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Riportiamo di seguito una brevissima sintesi della dichiarazione del DIP (Partito Operaio Rivoluzionario) sulle elezioni locali tenutesi in Turchia il 31 marzo 2019.
We provide below a very brief summary of the statement put out by DIP (Revolutionary Workers Party) on the local elections held in Turkey on 31 March 2019.
Erdoğan’s AKP government in Turkey has suffered a humiliating defeat at the local elections in Turkey. The working class has punished Erdoğan’s government for the deep economic crisis in the form of a stagflation that has gripped the country for the last six months and promises to cause even further damage for the labouring population for the foreseeable future.
The AKP lost the three biggest cities of Turkey, Istanbul, the capital city of Ankara, and Izmir, to the opposition. This is a defeat of historic proportions. Istanbul and Ankara had been in the hands of the AKP for the last quarter of a century! Moreover, the candidate that the AKP put up for the position of metropolitan mayor of Istanbul was an extraordinarily strong personality of the AKP, Binali Yıldırım, who earlier had served successively as Minister of Transport, Prime Minister and Speaker of Parliament.
Friends of Palestine against Imperialism and Zionism marched to the consulate of Israel in Istanbul, Turkey on 30th of March, the day which Palestinians have been celebrating as Land Day since 1976. Land Day has been one of the symbols of the resistance against Zionist occupation. Friends of Palestine raised the banner of anti-Zionism and anti-imperialism on this historic day, by marching against the common enemies of the peoples of Middle East. Meeting at 15.30 in front of the Zionist consulate in Istanbul, Friends of Palestine read a public statement.
Declaracion conjunta de LPS (Brasil), PT (Urugsuay) y PO (Argentina) sobre reforma previsional.
TRABAJADORES DE LATINOAMÉRICA ¡UNÁMONOS!
Movilizaciones y paros contra las reformas previsionales antiobreras
¡Que la crisis la paguen los capitalistas!
Por la unidad de la clase obrera y los explotados de Latinoamérica. Por la unidad socialista de América Latina.
La posta in gioco in Algeria è sempre più alta. Il movimento di massa sta guadagnando un livello di fiducia tale che è diventato molto difficile per qualsiasi tipo di regime allontanarne le persone. L’8 marzo, in concomitanza con la Giornata internazionale della donna lavoratrice, il terzo round delle manifestazioni contro il regime di Abdelaziz Bouteflika (il moribondo presidente della Repubblica d’Algeria che cercava di candidarsi per la quinta volta nelle prossime elezioni) è riuscito in una spettacolare dimostrazione di forza: la maggior parte delle fonti parla di centinaia di migliaia di persone nella sola capitale di Algeri e di milioni di manifestanti in tutto il paese. Un quotidiano algerino (Le Matin d’Algérie) afferma, sulla base presumibilmente di rivelazioni da parte delle forze di sicurezza, che il numero di persone che hanno manifestato in tutto il paese ha raggiunto la cifra gigantesca di 15 milioni.
Il Venezuela è riuscito a fermare l'attacco paramilitare effettuato principalmente attraverso il confine con la Colombia, così come al confine con il Brasile, comandato dal Dipartimento di Stato degli Stati Uniti, dai suoi assistenti, i presidenti latinoamericani lacchè e il loro burattino Guaidó.
La prima cosa da sottolineare è che il colpo di Stato è ancora in corso; la provocazione del tentativo del 23F [febbraio, n.d.t.] per ora è fallita, ma è ancora una priorità sconfiggere il colpo di Stato e continuare ad affrontare ogni possibilità di invasione militare.
Il ritiro momentaneo del piano guidato dal “gruppo di Lima” era dovuto alla sua mancanza di sostegno, nessun settore del Paese si è ribellato come ci si aspettava, ci sono state dimostrazioni di opposizione al disgustoso intervento gringo, mobilitazioni e manifestazioni di ripudio quasi in tutto il mondo contro l'invasione; l'altro punto cruciale, su cui avevano sbagliato i calcoli, è stato la coesione dell'esercito venezuelano che ha continuato ad essere il garante del governo di Maduro.
