Colonial freedom Archives - John Riddell https://johnriddell.com/category/movements-and-struggles/colonial-freedom/ MARXIST ESSAYS AND COMMENTARY Sun, 03 Apr 2022 14:21:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.10 https://i0.wp.com/johnriddell.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/cropped-John-Riddell-Icon-Final-1.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Colonial freedom Archives - John Riddell https://johnriddell.com/category/movements-and-struggles/colonial-freedom/ 32 32 22825446 Debates in the Second International https://johnriddell.com/2022/04/03/debates-in-the-second-international/ https://johnriddell.com/2022/04/03/debates-in-the-second-international/#comments Sun, 03 Apr 2022 14:00:24 +0000 https://johnriddell.com/?p=7714 The following is an edited version of a talk given at the Online Communist Forum, based in London UK, on 27 March 2022. In it Mike Taber discusses a new book he is preparing, to be published by Haymarket Books. By Mike Taber: Thanks for the invitation to speak at the Online Communist Forum. Some […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2022/04/03/debates-in-the-second-international/feed/ 4 7714 Zhang Tailei: ‘Thunderstorm’ of China’s Revolution https://johnriddell.com/2022/01/03/zhang-tailei-thunderstorm-of-chinas-revolution/ https://johnriddell.com/2022/01/03/zhang-tailei-thunderstorm-of-chinas-revolution/#respond Mon, 03 Jan 2022 15:20:26 +0000 https://johnriddell.com/?p=7600 The following short biography of an early Chinese Communist was first published in Friends of Socialist China with the following introduction. In this paper, presented at the Fifteenth Forum of the World Association for Political Economy (WAPE), held 18-19 December 2021 at the Shanghai International Studies University and online, John Riddell introduces the life of […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2022/01/03/zhang-tailei-thunderstorm-of-chinas-revolution/feed/ 0 7600 Pan-Africanism and Communism: An Interview with Hakim Adi https://johnriddell.com/2021/04/19/pan-africanism-and-communism-an-interview-with-hakim-adi/ https://johnriddell.com/2021/04/19/pan-africanism-and-communism-an-interview-with-hakim-adi/#comments Mon, 19 Apr 2021 16:16:05 +0000 https://johnriddell.com/?p=6864 The following interview of Hakim Adi by Selim Nadi first appeared in Salvage.Zone on March 2, 2018, and is reposted by permission. Hakim Adi is known globally as a historian and exponent of African liberation. He is author of the book “Pan-Africanism and Communism” (Africa World Press). Subheads have been added by the blog editor. […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2021/04/19/pan-africanism-and-communism-an-interview-with-hakim-adi/feed/ 5 6864 National-Revolutionary Movements and the Comintern https://johnriddell.com/2020/12/16/national-revolutionary-movements-and-the-comintern/ https://johnriddell.com/2020/12/16/national-revolutionary-movements-and-the-comintern/#respond Wed, 16 Dec 2020 20:53:58 +0000 https://johnriddell.com/?p=6447 The Congress of the Toilers of the Far East (1922) Alliance of Adversaries: The Congress of the Toilers of the Far East, edited by John Sexton. Historical Materialism Book Series (Brill, 2018; Haymarket Books, 2019). 369 pages. $28.00 in paperback (currently available from Haymarket at the special price of $16.80 at: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1388-alliance-of-adversaries.) Book review by […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2020/12/16/national-revolutionary-movements-and-the-comintern/feed/ 0 6447 The Baku Congress of 1920 Sounded the Call for the End of Empire https://johnriddell.com/2020/09/30/the-baku-congress-of-1920-sounded-the-call-for-the-end-of-empire/ https://johnriddell.com/2020/09/30/the-baku-congress-of-1920-sounded-the-call-for-the-end-of-empire/#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2020 17:06:44 +0000 https://johnriddell.com/?p=6167 The following centennial appreciation of the September 1920 Baku Congress of the Peoples of the East first appeared in Jacobin, and is reprinted