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The International Institute for Research and Education is in the service of progressive activists worldwide.

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My contribution to Jacobin, posted yesterday, on the far-right danger represented by JD Vance
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@jacobinNov 11
Trump’s midterm debacle has weakened the entire MAGA camp. But JD Vance, a more disciplined and more ideological far-right figure, is already positioning himself to inherit the movement in 2028. jacobin.com/2026/11/vance-ma…
Trump’s Midterm Rout Didn’t End the Threat From J. D. Vance

Trump’s Midterm Rout Didn’t End the Threat From J. D. Vance

President Trump’s midterm debacle has weakened the entire MAGA camp. But J. D. Vance, a more disciplined and more ideological far-right figure, is already positioning himself to inherit the movement...

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En 2027, rompre avec la politique fiscale et financière au service du capital : ce que Marx nous apprend cadtm.org/En-2027-rompre-ave…
En 2027, rompre avec la politique fiscale et financière au service du capital : ce que Marx nous...

En 2027, rompre avec la politique fiscale et financière au service du capital : ce que Marx nous...

Depuis des semaines, les mobilisations qui secouent la France expriment le refus de l'austérité et l'exigence de moyens supplémentaires pour les services publics, la santé, l'éducation et la…

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Historical Materialism Conference London 2026 Book Launch Voices against Putin’s war
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Dans le tout dernier numéro de Politis, "États-Unis et Moyen-Orient : Gilbert Achcar revisite la notion d’anti-impérialisme", un article très fort de Denis Sieffert sur mon ouvrage paru ce mois-ci. ld-es.fr/catalogue/la-disput… Sommaire du numéro: politis.fr/boutique/magazine…
Les guerres de l’empire américain au Moyen-Orient — Les Éditions sociales × La Dispute

Les guerres de l’empire américain au Moyen-Orient — Les Éditions sociales × La Dispute

Impossible de comprendre les conflits actuels au Moyen-Orient sans les réinscrire dans un temps long. Depuis la chute de l’URSS et la guerre de 1991 contre…

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#Israel Gilbert Achcar fait part de son analyse à propos des élections législatives qui se tiennent en ce moment en Israël. inprecor.fr/apres-les-electi…
Après les élections israéliennes : où va Israël ?

Après les élections israéliennes : où va Israël ?

Gilbert Achcar fait part de son analyse à propos des élections législatives qui se tiennent en ce moment en Israël.

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Israel Might Change After Its Election, but Not Much Israel’s election campaign reflected the wide support for ethnic cleansing of Palestinians across mainstream politics. @jacobin jacobin.com/2026/10/israel-e…
Israel Might Change After Its Election, but Not Much

Israel Might Change After Its Election, but Not Much

Israel’s election campaign reflected the wide support for ethnic cleansing of Palestinians across mainstream politics. The electoral stalemate between government and opposition is unlikely to slow...

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In honour of the recently deceased Peter Thomas, the following articles are made freely available for a limited period of time: “New Orders: Hegemony as a Method of Political Work”, Historical Materialism, 33.3 (2025) 3–21 brill.com/view/journals/hima…
New Orders: Hegemony as a Method of Political Work

New Orders: Hegemony as a Method of Political Work

Abstract This text proposes an understanding of hegemony not as a concept, theory or historical narrative, but as a distinctive method of political work. It thematises this strategic perspective in...

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Israel is accelerating plans to annex neighboring Lands writes Gilbert Achcar anticapitalistresistance.org…
Israel Is accelerating plans to annex neighboring Lands

Israel Is accelerating plans to annex neighboring Lands

Israel’s ethnic cleansing of southern Lebanon and Gaza has reached a scale unseen since the Nakba. The history of Israel’s offensives shows how depopulation is soon followed by annexation notes...