È necessario sconfiggere il colpo di Stato
Çürüyen kapitalist sistemin dünyayı içine sürüklediği barbarlık vahşi bir katliamla Yeni Zelanda’da baş gösterdi. Şimdiden 49 kişinin hayatını yitirdiği ve çok sayıda yaralının olduğu bu katliamı en güçlü duygularla kınıyoruz. Katliamlar yaratan çürümüş düzenin tepesindeki emperyalist liderlerin döktükleri timsah gözyaşlarının aksine duyduğumuz acı, faşizme ve ırkçılığa karşı öfkemizi bilediği kadar halkların kardeşliği için mücadele kararlılığımızı da güçlendirmektedir.
Çürüyən kapitalist sistemin dünyanı sürüklədiyi barbarlıq vəhşi bir qətliamla Yeni Zelandiyada baş göstərdi. İndidən 49 şəxsin həyatını itirdiyi və çox sayda yaralının olduğu bu qətliamı ən dərin hisslərlə qınayırıq. Qətliamlar yaradan çürümüş quruluşun təpəsindəki imperialist liderlərin tökdükləri saxta göz yaşlarının əksinə olaraq çəkdiyimiz iztirab faşizmə və irqçiliyə qarşı qəzəbimizi kəskinləşdirdiyi qədər xalqların qardaşlığı uğrunda mübarizə aparmaq qətiyyətimizi də gücləndirir.
The barbarism which the capitalist system in decay has dragged the world in has risen in New Zealand with a brutal massacre. We condemn the massacre in which 49 people have already lost their lives and many were injured with our strongest emotions. In contrast to the crocodile tears shed by the imperialist leaders sitting on top of the rotten system which creates massacres, the pain we feel cements our resolve in struggling for the fraternity of peoples as much as it fuels our anger towards fascism and racism.
Las apuestas están aumentando en Argelia. El movimiento de masas está ganando un nivel de confianza del cual es muy difícil para cualquier tipo de régimen alejar al pueblo. El 8 de marzo, coincidiendo con el Día Internacional de la Mujer Trabajadora, la tercera ronda de manifestaciones contra el régimen representado por Abdelaziz Bouteflika, el moribundo presidente de la República de Argelia que intentaba presentarse por quinta vez en las próximas elecciones, logró aguantar una espectacular demostración de fuerza: la mayoría de las fuentes hablan de cientos de miles solo en la ciudad capital de Argel y de millones de personas en todo el país. Un periódico argelino (Le Matin d’Algérie) afirma, sobre la base, supuestamente, de las revelaciones de las fuerzas de seguridad, que el número de personas que se manifestaron en todo el país en general alcanzó la cifra gigantesca de 15 millones.
The stakes are rising in Algeria. The mass movement is gaining a level of confidence from which it is very difficult for any kind of regime to turn people back from. On 8th March, coinciding with the International Working Women’s Day, the third round of the demonstrations against the regime represented by Abdelaziz Bouteflika, the moribund president of the republic of Algeria trying to run for a fifth time in the upcoming elections, succeeded to put up a spectacular show of force: most sources talk about hundreds of thousands in the capital city of Algiers alone and millions around the country. One Algerian newspaper (Le Matin d’Algérie) affirms, on the basis, allegedly, of revelations from security forces, that the number of people who demonstrated across the country at large reached the gigantic figure of 15 million.
Although this may sound an exaggeration, whatever the exact figures, it is an undeniable fact that we are face to face with the most widespread mass mobilisation since the time of the Algerian war of liberation and revolution between 1954 and 1962. That revolution was of course one of the most heroic and far-going instances of the worldwide anti-colonial...
“Dördüncü İnternasionalın Yenidən Qurulması üzrə Koordinasiya Komitəsi”nin proqramını özü üçün əsas götürən inqilabçı partiya və təşkilatlar olaraq 2019-cu il 8 mart Beynəlxalq Zəhmətkeş Qadınlar Günündə hər cür təzyiqə məruz qalan, istismar edilən, müqavimət göstərən və üsyan qaldıran, bütün dünyada qlobal kapitalizmin doğurduğu kişi hökmranlığına və barbarlığa qarşı mübarizə aparan bütün qadınları salamlayırıq! Qadınlar azad olmadan ümumbəşəri azadlıq, dünya sosializmi olmaz!
