Since the wave of republican revolutions from the 1700s to the 1800s the geoculture (the set of dominant norms of the modern world-system) has been dominated by liberal ideology. The major selling point of liberalism has been that it is about liberty; that it is the political ideology most concerned
The state feeds. But never without consequences. Indonesia’s Free Nutritious Meals Program (MBG) arrives with promises that are difficult to reject : addressing stunting, improving children’s nutrition, and proving that the state is truly present in people’s lives. In its official narrative, MBG is framed as a symbol
Negara memberi makan. Tapi tidak pernah tanpa konsekuensi. Program Makan Bergizi Gratis (MBG) di Indonesia hadir dengan janji yang sulit ditolak yakni mengatasi stunting, memperbaiki gizi anak, dan menunjukkan bahwa negara benar benar hadir dalam kehidupan rakyat. Dalam narasi resminya, MBG adalah simbol kemajuan, bukti bahwa negara tidak hanya mengatur,
Anarchism in Indonesia is often imagined as something that must always be visible: black flags, loud slogans, and open confrontation with the police. This image is convenient for the state and the media, as it makes labeling, criminalization, and simplification much easier. What is rarely discussed is the reality that
어제(20일) 오전 10시 30분경, 경남 진주 CU 물류센터 앞 도로 위에서 사람이 죽었다. 아니, 정확히 말하자면 자본과 국가가 공모하여 노동자를 죽였다. 파업 16일 차, 생존권을 지키기 위해 연좌 농성을 하던 화물연대 조합원 동지를 자본의 이윤을 실은 대체 차량이 짓밟고 지나갔다. 사고인가? 아니다. 이것은 파업을 무력화하려는 자본의 탐욕과 그 하수인을
The regime of Viktor Orban and his Fidesz party in Hungary has for the last 16 years been a model for the populist attempt to remove liberalism from democracy. Right-wing populists naturally seek a democratic mandate against corrupt elites but want to be unrestrained in the use of state power
민주주의를 위한 변호팀(TAUD)에 소속된 시민사회 운동가들이 처음부터 안드리 유누스에 대한 산성 테러 사건을 단순한 폭력이나 상해 행위가 아닌 계획적인 살인 미수로 간주해야 한다고 주장한 데에는 그만한 이유가 있다. 산성 액체는 그 엄청난 파괴력과 치사율로 인해 많은 국가에서 살인 수단으로 지정되었다는 사실 외에도, 가해자들이 신체의 다른 부위가 아닌 얼굴을
On March 28 Americans and others internationally took to the streets in the millions and across the country in No Kings protests. These protests are directed against the Trump administration which has been using ICE to terrorize communities across the country according to an ethnocratic antiimmigration agenda and launched an
It is not without reason that activists from the civil society movement who are members of the Advocacy Team for Democracy (TAUD) from the start called for the case of acid attack on Andrie Yunus to be seen as an attempt at premeditated murder, instead of being seen as an
Bukan tanpa alasan para aktivis dari gerakan masyarakat sipil yang tergabung dalam Tim Advokasi untuk Demokrasi (TAUD) sedari awal menyerukan agar kasus penyiraman air keras terhadap Andrie Yunus dilihat sebagai upaya pembunuhan berencana, alih-alih dilihat sebagai tindak kekerasan atau penganiayaan biasa. Selain bahwa air keras telah ditetapkan sebagai alat pembunuhan
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Out of the ashes of the Islamist resistance to the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan a new ideology emerged of a completely new kind. It was not just religious political Islam, or religious fundamentalism. It was a new generic ideology advocating the total transformation of the world-system along religious lines. Inspired
In the Left movement today, many people today call themselves "anti-imperialists," but they have a very poor understanding of what anti-imperialism means. "Anti-Imperialism" was a topic of interest in the period between the death of Lenin and the end of the 20th century and continuing until
par Jaouad Laaroussi La bourgeoisie libérale a ce don de voir les « opportunités d’affaires » dans toutes les crises. Les gouvernements Trudeau et Legault l’avaient bien compris à la suite des grandes manifestations pour la justice climatique de 2019. Dans ce contexte de prise de conscience générale face à
In the spring of 1980, as Cold War anxieties deepened and the United States prepared to expand its nuclear arsenal, a small group of anti-war activists in Cambridge, Massachusetts staged a quiet but pointed act of dissent. Rather than chant slogans alone, they ladled soup. The collective would soon call
Di Indonesia, anarkis seringkali di salah artikan. Kebanyakan masyarakat menganggap bahwa anarkis adalah tindakan kekerasan, pengrusakan bahkan kerusuhan besar-besaran. Padahal, jika ditelisik lebih jauh, seperti Alexander Berkman, anarkisme adalah kebalikan itu semua. Anarkisme berarti kita harus bebas. Padahal, anarkisme sendiri adalah sebuah gerakan politik dengan spektrum perjuangan yang sangat luas.
Di hampir seluruh penjuru dunia, keselamatan kerja adalah hasil dari darah, mogok massal, dan pemberontakan kelas pekerja terhadap mesin kapital. Tidak pernah ia lahir dari “itikad baik” pengusaha. Di Indonesi, ini tidak berbeda tapi jauh lebih munafik. Pada sore itu, 1 Mei 2015, perayaan Hari Buruh Internasional di Stadion Gelora
Karl Marx once said that “History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce”. If the Islamo-leftism within the 1979 revolution of Iran was a tragedy, the “July Revolution” Bangladesh against long-time leader Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League regime has potential to become a farce by having tremendous resemblance to
Jeffrey Epstein was perhaps the most salient embodiment of what feminists refer to as "rape culture" in the last few decades. A millionaire who ran in the circles of the rich and powerful while sex-trafficking young girls and women, who received a sweetheart non-prosecution deal in the late
Perhaps now, more than ever, intellectual observers of American politics and the wider public are troubled by the prospect of a second American Civil War. The increased political polarization with President Trump looking to impose executive authority over state authority and the sharp ideological divide between democratic and republican constituencies
Since the Islamic Revolution of 1979 which toppled the US backed authoritarian regime under the Shah Iran has been an enemy of US imperialism. The intelligence community coined the term "blow back" to refer to the revolution and the regime it produced because the US backing of the
Anarchist YouTuber Andrewism presented something of a critique of working class centered politics in his most recent video, naming Anarcho-Syndicalism in specific as a form of working class politics which could serve certain important functions in the liberation of humanity from the domination of work, but would have to be