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Lêgerîn #19 Out Now: The Youth Rise Up!
Dear readers, "The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters.” This quote from Antonio Gramsci in 1929 could have been written today, as it so accurately describes the situation we are currently facing. Everything points to the fact that the so-called world order, based on international law, is a thing of the past. In March, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov acknowledged this himself: “Honestly, I don’t even understand how one ca
May 12 min read
Born from the Earth
Mariátegui and the Peruvian Dream of Socialism José Carlos Mariátegui is a socialist, a child of the Andes1, a man that developed marxism with soil under his hands and the history of his people in his heart. As he writes in the article "Aniversario y balance" (1928), his understanding of socialism is not only an economical idea, but also a moral one, a "heroic act of creation“, that is born from the depths of the soul. He believes that a new world can emerge in the hearts of
Apr 288 min read
What is happening in Şengal?
Alongside the attacks on Rojava, threats have multiplied against the autonomous territory of Şengal (northern Iraq, southern Kurdistan), where the majority of the Yazidi people live. The Iraqi state, in collaboration with the Turkish state, seeks to disarm the YBŞ-YJŞ self-defence forces, which fought alongside the PKK guerrillas and YPJ-YPG to save Şengal from genocide and to liberate the territory from Daesh. Since 2014 and up to the present day, the YBŞ-YJŞ have been defen
Apr 175 min read
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