Dördüncü Enternasyonal'in Yeniden Kuruluş Koordinasyonu’nun (DEYK) programını kabul eden devrimci parti ve örgütler olarak, 8 Mart 2019'da, Uluslararası Emekçi Kadınlar Günü'nde, farklı baskılar altında yaşayan, sömürülen, direnen, isyan eden ve tüm dünyada küresel kapitalizm tarafından yaratılan erkek egemenliğine ve barbarlığa karşı mücadele eden tüm kadınları selamlıyoruz. Kadınlar özgürleşmeden insanlığın evrensel olarak özgürleşmesi, dünya sosyalizmi olmaz!
¡Nosotros, los partidos revolucionarios y organizaciones basadas en el programa de la Coordinadora por la Refundación de la Cuarta Internacional (CRCI), en este 8 de Marzo de 2019, Día Internacional de la Mujer Trabajadora, saludamos a todas las miles de oprimidas, explotadas, resistentes y rebeldes mujeres que por todo el mundo luchan contra la dominación patriarcal y el barbarismo generado por el capitalismo global!¡Sin la emancipación de las mujeres no hay emancipación humana internacional ni Socialismo mundial!
We, the revolutionary parties and organizations based on the program of the Coordinating Committee for the Refoundation of the Fourth International (CRFI), in this International Working Women’s Day on March 8, 2019, salute all the multiply oppressed, exploited, resisting and rebelling women all over the world fighting against male domination and barbarism generated by global capitalism! Without women emancipation there is no universal human emancipation, world Socialism!
Venezuela logró detener la arremetida paramilitar realizada principalmente a través de la frontera con Colombia, así como en la frontera con Brasil, comandada por el Departamento de Estado de los EEUU, sus ayudantes los presidentes lacayos latinoamericanos y su títere Guaidó.
Lo primero a destacar es que el golpe de Estado sigue en proceso, fracasó la provocación del intento del 23F, por ahora, pero sigue en pie como prioridad derrotar al golpe y continuar enfrentando toda posibilidad de invasión militar.
El recule momentáneo del plan dirigido por el grupo de Lima se debió a su falta de apoyo, no se sublevó ningún sector del país como ellos esperaban, hubo concentraciones de oposición a la asquerosa intervención gringa, se dieron movilizaciones y demostraciones de repudio en casi todo el mundo contra la invasión, el otro punto crucial fue la cohesión del ejército venezolano que continuó siendo garante del gobierno de Maduro, calcularon mal.
Es necesario derrotar al golpe de Estado
Ассоциация марксистских объединений (сокращенно: АМО) была создана в 2005 г. по инициативе Первого секретаря ЦК РКП-КПСС Алексея Алексеевича Пригарина. Инициатива была тотчас поддержана Российской партией коммунистов (РПК) и рядом общественных и политических активистов, придерживавшихся марксистских взглядов, являвшихся членами РКП-КПСС и РПК, а также входивших и не входивших в другие левые политические партии и объединения. Замысел создания АМО заключался в объединении тех идейных и политических оппонентов режимов, возникших в России и других государствах, бывших республиках СССР, в бывших социалистических странах Центральной и Восточной Европы после контрреволюционных переворотов 1989-1991 гг., которые не отказались от своих убеждений, не опустили рук и не прекратили борьбы за воссоздание действительно обновленного, современного социализма. При этом они исходили из того, что возрождение подлинного социализма и восстановление СССР невозможно без развития подлинного марксизма и превращения его в действительно революционное руководство к действию.
Association of Marxist Communities (abbreviation in Russian: AMO) was established in 2005 at the initiative of the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Russian Communist Party - the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (abbreviation: RCP-CPSU) Alexey Alekseyevich Prigarin. The initiative was immediately supported by the Russian Communist Party (abbreviation: RCP) and a number of the public and political activists adhering to Marxist views, being members of the RCP-CPSU and RCP and also of some other left-wing political parties and associations as well as not being members of any organization. The idea of establishment of AMO consisted in the integration of certain ideological and political opponents of the regimes that arose in Russia and other states, either former republics of the USSR or members of the former communist block of Central and Eastern Europe after the counter-revolutionary coups of 1989-1991. These were people who did not renege on their beliefs, did not lay down arms and did not stop the fight for the reconstruction of a really updated, modern socialism. At the same time they recognized that the revival of original socialism and the restoration of the...