with permission. By John Riddell: A century ago this month, the new Soviet government summoned anti-colonial revolutionaries from across Asia to a gathering in Baku. The Baku Congress proved to be a […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2020/09/30/the-baku-congress-of-1920-sounded-the-call-for-the-end-of-empire/feed/ 2 6167 Settler Colonialism in Canada: A Brief Outline https://johnriddell.com/2020/08/18/settler-colonialism-in-canada-a-brief-outline/ https://johnriddell.com/2020/08/18/settler-colonialism-in-canada-a-brief-outline/#respond Wed, 19 Aug 2020 01:26:32 +0000 http://johnriddell.com/?p=5986 Genocidal Apartheid and Anti-Colonial Resistance Presentation to a Socialist Action (Canada) panel discussion, August 6, 2020. The other speakers were Peter Kulchyski, professor of Native studies, University of Manitoba and Maria Paez Victor of the Circulo bolivariano Louis Riel. By John Riddell: Half a century ago, I helped in publication of Richard Fidler’s pamphlet Red […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2020/08/18/settler-colonialism-in-canada-a-brief-outline/feed/ 0 5986 Remembering the Martyrs of Deir Yassin 1948-2020 https://johnriddell.com/2020/05/02/remembering-the-martyrs-of-deir-yassin-1948-2020/ https://johnriddell.com/2020/05/02/remembering-the-martyrs-of-deir-yassin-1948-2020/#comments Sat, 02 May 2020 13:18:25 +0000 http://johnriddell.com/?p=5714 In 1948, Zionist terrorists in Palestine attacked and destroyed the village of Deir Yassin, located on the western outskirts of Jerusalem. The Toronto chapter of Independent Jewish Voices asked me to commemorate this event through the following brief report to its meeting of April 30. Here is my report, posted with permission of IJV. — […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2020/05/02/remembering-the-martyrs-of-deir-yassin-1948-2020/feed/ 3 5714 The Deep Roots of Canadian Imperialism in the West Indies https://johnriddell.com/2020/03/31/the-deep-roots-of-canadian-imperialism-in-the-west-indies/ https://johnriddell.com/2020/03/31/the-deep-roots-of-canadian-imperialism-in-the-west-indies/#respond Tue, 31 Mar 2020 19:50:56 +0000 http://johnriddell.com/?p=5611 Part 2 of ‘1970 Black Power Upsurge in Trinidad: A Commemoration’ Fifty years ago, in February-April 1970, the spark of Black student militancy in Montreal set off a mass popular upsurge in Trinidad and Tobago. It was the coming of age of the Black Power Movement in the Caribbean. During the weeks that followed, I […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2020/03/31/the-deep-roots-of-canadian-imperialism-in-the-west-indies/feed/ 0 5611 India’s Kashmir Crackdown Poses Risk of War https://johnriddell.com/2019/08/09/indias-kashmir-crackdown-poses-risk-of-war/ https://johnriddell.com/2019/08/09/indias-kashmir-crackdown-poses-risk-of-war/#comments Fri, 09 Aug 2019 17:29:48 +0000 http://johnriddell.com/?p=5468 By John Riddell: On August 5, India’s Hindu nationalist government unilaterally revoked the autonomy of the state of Jammu and Kashmir, while flooding the region with troops, imposing a curfew, and shutting down all communications. The state is to be broken in two, with the eastern portion (Ladakh) under direct rule by New Delhi. The government […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2019/08/09/indias-kashmir-crackdown-poses-risk-of-war/feed/ 8 5468 Voices for Colonial Freedom, 1917-24 https://johnriddell.com/2019/06/26/voices-for-colonial-freedom-1917-24/ https://johnriddell.com/2019/06/26/voices-for-colonial-freedom-1917-24/#comments Wed, 26 Jun 2019 23:53:27 +0000 http://johnriddell.com/?p=5375 ‘Liberate the Colonies’, published by LeftWord Books, New Delhi By John Riddell New Delhi-based publisher LeftWord Books has opened new paths for socialist historical understanding by publishing Liberate the Colonies, a collection of speeches and resolutions from the early colonial liberation movement (1917-1924). Liberate the Colonies innovates in Communist historical publishing in three ways: Contributions […]

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