Theory & Research

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The First Months of Lula’s Government and Neo-Liberal Stuckness

Theory & ResearchOn 8 January, Brazil and the world were shocked by images of the same Brasilia now filled with supporters of Jair Bolsonaro in a coup attempt. The attack was defeated and the Supreme Federal Court (STF) responded vigorously, but the sensation of a not-so-new era returned: projections of a transformative future gave way to the feeling of imprisonment in a past that permanently restores our historical dilemmas to the present.
By Hugo Fanton
The First Months of Lula’s Government and Neo-Liberal Stuckness

Neoliberalism at War and the Authoritarian Turn

Theory & ResearchThe recent electoral wins of social-democratic and liberal forces in several countries have brought the illusion of a democratic normalization. But it's only that — an illusion. The Far Right has deeply transformed the political culture and the ideological landscape in the long-term, and its emergence is closely related to the economic and social ravages of the past decades. This article explores the connections between global neoliberal transformations and the world becoming much more authoritarian.
By Gustavo Robles
Neoliberalism at War and the Authoritarian Turn

In Perspective

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Civil Society and Solidarity in Turkey After the Earthquakes

In PerspectiveIn the second part of this essay, Ülker Sözen (Leipzig University) discusses Civil Society and Solidarity in Turkey 4 months After the Earthquakes, and interviews two activists from Feminist Solidarity for Disaster Relief 
By Ülker Sözen
Civil Society and Solidarity in Turkey After the Earthquakes

Interview

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The Cold War Was Never about Democracy

InterviewThe author of The Jakarta Method: Washington’s Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program That Shaped Our World  Vincent Bevins, talks about how the West’s violent anticommunist crusade shaped our modern world
The Cold War Was Never about Democracy

Echoes of Jin, Jiyan, Azadi in Iran and Elsewhere

InterviewIn this interview, Nafis Fathollahzadeh and Ülker Sözen talk about the recent intersectional feminist revolution in Iran, the wave of protests that started with the murder of Jina Mahsa Amini by the morality police in September 2022, and trace important parallels between Iran and Turkey in terms of the dynamics of state violence and the power of women’s and LGBTQIA+ struggle to inspire an emancipatory social mobilization.
By Börries Nehe and Ülker Sözen
Echoes of Jin, Jiyan, Azadi in Iran and Elsewhere

Review

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We Want Ourselves Alive and Debt-Free [Or a Manifesto on Financial Disobedience]

Review¿Quién le debe a quién?, a book from Tinta Limón which was edited in 2021 by Silvia Federici, Verónica Gago, and Lucía Cavallero
By Ailynn Torres Santana
We Want Ourselves Alive and Debt-Free [Or a Manifesto on Financial Disobedience]