В заполненном до отказа театре Бейоглу Сес в Стамбуле 10 февраля 2019 состоялась прошедшая в атмосфере энтузиазма конференция под названием «Столетие Коммунистического Интернационала: от Коминтерна к Всемирной партии Будущего», организованная вебсетью RedMedи Балканским социалистическим центром «Христиан Раковский» совместно с DIP(Революционной рабочей партией Турции). Конференция собрала вместе социалистов из Аргентины, Греции, России, Франции, Болгарии, Сербии, Азербайджана, Македонии, Финляндии, Ирана и, разумеется, Турции. Перед самым открытием конференции её посетили рабочие компаний HTSolarи Cargill.
The conference titled “Centenary of the Communist International: From the Comintern to the World Party of the Future”, organized by the web network RedMed and the Christian Rakovsky Balkan Socialist Center and hosted by DIP (Revolutionary Workers Party),was held with a crowd filling Beyoglu Ses theater in an enthusiastic atmosphere. The conference brought together socialists from Argentina, Greece, Russia, France, Bulgaria, Serbia, Azerbaijan, Macedonia, Finland, Iran, and of course Turkey. HT Solar and Cargill workers left their marks at the very beginning of the conference.
The conference titled “Centenary of the Communist International: From the Comintern to the World Party of the Future”, organized by the web network RedMed and the Christian Rakovsky Balkan Socialist Center and hosted by DIP (Revolutionary Workers Party),was held with a crowd filling Beyoglu Ses theater in an enthusiastic atmosphere. The conference brought together socialists from Argentina, Greece, Russia, France, Bulgaria, Serbia, Azerbaijan, Macedonia, Finland, Iran, and of course Turkey. HT Solar and Cargill workers left their marks at the very beginning of the conference.
On 1st March, some hundreds of people started to march immediately after leaving the mosque in the wake of the Friday prayer, chanting against the candidacy of the incumbent president of the republic Aziz Bouteflika for a fifth time after 20 years in power, and in the wink of an eye were joined by thousands and later tens of thousands. The marches and protests continued on Saturday and Sunday, swelling to hundreds of thousands of demonstrators, according to the reports on international bourgeois mainstream media. Sunday even saw a demonstration late into the night. Considering that it is forbidden to demonstrate in the capital Algiers at all times (elsewhere, apparently, it is only permitted on Wednesdays) and that no night time rallies have been held in that city for at least two decades, the size of the movement is phenomenal.
The popular insurgency in Sudan has now completed a full two months. The people of Sudan have been demonstrating on the streets of the country since 19 December 2018 to demand from the despot Omar al Bashir “tasqut bas” (“Just fall” or “Fall, that is all” as sometimes translated). More importantly, the demonstrations have turned from a popular rebellion that protested economic catastrophe and political brutality into a full-blown revolution that threatens the very foundations of the despotic Islamist dictatorship of al Bashir, who came to power three decades ago, in 1989. Not only has there been a gradual gathering of forces on the part of the movement that is fighting to bring down al Bashir, but growing fissures in the ruling bloc are showing that the regime is trying to preserve itself through dire measures that may even sacrifice the dictator al Bashir himself in order safeguard the interests of the socio-economic bloc that has been benefiting from the regime.
Tüm dünyadaki işçi sınıfı partilerini ve hareketlerini, sosyalistleri ve anti-emperyalistleri, Venezuela'daki emperyalist darbe girişimine karşı birleşmeye, Venezuela halkıyla dayanışma örgütlemeye ve Venezuela’nın işçilerinin krize karşı sınıf tabanlı bir çözüme ulaşmalarında yardımcı olmak için uluslararası düzeyde mücadele vermeye çağırıyoruz. Emperyalizmin yenilgisi, kitlelerin emperyalist komploya karşı seferber edilmesinin yanı sıra ülkelerimizdeki emperyalistlere ve onların işbirlikçilerine mümkün olduğunca fazla darbe indirmekten ve Latin Amerika’nın sosyalist birliğinden geçiyor.
Chiediamo a tutti i partiti e movimenti dei lavoratori, socialisti e anti-imperialisti del mondo di unirsi contro il tentato colpo di stato imperialista in Venezuela, di organizzare la solidarietà con il popolo venezuelano e di condurre una lotta internazionale per aiutare i lavoratori venezuelani a raggiungere una soluzione di classe alla crisi. Superare l'imperialismo significa mobilitare le masse contro la trama imperialista, infliggendo quanti più colpi possibili agli imperialisti e ai loro scagnozzi nei nostri paesi e per l'unità socialista dell'America Latina.
