Gilets Jaunes are neither syndicalist nor anarchists. Rather, they have embraced practices and ideas which are most strongly associated with libertarian left-wing ideologies.Thomas Klikauer – Meg Young
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A Winner Take All System
Inside the Global Money Making ApparatusThomas Klikauer – Nadine CampbellThomas Klikauer is the author of Hegel’s Moral Corporation and Seven Management Moralities. He teaches MBA students at the Sydney Graduate School of Management at Western Sydney University in Australia. Nadine Campbell is the founder of Abydos Academy. She teaches in the School of
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Paris Commune 150
The economics behind the revoltMichael RobertsMichael Roberts worked in the City of London as an economist for over 40 years. He has closely observed the machinations of the global capitalism from within the dragon’s den. Since retiring, he has written several books. The Great Recession – a Marxist view (2009);
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The Birth of Marxism in France: Remembering the Paris Commune and Jules Guesde
The French political and social situation – with its many strikes, social movements, and highly ideologised political currents – often fascinates observers outside France. The life of a central figure in the French socialist movement, Jules Guesde, who is little known outside France provides insights into the specificities of the
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Exploitation of Eastern European migrant workers
The special guest of our live show On the Barricades on Jan. 24 at 6:30 p.m. CET was the Polish leftist political commentator, YouTuber, and migrant worker in France, Michał Nowicki.Maria Cernat – Boyan StanislasvskiBoyan Stanislavski (Poland) and Maria Cernat (Romania) make a regular video podcast, in which they discuss
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Why we can’t expect support from the West
The police are not an institution which protects society. They are rather an institution that protects those in power from the people. France illustrates how the police enjoy complete impunity. Rositsa KratunkovaRositsa Kratunkova is part of the team of the Bulgarian left-wing outlet dVersia. She works in France for the European
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