History

The 25th anniversary of the successful vote for independence by Timor-Leste was marked on August 30. Leo Earle took these photos for 麻豆传媒.

historical map of British occupied India

Marxist humanist and political scientist Kevin B Anderson speaks to Federico Fuentes about Karl Marx鈥檚 ideas on colonialism and imperialism.

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In Latin America, trade unions, students and Indigenous groups are standing in solidarity with Palestinians and drawing attention to Israel鈥檚 nefarious role in the region, reports Ben Radford.

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Derek Wall reviews Tad DeLay鈥檚 new book,聽Future of Denial: The ideologies of climate change, a Freudian Marxist take on the climate crisis that touches on how the far right is accelerating fossil fuel emissions and attacking minorities.

books

From Earth鈥檚 history to global heating, water crises and socialist strategy 鈥 Climate and Capitalism editor Ian Angus presents eight new books for radical readers.

Clifton D'Rozario in 2024

Clifton D鈥橰ozario, a leading member of the Communist Party of India Marxist-Leninist (Liberation) (CPIML) recently spoke to 麻豆传媒's Isaac Nellist about the parallels between Zionism and the ideology of Hindu supremacy.

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Alex Salmon reviews James Boyce's 2020 work, which traces the Indigenous people of the wetland areas of eastern England known as the Fens, who fought to preserve their lands, culture and community in the face of attempts to displace them by enclosure.

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Peter Boyle reviews David Marr's Killing for Country: A Family History, a chronicle of his forebears who were deployed from 1849 to the 1920s to carry out systematic massacres of First Nations peoples in the frontier wars in Queensland and the Northern Territory.

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Malik Miah argues that racism lives on in California, echoing its history as a 'free state' during slavery.

book cover and historical pic of Berlin Wall

The German Democratic Republic (GDR) is often painted as a 鈥渨alled-in, Russian-controlled Stasi land鈥. However British-German Historian Katja Hoyer's 2023 book Beyond the Wall: East Germany 1949-1990 presents a more interesting and contradictory picture of a state where socialist solidarity, secret police, central planning and barbed wire co-existed, writes Alex Salmon.

Cover image of Voice of Palestine

Pro-Palestinian solidarity activists in Australia have long been spreading information about the tragedy of the Palestinian people and the legitimacy of their revolution to Australian society, writes Khaled Ghannam. One example is the Arabic language publication Sawt Falastine (Voice of Palestine), first published in 1974.

Ecosocialist Bookshelf

Climate and Capitalism editor Ian Angus presents eight recent books for people who want to change the world.