Llamamos a todos los partidos y movimientos de los trabajadores, socialistas y anti-imperialistas del mundo a unirse contra el intento de golpe imperialista en Venezuela, a organizar la solidaridad con el pueblo venezolano y dar un combate internacional para ayudar a los trabajadores venezolanos a llegar a una solución de clase a la crisis. Vencer al imperialismo pasa por la movilización de masas contra el complot imperialista, por asestar tantos golpes como sea posible a los imperialistas y sus secuaces en nuestros países y por la unidad socialista de América Latina.
Венесуэла сталкивается с попыткой путча, провоцируемого империализмом. Заговорщики уделяют мало внимания тому, чтобы скрывать его под демократической маской, конституционным требованием своей марионетки Гуайдо и «всеобщим избирательным правом». Этот путч поддерживается реакционными правительствами, в том числе и в Латинской Америке, в особенности фашистским знаменосцем Трампа на Юге: Болсонару. Мы, партии и организации, подписывающие эту декларацию, заявляем, что мы категорически против этой попытки путча, чтобы свергнуть Мадуро и правительство Венесуэлы!
We call all the working-class parties and movements, socialists and anti-imperialists around the world to unite against the imperialist coup attempt in Venezuela, organize solidarity with the Venezuelan people and give an international fight to help Venezuelan workers in reaching a class-based solution to the crisis. Defeating imperialism passes from mobilization of masses against the imperialist plot, from dealing as many blows as possible to the imperialists and their collaborators in our countries as well as from the socialist unity of Latin America.
The conference titled “Centenary of the Communist International: From the Comintern to the World Party of the Future”, organized by the web network RedMed and the Christian Rakovsky Balkan Socialist Center and hosted by DIP (Revolutionary Workers Party),was held with a crowd filling Beyoglu Ses theater in an enthusiastic atmosphere. The conference brought together socialists from Argentina, Greece, Russia, France, Bulgaria, Serbia, Azerbaijan, Macedonia, Finland, Iran, and of course Turkey. HT Solar and Cargill workers left their marks at the very beginning of the conference.
La seguente è una dichiarazione politica proveniente dal Venezuela sul tentativo di colpo di Stato istigato dall'imperialismo e sulla minaccia di una guerra civile nel paese. La dichiarazione è stata scritta e ci è stata inviata da Opción Obrera (Opzione operaia, n.d.r.), gruppo marxista rivoluzionario, sezione venezuelana del CRQI. La Plataforma Revolucionaria de Lucha - Aragua (Piattaforma rivoluzionaria di lotta - Aragua), gruppo locale di militanti rivoluzionari in lotta nello Stato di Aragua nel Venezuela, ha condiviso la dichiarazione e aderito alle rivendicazioni contenute in essa.
When the First World War broke out in 1914, the parties of the Second International adopted a reactionary attitude, each supporting their country’s bourgeoisie. This annihilated the founding purpose of the International, which was built on the basis of common interests of international working class. Only five years later, in 1919, the Third International, the Communist International (in abbreviated form the Comintern), was established in Moscow between the 2nd and 6th of March. It was established with the enthusiasm the October Revolution stirred, the first victorious revolution in history to establish a lasting proletarian power, as a beacon of hope for the whole working class of the world.
This is a political statement coming from inside Venezuela on the coup attempt instigated by imperialism and the threat of a civil war in the country. The statement has been sent to us by Opción Obrera, a revolutionary Marrxist grouping that is a sister organisation to the DIP and EEK, the parties behind RedMed. The Plataforma Revolucionaria de Lucha – Aragua (Revolutionary Platform of Struggle – Aragua) is a local group of revolutionary militants struggling in the State of Aragua in federal Venezuela. Opción Obrera is affiliated with this group and is in political agreement with the statement itself. This statement was earlier published on our web site in Spanish. This is the English translation of that text made by the authors of the document.
Venezuela is not a commodity
Let's avoid a bloody civil war
Este artículo es el editorial publicado en el número 113 del febrero 2019 del periódico Gerçek, órgano central del DIP (Partido revolucionario de los trabajadores de Turquía).
