Le « Brexit » – soit la sortie de la Grande-Bretagne de l’Union Européenne – a déclenché un véritable séisme politique et économique. Néanmoins, en vue de l’accentuation continue de la crise, il convient de s’interroger tant sur la campagne du « Brexit » elle-même que sur ses conséquences, afin d’en tirer des conclusions sur le futur de l’Union et son immense instabilité.
Recent revelations surrounding the murder of British private investigator Daniel Morgan have shone a spotlight on the sordid links between the police, media, and politicians. The whole capitalist establishment is in crisis. It must be overthrown.
The freeing of the American slaves was accomplished by the mass action and heroism of the slaves themselves, hundreds of thousands of whom risked their lives by fleeing to join the Union Army, sabotage the Southern economy, and radicalise public opinion in the North in favour of abolition. The fourth episode of our US comrades' series on the American Civil War will deal with the Emancipation Proclamation up to the end of the conflict.
In the past few months, discontent among Chinese youth is increasingly bursting to the surface, both online and on campuses, in defiance of state censorship and repression. A widespread proliferation of anti-capitalist memes and open dissent against the regime online speak to a general undercurrent of rage and resentment, which has also seen university students launching struggles across two provinces.
