Communism, Exchange, Transition, and the Abolition of the State

To continue the debate on the transition to communism, we refer our readers to an essay with the above title, written by Anwar Najmadin, a pro-revolutionary Marxist active in the Kurdish region of Iraq. It recently was published on the website of the Marxist Humanist Initiative (MHI). Early on, Najmadin explains his intent: “In much …

Yes, It’s War

Pablo Picasso, Guernica, 1937. Barely three weeks into the Gaza conflict, Brazil’s president Lula declared “It’s not a war, it’s a genocide.” “End the genocide. It’s not a war,” Francesca Albanese told a UN committee in November 2024. “There is no war. It’s a misnomer to call it a war,” said the genocide historian Omer …

ANOTHER SPECIAL MILITARY OPERATION ON THE ROAD TO GLOBAL WAR

Why did the US launch a “special military operation” in Venezuela? To get their greedy hands on the oil and other resources in that country? To get its imperialist rival China and its allies (Russia, Cuba, Iran) out of the region and warn other Latin American countries of the price they might have to pay …

TEN QUESTIONS ON THE POLICIES OF THE TRUMP GOVERNMENT

The German language blog Communaut asked IP’s Sanderr to answer ten questions about the Trump administration’s policies. He did, with some help of other US-based IP members. 1. One of the more controversial questions of the day is how to read the Trump administration: A bunch of ideological lunatics in bed with self-serving billionaires and …