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Tag Archives: militancy
Oil Trains, Indigenous Insurgency, and the Disruption of Capitalist Logistics
There is huge potential for different communities in the Bay Area, the West Coast, and the First Nations to coordinate their ongoing disruption of the supply chain of the carbon economy.
Posted in Energy and Ecology, Political Economy, Revolutionary Politics
Tagged bay area, california, canada, capitalism, climate change, economics, indigenous, insurgency, militancy, native, oil, politics, resistance
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The Importance of Connecting With Existing Struggles–Lessons from Venezuelan History
One key lesson that modern revolutionaries can take from the experience of mid-century communist guerillas in Venezuela is the importance of connecting with existing struggles, rather than attempting to create a revolutionary vanguard organization from scratch.
Posted in History, Revolutionary Politics
Tagged anarchism, communism, democracy, grassroots, guerilla, history, mass struggle, militancy, politics, popular struggle, radical groups, revolution, socialism, venezuela
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“Adventurism” and Its Historical Failures
Insurrectionary attacks by small radical cells against the infrastructure and the elites of state and capital have typically failed at inspiring mass organizing and sustained revolutionary struggle.
Posted in History, Revolutionary Politics
Tagged adventurism, anarchism, Bhagat Singh, communism, Germany, history, india, Iran, militancy, organizing, revolution, socialism, strategy, tactics, terrorism, violence
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Nigerian Oil Militancy and International Capital
The escalating violence in the Niger Delta region by armed militant groups against multinational oil companies is a product of the social and environmental devastation that accompanied the “development” of the Nigerian oil industry.
Posted in Energy and Ecology, Political Economy
Tagged energy, environment, militancy, multinationals, nigeria, oil, violence
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Badass Women of the Anti-Colonial Movements
Women played a key role in the various anti-colonial movements that have resisted European hegemony since its very beginning.
Posted in History, Revolutionary Politics
Tagged africa, bengal, colonialism, feminism, history, india, militancy, palestine, revolution, vietnam, women
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The Necessity of Violence for Indian Independence
The critical role that violent outbreaks of rebellion played in the Indian Independence Movement is too often overlooked. In fact, by the 1940s violent rebellion had become the rule rather than the exception in India.
Posted in History, Liberal-Democratic Politics, Revolutionary Politics
Tagged colonialism, history, imperialism, india, militancy, revolution, violence
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