Left wing communism

Category: Elections, parliamentarism, democracy


The Illusions of the Lula Government and the New Cycle of Social Struggles in Brazil

Teachers in Brazil, disappointed by Lula’s government, are mobilizing for better working conditions. The strike at APEOC in Fortaleza is part of a national movement, reflecting widespread dissatisfaction with the neoliberal policies of the current government. The workers’ autonomy is challenging bureaucratic control, paving the way for potential radicalization and renewed struggles for self-emancipation.

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What the ICT says and what it keeps silent

Communist Left of Italy, Trotskyism, Bolshevism By Aníbal  and  Fredo  Corvo Spanish, German Introduction The ICT in Germany, Gruppe Internationalistische KommunistInnen (further: GIKinnen) [1] has published a text about the similarities and differences between the communist left in Italy and…

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The ultra-right’s ballot box victory in the Netherlands

– seen from the standpoint of the proletariat, for comrades at home and abroad – By Fredo Corvo The Dutch mass media hailed the preliminary results of the November 22 parliamentary (“Lower House”) elections as a “political landslide”. In doing…

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Against activism

Notes on so-called “messing up” in various recent movements[1] Friday, its’s Black Friday,Saturday it is… 1) Activism could be defined as a pathological obsession with activity, or more precisely as a voluntarist development of activity to compensate for and camouflage…

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[Brazil] The light at the end of the tunnel blurs our vision

Did October 30th herald better days? Or a calculated disaster? By Passa Palavra Bolsenaro fans The ecstasy of the first hours confirmed what was already expected: the defeat of Bolsonaro and the victory of Lula in the 2022 elections, anticipated…

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Brazil: The revolutionary bloc and the elections

Spanish By Nildo Viana The workers’ struggle makes advances and setbacks during the historical process. This can be explained by a set of determinations. The state apparatus, the democratic illusion, consumerism, culture (ideologies, doctrines, speeches, etc.), and the media capital,…

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Boric president of Chile: something to celebrate?

Where does all this come from? What does Boric’s triumph mean in the internal of the Chilean bourgeoisie? What does Boric’s victory mean for workers in Chile? What does Boric’s triumph mean in the regional imperialist game? Where does all…

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Bolshevism as an alternative to self-imposed powerlessness?

a few thoughts on “What to do in times of weakness?” A recent discussion article on the German blog Communaut blames council communism for the sad state of circles in Germany that call themselves social revolutionary or anti-authoritarian communist. In…

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Netherlands: About the riots against the curfew and its backgrounds

On the weekend of January 24 and 25, riots – “the worst in 40 years” – broke out in at least 10 places in the Netherlands against the imposition of a curfew, from 9 p.m. to 4:30 a.m. The most…

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Brasil: What will come?

Passa Palavra, O que virá, 21-1-2021 We are facing a dispute for protagonism among the forces of the right: how will the forces of the left act in this new scenario? The failure of the health system in Manaus, with…

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Movaut (Brazil) – Beyond the Elections

            We are in an election period and, once again, we watch the old catchphrases resuming to look new. Each election looks a lot like the previous one, changing only a few specificities – this is explained by the lack…

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Do democracy and dictatorship exclude or supplement each other?

A critique of Davis, ‘The Road to Anti-State, Anti-market Socialism ‘ On the 10th of June, in “Defund the police” or what? we looked back on the turn the movement of protest and riots against police repression in the USA…

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