Internationalism From Below

An organizing project of a network of socialist activists that seeks to build transnational solidarity with + between movements for social justice + democracy

[Internationalism From Below @IntlFromBelow]

Join tonight for this important event!

[SALAM @southasialeft]

Join us at @PeoplesForumNYC on Saturday, April 22nd at 5 pm EDT, as we gather to commemorate this protest march and highlight the demands and history of upcountry Tamils, building progressive linkages across Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu, & the diaspora.
📝https://t.co/404mHSDxZm
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[European Network in Solidarity with Ukraine @EuropeanWith]

1. Left and green politicians from 11 countries in Europe and the Americas today launched "Elected Left for Ukraine" (ELU). This network will lobby for political and material support for Ukraine, in solidarity with working people and civil society.

https://t.co/hMWLLeiBxs

[Ukraine Solidarity Campaign 🇺🇦✊🏽🚩 @UkraineSol]

As a campaign we strive to amplify the voices of left-wing + labour movt activists in #Ukraine.

In March Olenka and Bri, two comrades from UA socialist organisation @SocRuch, are touring the UK. More below.

Please donate to help make the tour possible: https://t.co/mhbOQFfoGM

[Taras Bilous @ahatanhel]

John McDonnell, one of the leaders of the left-wing of the Labor party helped the Ukrainian left and trade unions for many years.

I'm glad that now he has decided to be more vocal about his disagreement with Corbyn on Ukraine and arms supplies https://t.co/zf9RW3q434

[Tempest 🌪 @tempest_mag]

On the anniversary of Russia’s imperialist invasion of #Ukraine in February 2022, people around the world are organizing events in solidarity with Ukraine’s struggle for self-determination https://t.co/3MYnTdZcmu #UkraineRussianWar @haymarketbooks @ukraine_network @UkraineSol

[Danny Postel @DannyPostel]

Why do I put “anti-imperialists” in quotes? Because if these people were consistent, they would critique & oppose *all* imperialisms and stand in solidarity with the victims all imperial powers. But they decidedly do NOT. They have a US-centric focus on a single imperial power.

[Danny Postel @DannyPostel]

Various leftists & “anti-imperialists” promote an essentially Kissingerian worldview

@kavita_krishnan + @promiseli0 + @RomeoKokriatski tackle the problem with multipolarity on this MUST-listen episode of @joeyayoub's indispensable @FireTheseTimes podcast

https://t.co/GTIJlVtkjd

[Internationalism From Below @IntlFromBelow]

Must-read discussion by Lausan with Chinese international student workers from the UC strike last year. Lots of important insights here, such as these observations about how the cultural and political contexts in China informed overseas workers’ organizing.

[Lausan 流傘 🍉 (@lausanhk.bsky.social) @lausanhk]

The 2022 UC Strike mobilized large numbers of Chinese international student workers, including many first-time organizers. Read @jnchien and @promiseli0's interview with rank-and-file Chinese graduate workers about their experiences during the strike: https://t.co/nKDxwYh9aF

[Internationalism From Below @IntlFromBelow]

Please watch—and share—this important forum on Global South solidarity with Ukraine featuring Ukrainian historian & activist @VlStarodubtsev, Syrian-American activist @ramahkudaimi & Rafael Bernabel of the Puerto Rican Senate, moderated by labor activist & writer @BillFletcherJr!

[The Real News @TheRealNews]

TRNN board member @BillFletcherJr convenes Ukrainian historian and social activist @VlStarodubtsev, Syrian-American activist @ramahkudaimi, and Rafael Bernabel of the Puerto Rican Senate to discuss solidarity with Ukraine from parts of the Global South. https://t.co/wPxJJzkAZ3

[The Real News @TheRealNews]

TRNN board member @BillFletcherJr convenes Ukrainian historian and social activist @VlStarodubtsev, Syrian-American activist @ramahkudaimi, and Rafael Bernabel of the Puerto Rican Senate to discuss solidarity with Ukraine from parts of the Global South. https://t.co/wPxJJzkAZ3

[Labour Movement Solidarity with Hong Kong (UK) @labsolidarityhk]

Solidarity banner and leaflet distributed at London’s University College Hospital nurses picket line by Chinese democracy activists.
“Both Tory and CCP governments treat healthcare workers disposably.”
Full text in picture.

[Kavita Krishnan @kavita_krishnan]

My article on *Multipolarity, The Mantra Of Authoritarianism* in @TheIndiaForum - on the language of today’s global & Indian tyrants & bigots - language that the Left (inadvertently in most cases) validates & amplifies. https://t.co/m2XRvr1rzH

[promise li @promise__li]

Also check out Indian Marxist feminist @kavita_krishnan’s critique of multipolarity last month!

[promise li @promise__li]

The essay tries to consider how recent academic engagements around ‘state capitalisms’ today (h/t @IliasAlami @imogentliu @DrAdam_Dixon et al) and role of asset management firms in structuring global capital accumulation can better inform socialist organizing—more to be explored!

[promise li @promise__li]

Seeing things today as inter-imperialist rivalry or unipolar hegemony is not enough—I explore what I call “the multiple geographies of inter-imperial relations, with different cycles and layers of collaboration and competition, between different sectors of the ruling class.”

[promise li @promise__li]

I wrote a long-form analysis for @JournalSpectre on how multipolarity today expresses an imperialist system marked by the growing power of institutional investors and mid-sized states, and uneven development of authoritarianisms—and how movements can fight back.

[Spectre Journal @JournalSpectre]

.@promiseli0 advocates for a socialist multipolarity against multipolar imperialism:

https://t.co/Y7JQHk5m2k

[Ashley Smith @AshleyAreeSmith]

Revolutionary anti-imperialist struggles must remain vigilantly pluralist and anti-authoritarian, and see multipolarity without socialist democracy as merely another expression of imperialism, rather than its death knell. @promiseli0 https://t.co/ZonmNuZcMr