palæstina: ”Al-Nakba” – et strejftog gennem den udslettede fortid. Af Alfred Lang (Autonom Infoservice, 31. januar 2023). “Al-Nakba betyder på arabisk ’katastrofe’ og hentyder til det israelske militærs fordrivelse af 750.000 palæstinensere i perioden fra efteråret 1947 til foråret 1949 … For de ideologiske zionister gjaldt det om at tilkæmpe sig de landområder, som FNs delingsplan ikke omfattede.” (på linkboxen Israel 1948 og Nakbaen).

Poul Mikael Allarp (1951-2023) – en kammerat er død. Mindeord af Jørgen Lund og Bjarne A. Frandsen (Autonom Infoservice, 10. januar 2023). “Anti-imperialist, klunser, kommunist, bibliotekar, SOSU og net-redaktør.  Nogenlunde sådan er den faglige ‘karriere’ for Poul Mikael, der døde fredag 6. januar, 71 år gammel.” (på Tidslinjen 6. januar 2023).

Den italienske fascismes opkomst: 100 år efter marchen mod Rom. Af Sinistra Classe Revoluzione (Revolution, 23. januar 2023). “Et århundrede er gået, siden den italienske kapitalistklasse overdrog magten til Benito Mussolinis fascister … om begivenhederne, der ledte op til Mussolinis berygtede march mod Rom.” (på Tidslinjen 31. oktober 1922).

(International Socialism, Issue 177, Winter 2023, 208 p.). British quarterly online with articles about The prospects for left politics, The US midterm elections, The protests in Iran, Britain’s strike wave, Marxism and roality, Alec Callinicos’ tribute to Mike Davis, British Hindu right-wing, Capitalism and slavery: the legacy of Eric Williams and about the history of the American Trotskyism + Book reviews.

Spørgsmål og svar: Find rundt i venstrefløjens debat om Ukraine. Af Bill Fletcher Jr. og Elly Leary (Socialistisk Information, 11. januar 2023). “Suverænitet og selvbestemmelse er vigtige begreber i centrum for venstrefløjens analyse – og kan hjælpe os med at orientere os i den forvirring og misinformation, der omgiver Ruslands krig mod Ukraine.” (på Tidslinjen 24. februar 2022).

The sins of the father (Weekly Worker, Issue 1425, 5 January 2023). “He presided over the destruction of liberation theology, backed the US rollback of communism and provided ideological cover for contra death squads. Paul Demarty examines the legacy of Benedict XVI.” (på Tidslinjen 28. februar 2013).

Ny post på Tidslinjen: 11. december 2022 dør den britisk/irske socialist John Molyneux.  Mangeårigt medlem af britiske International Socialist/Socialist Workers Party og medstifter af People Before Profit + Global Ecosocialist Network og redaktør af Irish Marxist Review.

(Irish Marxist Review, Vol.11, No.34, December 2022). Irish half-yearly online with articles about  Capitalism in decay, The cost of living crisis, Roe v. Wade, Why the Green Party fails, Labour and civil war in Kerry, Ukraine – the costs of war, Qatar and the World Cup + Book reviews (John Molyneux, Jason Hickel, Walter Rodney).