“In general, the Scandinavian countries did not have the necessary military power and administrative capacity to establish and operate their own colonies. They had to ride the wave of the great colonial powers in order to enjoy the benefits offered by imperialism. There was no difference, however, between the Scandinavian countries
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Kersplebedeb: When the Real Lessons of the Commune are Missed: Ajith Responds to Badiou
This is a response to Alain Badiou’s “The Paris Commune: Marx, Mao, Tomorrow.” It was originally published on Ajith’s Medium page on June 16, 2021. In a piece on the Paris Commune recently published in the Monthly Review (May 2021), Alain Badiou concludes thus, “Today, the Commune’s political visibility must
Continue readingKersplebedeb: NYC-ABC PP/POW updates June 15, 2021
NOTE: If you currently send the updates to Doug Wright, he has been moved (it’s unknown how long he will be there before being transferred, but his mail _should_ follow him): Douglas Wright #57973-060 FTC Oklahoma City Post Office Box 898801 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73189 Here’s the latest compilation of
Continue readingKersplebedeb: NEW: Re-Build! A New Afrikan Independence Movement Periodical, Summer 2021
The Rebuild Collective, has a new issue of their newspaper out for Summer 2021. You can read it online here! The Rebuild Collective is a New Afrikan Independence Movement Formation founded by New Afrikan Nationalists inspired by the thought of Movement theoretician Atiba Shanna and committed to winning the struggle for Independence and Socialism. Table of Contents -Gardening
Continue readingKersplebedeb: NYC-ABC PP/POW updates June 1, 2021
NOTE: If you currently send the updates to Carmen Trotta, Jaan Laaman, Martha Hennessy, or Skelly, please stop, as they were recently released. What an amazing couple of weeks. Welcome home, comrades! Here’s the latest compilation of every other week updates: https://nycabc.files.wordpress.com/2021/06/updates-1-jun-2021.pdf NYC ABC, along with several other individuals and
Continue readingKersplebedeb: Two Wrongs Don’t Make a Right: A Review of False Nationalism, False Internationalism by Gabriel Kuhn
Originally posted on LeftTwoThree.org. A review of E. Tani and Kaé Sera, False Nationalism False Internationalism: Class Contradictions in the Armed Struggle (Kersplebedeb, 2021 [new ed.]). During a trip many years ago, I stayed with a friend involved in antiimperialist politics in some European capital. Before going to bed,
Continue readingKersplebedeb: New Titles Now Available at LeftWingBook.net!
Not Without Laughter The Souls of Black Folk Full Surrogacy Now The Selected Works of Audre Lorde The Cancer Journals Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass The Autobiography of Malcolm X Plus aucun enfant autochtone arraché Elegy for Mary Turner A is for Activist M is for Movement Oh,
Continue readingKersplebedeb: NYC-ABC PP/POW updates May 18, 2021
NOTE: If you currently send the updates to Loren Reed, please stop, as they were recently released. Here’s the latest compilation of every other week updates: https://nycabc.files.wordpress.com/2021/05/updates-18-may-2021.pdf NYC ABC, along with several other individuals and prisoner support crews, now send hard copies to all political prisoners and prisoners of war
Continue readingKersplebedeb: Network Contagion Research Institute: helping the state fight political infection left and right
Originally posted on Three Way Fight on May 9, 2021. by Matthew N. Lyons A new “anti-hate” think tank says anarcho-socialists are almost as dangerous as genocidal racists. In the opening scene of Costa-Gavras’s classic film Z, about the lead-up to the 1967 military coup in Greece, the chief of
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Continue readingKersplebedeb: Dr. Samir Shaheen-Hussain: A history of Canada’s medical colonialism against Indigenous people and why it needs to be recognized as genocide
This op-ed by Dr. Samir Shaheen-Hussain, author of Fighting for a Hand to Hold: Confronting Medical Colonialism against Indigenous Children in Canada, was originally published in the Toronto Star on May 5, 2021. On April 1 — a month our Canadian government recognizes as Genocide Remembrance, Condemnation and Prevention Month
Continue readingKersplebedeb: Mending The World As Jewish Anarchists: Book Launch & Discussion [VIDEO]
This is a recording of the April 29, 2021 book launch for There is Nothing so Whole as a Broken Heart: Mending the World as Jewish Anarchists, available now! The event, revolving around the theme of “mending the world,” will feature reflections from editor Cindy Milstein as well as the
Continue readingKersplebedeb: NYC-ABC PP/POW updates May 4, 2021
NOTE: If you currently send the updates to Steve Martinez, please stop, as he was recently released. Here’s the latest compilation of every other week updates: https://nycabc.files.wordpress.com/2021/05/updates-4-may-2021.pdf NYC ABC, along with several other individuals and prisoner support crews, now send hard copies to all political prisoners and prisoners of war
Continue readingKersplebedeb: May 20-23: The Great Transition 2021, “Building Utopias”
Every year, activists and militants from the Historical Materialism network organize The Great Transition/La Grande Transition conference. While it still can’t be held in person this year, due to COVID-19, the silver lining is that all the panels will be available online, around the world, free of charge! One of
Continue readingKersplebedeb: True Cost of Coal – Interview with Beehive Design Collective members
We reached out to the creators of the True Cost of Coal rhyming narrative & activity book to learn more about the beautiful book and why they decided to make it. What is the Beehive Design Collective? The Beehive Collective is a collective of artists, activists, educators and organizers who work
Continue readingKersplebedeb: NYC-ABC PP/POW updates Apr. 6, 2021
NOTE: If you currently send the updates to Chip Fitzgerald, please stop. After 51 years in prison, and directly resulting from medical neglect by the state, Chip recently died in Prison. RIP, Chip. Our statement regarding Chip’s death can be found in the updates as well. If you send the
Continue readingKersplebedeb: FINAL Prison Covid Newsletter (vol 2, no 5), April 2021
The Prison Covid-19 Information Project provides COVID-19 news and resources for prisoners and their families and loved ones on the outside. Their April newsletter will be their final edition. It is available here. A statement from the editor: “New COVID-19 infections in prisons have dropped in recent months, from their
Continue readingKersplebedeb: NYC-ABC PP/POW updates Mar. 23, 2021
Here’s the latest compilation of every other week updates: https://nycabc.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/updates-23-mar-2021.pdf NYC ABC, along with several other individuals and prisoner support crews, now send hard copies to all political prisoners and prisoners of war we support. If you consistently mail the latest updates to a specific prisoner, please let us know
Continue readingKersplebedeb: NEW EDITION of False Nationalism, False Internationalism: Class Contradictions in the Armed Struggle is now available for pre-order!
THIS BOOK IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER, IT IS EXPECTED TO SHIP IN LATE MARCH This study is a radically different investigation into one of the most critical–and least understood–zones of revolutionary work: the struggle for solidarity between the left in an oppressor nation and rebellions against that nation from
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