Because the instinctive reaction of most people who are worried and repulsed by the growing number of wars and the atrocities they lead to, is to assume that they are caused by bad leaders, aggressive politics, unjust ideologies, and to support the side that seems less bad, more peaceful and less unjust. It is not self-evident to grasp that these bad leaders and aggressive politics are themselves a product of the social relation that is capital, and that this social relation will continue to ...| internationalistperspective.org
Este texto fue escrito para ser discutido en una reunión internacional sobre “derrotismo revolucionario” en Minerve, Francia, en agosto. Más adelante se publicará un informe sobre esta reunión. Otto Dix: Soldado herido, 1916 0. ¿Por qué este texto? Porque la reacción instintiva de la mayoría de las personas que están preocupadas y asqueadas por el creciente número de guerras y por las atrocidades a las que conducen, es asumir que son causadas por malos líderes, políticas agres...| Internationalist Perspective
This text was written for discussion at an international “revolutionary defeatist” meeting in Minerve, France, in August. A report on this gathering will be posted later. Otto Dix: Wounded Soldier, 1916 0. Why this text? Because the instinctive reaction of most people who are worried and repulsed by the growing number of wars and the…| Internationalist Perspective
We re-publish in English an article, released by the Argentina-based group Cuadernos de Negacion that deals with the rise of the extreme right. More specifically, it deals critically with the use of the term “fascist” to describe this tendency. We agree with them that the danger of fascism today is not necessarily to lead us…| Internationalist Perspective
We publish here a text on the period of transition; it was written for the conference held in Arezzo in June, 2024 by a member and a sympathiser of Internationalist Perspective. The subject of the period of transition has not been given the attention it is due by the revolutionary milieu in recent years and we…| Internationalist Perspective
Trump has been back in office for less than a hundred days, and while the charge he is leading is unmistakable, its destination remains uncertain. The two texts that follow are attempts to make sense of what is being set in motion, and what that reveals about the current configuration of political and economic power.| Internationalist Perspective
The worsening climate disasters and the brutal wars now raging in Europe, Africa and the Middle East show that capitalism’s tendential destruction of our future is accelerating. Furthermore, the wars are used, not just in the conflict zones themselves but all over the world, for massive propaganda for nationalism, for drumming up support for the…| Internationalist Perspective
La escena: el Despacho Oval, Casa Blanca, Washington DC.| Internationalist Perspective
La scène : le Bureau Ovale, la Maison Blanche, Washington DC.| Internationalist Perspective
The scene: the Oval Office, White House, Washington DC. Present are: Donald J Trump, president JD Vance, vice president Marco Rubio, Secretary of State Pete Hegseth , Secretary of Defense Michael Waltz, National Security Advisor A fly on the wall Waltz: Our starting point is that conflict with China is inevitable at some point. There is no other country that can threaten our hegemony. We must at all costs prevent this. Trump: Exactly. We are the top predator. The world is too small for two to...| Internationalist Perspective
Banksy Mientras escribimos esto, las armas están en silencio en Gaza. La lluvia de bombas, que continuó hasta casi el último minuto antes de que entrara en vigor del alto el fuego, finalmente se ha detenido. Pero más que el fin de la guerra, lo más probable es que se trate de una pausa. ¿Cuánto tiempo durará? Sólo 42 días, si no se llega a un acuerdo entre Israel y Hamás sobre un segundo intercambio de prisioneros/rehenes. E incluso si entonces las FDI no reanudan su matanza masiva...| Internationalist Perspective
El movimiento prorevolucionario ha perdido a su Néstor. El 16 de diciembre, Henri Simon, de 102 años, murió pacíficamente mientras dormía. Se le echará de menos. Fue a través de las luchas en el lugar de trabajo que el joven Henri llegó a la política, en las que se enfrentó a los sindicatos y al Partido Comunista. En 1951 pasó a formar parte de Socialisme ou Barbarie (SOUB), un grupo comunista de izquierda antinacionalista que se había escindido del PCF. La evolución de SOUB es...| Internationalist Perspective