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Israel Is Accelerating Plans to Annex Neighboring Lands My latest piece for Jacobin US.
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@jacobinOct 26
Israel’s ethnic cleansing of southern Lebanon and Gaza has reached a scale unseen since the Nakba. The history of Israel’s offensives shows how depopulation is soon followed by annexation. jacobin.com/2026/10/israel-n…
Israel Is Accelerating Plans to Annex Neighboring Lands

Israel Is Accelerating Plans to Annex Neighboring Lands

Israel’s ethnic cleansing of southern Lebanon and Gaza has reached a scale unseen since the Nakba. The history of Israel’s offensives shows how depopulation is soon followed by annexation.

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Act of solidarity chartist.org.uk/act-of-solid… via @Chartist48
Act of solidarity — Chartist

Act of solidarity — Chartist

Glyn Ford on the other Spanish republicans Volunteers for the Revolution: International Militia of the POUM in the Spanish Civil War by Andy Durgan published by Brill Haymarket The POUM: Republic,...

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Intervenciones, golpes de Estado y dominación geopolítica Estados Unidos, Oriente Próximo y Oriente Medio Eric Toussaint vientosur.info/estados-unido…
Estados Unidos, Oriente Próximo y Oriente Medio - Viento Sur

Estados Unidos, Oriente Próximo y Oriente Medio - Viento Sur

La oposición de Estados Unidos a la República Islámica de Irán no se debe, por tanto, a su carácter teocrático y dictatorial, sino a su negativa a integrarse en el orden regional deseado por Washin...

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.@SimonPirani1 reviews a new book by Ilya Budraitskis and @IlyaMatveev_ that analyses 21st century Russian imperialism through a Marxist framework. links.org.au/russias-bloody-…
Russia’s bloody shift from subimperialism to new old imperialism

Russia’s bloody shift from subimperialism to new old imperialism

Simon Pirani reviews a new book that analyses 21st century Russian imperialism through a Marxist framework.

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A Lille le 13, une conférence en rapport avec mon ouvrage précédent :
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We are deeply saddened by the news of the passing of Peter Thomas. Peter was a brilliant Marxist scholar and during his years in Amsterdam a regular collaborator of the IIRE.
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It is with immense sadness and grief that we at Historical Materialism share the news of the death of our comrade, friend and long-standing member of the journal’s editorial board, Peter Thomas.
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.@gilbertachcar addresses Palestinian liberation strategies and the role of violence in anti-occupation struggles. links.org.au/violence-fighti…
On violence in fighting occupation: The case of Palestine

On violence in fighting occupation: The case of Palestine

Gilbert Achcar addresses Palestinian liberation strategies and the role of violence in anti-occupation struggles.

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📚 BOOK LAUNCH | The Indonesian Left in the Twentieth Century 📅 Wednesday, 7 October 2026 🕓 15:30 – 17:55 📍 KITLV, Herta Mohr Building Witte Singel 27A, 2311 BG Leiden Room: 1.30 kitlv.nl/events/book-launch-…
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Aujourd'hui en librairie : ld-es.fr/catalogue/la-disput…
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Made few comments in this article 1- “That ideological stance was also shaped by the leadership’s experience in Idlib, where the administration was propped up mainly by revenues extracted from levies on trade and had a limited social role in the economy” ft.com/content/5313b05e-5057…
Syria’s free-market experiment

Syria’s free-market experiment

Ahmed al-Sharaa’s Islamist government has overhauled Assad’s protectionist model and exposed businesses to foreign competition

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Les empereurs de la période de décadence de l’Empire étatsunien ressemblent à ceux de l’Empire romain décadent. Par exemple, Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, mieux connu comme Néron, est un digne ancêtre de l’Imperator Donald Trump. inprecor.fr/imperator-nero-c…
Imperator Nero Claudius Caesar Donald Trump

Imperator Nero Claudius Caesar Donald Trump

C’est curieux comme les empereurs de la période de décadence de l’Empire étasunien ressemblent à ceux de l’Empire romain décadent.Par exemple, Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, mieux connu...

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