На протяжении веков «левые» надеялись, что популярные движения приведут к изменениям к лучшему. Сегодня многие левые кажутся испуганными популярными движениями за перемены, убежденный «популизм» должен привести к «фашизму». Но это не должно быть так, говорит Диана Джонстон.
Every automobile in France is supposed to be equipped with a yellow vest. This is so that in case of accident or breakdown on a highway, the driver can put it on to ensure visibility and avoid getting run over.
So the idea of wearing your yellow vest to demonstrate against unpopular government measures caught on quickly. The
Российское вмешательство в американскую политику полностью приветствуется, если оно помогает превратить общественное мнение в «многополюсную» Россию, прославляет американскую демократию и служит интересам США.
The Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union was ostensibly a conflict between two ideologies, two socio-economic systems. All that seems to be over. The day of a new socialism may dawn unexpectedly, but today capitalism rules the world. Now the United States and Russia are engaged in a no-holds-barred fight between capitalists.
В то время казалось, что Париж снова стал центром мировой революции, но со временем появилось совсем другое наследие.
Nineteen Sixty-Eight began with the Têt offensive, when the Vietnamese national liberation struggle suddenly showed its strength as a military force, though it was eventually beaten back into guerrilla warfare. The images of burning villages and burning children were seared into the consciousness of millions of people around the world. In the
The trouble with some Trotskyists is they’re always “supporting” other peoples’ revolutions, says Diana Johnstone. Their obsession with permanent revolution in the end provides an alibi for permanent war.
I first encountered Trotskyists in Minnesota half a century ago during the movement against the Vietnam War. I appreciated their skill in organizing anti-war demonstrations and their courage in daring to call themselves “communists” in the United States of America – a profession of faith that did not groom them for the successful careers enjoyed by
