The results of the referendum in Tunisia announced yesterday came as no surprise, following the exceptionally low turnout to vote and the steps previously taken by the regime to undermine the parliament and to concentrate power in the hands of the president. The Socialist International recalls the Resolution on Tunisia adopted by the SI Council at its…
The Socialist International unequivocally condemns the execution of four pro-democracy activists by the military junta in Myanmar. Kyaw Min Yu, known as Ko Jimmy, a veteran activist of the pro-democracy movement who had regularly been jailed for protesting against the regime since the 1998 student uprisings; Phyo Zeya Thaw, well-known for bringing hip-hop…
[This is the third in a series of posts comprising a symposium on Christine Schwöbel-Patelâs recently published book,Marketing Global Justice: The Political Economy of International Criminal Law(2021). Find the previous two posts, by Eric Loefflad and Melissa Aronczyk respectively, here and here.] Marketing Global Justice makes an essential contribution…
PROTECT BOOKSTeachers and librarians on the front lineAs a writer, I especially appreciated Lois Danksâ article on the concept of banning books rearing its ugly head again [âBook bans sweep through US school boards,â Vol. 43, No. 2].While Ronald Reaganâs Attorney General Edward Meese tried to ban pornography and so-called âgirlieâ magazines…
Britain is being hit by the most severe heatwave on record. Record temperatures in excess of 40 degrees are set to be hit. The government has issued the first ever red weather warning for extreme heat. A weather event of this scale and this nature demands a massive response from all parts of the emergency services, especially the ambulance services…
I. In his wonderful book, Injury Impoverished, Nate Holdren writes: âThe rule of the commodity is in important respects, and perhaps entirely, legally constitutedâ.1 In his most recent Legal Form post, he expands on his meaning. There, he emphasizes strongly the limits of the law: âLaw is not a neutral reservoir from which the working class draws…
Even as countries like Sierra Leone are making progress by decriminalizing abortion, the United States of America has regressed on the issue of abortion by declaring Roe v. Wade unconstitutional, doing away with abortion as a constitutional right. An Ineffectual Democratic Administration And Growing Reactionary Forces The White House declared the Supreme…
The Socialist International reiterates its concern at the grave situation of former president of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev, former leader of SI member the Social Democratic Party of Kyrgyzstan, SDPK, who has been imprisoned in his home country for over 1000 days, and is at this moment in need of urgent medical treatment. Our organisation has witnessed…
Na Internacional Socialista, Lupi parabeniza atuação dos profissionais de saĂșde na pandemia e expĂ”e negacionismo de BolsonaroPDT, 6 July 2022O presidente do PDT tambĂ©m se posicionou em relação a guerra desumana da RĂșssia contra UcrĂąniaO presidente Nacional do PDT, Carlos Lupi, participou, na sede das Organização das NaçÔes Unidas (ONU)…
Following a seemingly endless stream of resignations from the Tory cabinet and days of speculation in the mainstream media, Boris Johnson has confirmed he will finally resign in Autumn. The ruthlessness of Tory politicians is legendary and these developments shouldnât be mistaken for a crisis of conscience on the part of Sunak, Javid and others. This…
Legal Form presents a series of three posts on the âconstitutiveâ nature of law. These contributions are connected to a roundtable discussion that will take place at the annual meeting of this yearâs Law & Society Association in Lisbon, Portugal (13â16 July 2022). The discussion was prompted by a footnote in Nate Holdrenâs book, Injury Impoverished…
Also check out my three articles explaining the Moscow Trials from beginning to end (part 1, part 2, part 3). Apparently communist historian Grover Furr has a book called âMoscow Trials as Evidenceâ. I have not read the book (Iâll check it out some day). However, I have read all the transcripts of the trials themselves, and they indeed provide…