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How ‘progressives’ became the allies of Islamist reactionaries.

The 1960s have gone down in popular culture as a time of youth rebellion and resistance. The decade saw iconic events such as the Civil Rights

David Graeber Bullshit Jobs A Theory May 15, 2018, originally published. ISBN 978-1-5011-4331-1, ISBN 978-1-5011-4334-2 (ebook); Most names and many...

Mexico City, May 31 (EFE).- Chiapas, Mexico’s southernmost state, is “on the verge of civil war” involving paramilitaries, gunmen from various cartels and local self-defense groups, organizations representing indigenous people said Wednesday in a statement signed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Alfonso Cuaron and public intellectual Noam Chomsky, among other notables. “The Zapatista Army of National Liberation …

In an outstanding piece of political-theoretical writing, titled ‘The Threat of Big Other’ (with its play on George Orwell’s ‘Big Brother’) Shoshana Zuboff, succinctly addresses the main issues [...]

Mass surveillance has reached the point where citizens are tracked through a myriad of cameras in public places, as well as through smartphones, to the point where their behaviour is virtually completely monitored and controlled.

The situation in Singapore isn’t exactly the same as that in the West, but there are sufficient similarities between cosmopolitan groups in Singapore and “Anywheres,” and between Heartlanders in Singapore and Goodhart’s “Somewheres” to merit careful consideration

In the wake of the organised left and the demise of working class self-identity, communisation offers a paradoxical means of superseding capitalism in the here and now whilst abandoning orthodox theories of revolution. John Cunningham reports from the picket line of the ‘human strike'.

Article about the autonomous women's movement in Italy in the 1970s, with particular focus on Wages for Housework and Lotta Femminista

After a long interval, the 21st century has revived interest and support for Left politics in Pakistan. The Jamhoor team got together with leaders of Pakistan’s three major leftist parties – Aasim Sajjad Akhtar (Awami Workers’ Party), Ammar Ali Jan (Haqooq-e-Khalq Party) and Syed Azeem (Pakistan Mazdoor Kissan Party) to think through the challenges and opportunities faced by the Left within the current political and economic conjuncture.