Category Archives: News blog

New Order?

From Side Car/New Left Review (10/04/2025) New Order? Steve Maher & Scott Aquanno On 2 April, Donald Trump announced the imposition of sweeping tariffs on countries across the world, hitting allies and enemies alike with massive trade barriers, in what amounted to … Continue reading

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Disposable

From Side Car/New Left Review (11/04/2025) Disposable JoAnn Wypijewski I’ve seen disposable razors on mountaintops outside San Diego. I’ve seen plaid flannel shirts caught on the branches of low trees, trembling in the breeze near Bisbee. I’ve watched a pink … Continue reading

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Plenums in the post-Yugoslav space

We publish an article by Yavor Tarinski, published in the Transnational Institute of Social Ecology (23/03/2025) and generously passed onto to us by the author, about recent protests in various Balkan countries and the centrality of peoples “assemblies” or “plenums” … Continue reading

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The story of Lastivska, Ukrainian anarcho-feminist activist on the front line: A report by Solidarity Collective

From lundimatin#467, 21 March 2025. Lastivka is a Ukrainian activist, squatter, anarchist, feminist and samba musician-dancer. She joined the front in 2022 and is now the commander of a drone unit. In this Solidarity Collective report, you will learn: How … Continue reading

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Viewpoint: Will Trump’s Tariffs Be Good for Auto Workers?

From Labour Notes (02/04/2025) During the 2019 General Motors strike, while my fellow workers and I were pounding the pavement, something inspirational was happening south of the border: Mexican auto worker Israel Cervantes, along with many others at a GM … Continue reading

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Government by executive order: A lesson in contemporary authoritarianism

If Trump’s electoral success is due in part to the far right’s ability to create a lifeworld shaped around his persona, the left must pursue a countervailing project. Its aim should be to transform the world people organically experience through … Continue reading

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Report from Los Angeles as Mutual Aid Hubs Mobilize in the Face of Historic Wildfires

From It’s Going Down (15/01/2025) Grassroots journalist Alissa Azar reports on the unfolding ecological disaster in Los Angeles and how mutual aid groups are mobilizing in response. On Tuesday, January 7th, people in Los Angeles County, California began receiving a high wind … Continue reading

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Good Night, Tech-Right: Pull the Plug on AI Fascism

From It’s Going Down (26/01/2025) On January 20th, at a ceremony attended by both far-Right and neo-fascist leaders from around the globe and some of the richest tech billionaires in the world, including the heads of Apple, Google, Facebook, TikTok, Twitter, and Amazon, … Continue reading

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Belarus: No options to choose from

Two texts, from Pramen (26/01/2025) This Sunday, January 26, Lukashenko will appoint himself president of the Republic of Belarus for the seventh time. The only unknown in this whole story is how many percent of the so-called public support will … Continue reading

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Gaza as extermination camp

Part of our existence lies in the feelings of those near to us. This is why the experience of someone who has lived for days during which man was merely a thing in the eyes of man is non-human. Primo … Continue reading

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