En Venezuela, el imperialismo estadounidense está tratando de derrocar a Maduro con un golpe de estado. Estados Unidos no solo dirige a su marioneta Guaidó detrás de la escena, sino que amenaza abiertamente a Venezuela con una agresión militar. El objetivo no es solo sobre Venezuela, sino doblegar en América Latina, toda resistencia al imperialismo. La amenaza americana previene a Cuba y a algunos otros países. La característica común de estos países es que son una espina para el imperialismo en América Latina, que los considera su patio trasero. Las flores artificiales del patio trasero de los Estados Unidos son los líderes reaccionarios y colaboracionistas de Colombia, Argentina, Perú y Paraguay y sobre todo Bolsonaro en Brasil que representa una tendencia fascista.
This article is the Editorial of issue No. 113, dated February 2019, of the newspaper Gerçek -the central organ of DIP (Revolutionary Workers’ Party, Turkey).
In Venezuela, US imperialism is trying to overthrow Maduro by a coup. The USA has not only played the puppet Guaidó, who declared himself president, behind the scenes, but also threatened Venezuela with a military attack. The aim is to force anyone who resists imperialism to capitulate not only in Venezuela, but in all of Latin America. A few countries, Cuba in the first place, have their share of the American threat. The common characteristic of these countries is that they are thorns for imperialism in Latin America, which the USA considers as a backyard. The artificial flowers of the USA's backyard are the reactionary and imperialist collaborator leaders of Colombia, Argentina, Peru, Paraguay and especially the fascist-leaning Bolsonaro of Brazil.
Venezuela’da ABD emperyalizmi bir darbe ile Maduro’yu devirmeye çalışıyor. ABD, kendini başkan ilan eden Guaidóisimli kuklayı sahne arkasından oynatmakla kalmıyor, Venezuela’yı açıkça askeri saldırıyla tehdit ediyor. Amaç sadece Venezuela’da değil tüm Latin Amerika’da emperyalizme karşı direnç gösteren herkesi teslim almak. Amerikan tehdidinden öncelikle Küba ve ardından bazı başka ülkeler de nasibini almakta. Bu ülkelerin ortak özelliği ABD’nin, arka bahçesi olarak gördüğü Latin Amerika’da emperyalizm için birer diken olmaları. ABD’nin arka bahçesinin yapma çiçekleri ise başta Brezilya’nın faşist eğilimli Bolsonaro olmak üzere Kolombiya’nın, Arjantin’in, Peru’nun, Paraguay’ın gerici ve emperyalist işbirlikçisi liderleri.
This is a political statement coming from inside Venezuela on the coup attempt instigated by imperialism and the threat of a civil war in the country. The statement has been sent to us by Opción Obrera, a revolutionary Marrxist grouping that is a sister organisation to the DIP and EEK, the parties behind RedMed. The Plataforma Revolucionaria de Lucha – Aragua (Revolutionary Platform of Struggle – Aragua) is a local group of revolutionary militants struggling in the State of Aragua in federal Venezuela. Opción Obrera is affiliated with this group and is in political agreement with the statement itself.
Apart from reserving all our criticism towards Maduro and his party, we support Maduro’s decision to cut all ties with the USA calling US diplomats to leave the country. Turkey’s government seems to support Maduro by word, because Venezuela processes close to one billion dollars’ worth of its gold in Turkey, so because of economic interests. We are at a point where words fail and actions gain value. The only meaningful support to Latin America from our region will be Turkey leaving NATO and closing all the US military bases starting with Incirlik.
This is the second of two articles on the “yellow vests” movement and the world situation. The first article (“The ‘Yellow Vests’: La République en marche arrière”) was published yesterday.
2018 was a year of inflection.
A bolt out of the blue?
It is interesting that the uprising of the gilets jaunes is almost exclusively discussed within the French context. Of course, the fallout in other countries is mentioned from time to time, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Lebanon, most importantly Tunisia, where the vests have changed their colour into red. In Turkey the “yellow vests” are very popular within the working class and a true source of fear in government circles.
Questo è il primo di due articoli che trattano del movimento dei gilet gialli in Francia e movimenti simili in tutto il mondo dal punto di vista di un generale inquadramento mondiale del fenomeno.
This is the first instalment of two articles taking up the “Yellow Vests” movement in France and similar movements around the world and situating these in a general characterisation of the world conjuncture. The second article will be published on the first day of the new year.