Torkil Lauesenâlong-time anti-imperialist, former bankrobber, and author of The Principal Contradiction and The Global Perspective: Reflections on Imperialism and Resistance (both of which are on sale this month at LeftWingBooks.net!)âwas on the Manifestering podcast recently to talk about his new book, Riding the Wave: Swedenâs Integration into the Imperialist World …
“In general, the Scandinavian countries did not have the necessary military power and administrative capacity to establish and operate their own colonies. They had to ride the wave of the great colonial powers in order to enjoy the benefits offered by imperialism. There was no difference, however, between the Scandinavian countries …
[Torkil Lauesen is a former member of the so-called Blekingegade Group, a communist cell of anti-imperialist bankrobbers, and the author of The Global Perspective: Reflections on Imperialism and Resistance (2018) and The Principal Contradiction (2020). This post is mirrored from anti-imperialist.net.] New Year status 2021 In last yearâs status, I …
Bromma is the author of Exodus and Reconstruction: Working-Class Women at the Heart of Globalization, The Worker Elite: Notes on the “Labor Aristocracy”, and a contributor to Full Body Scan: Imperialism Today and Ctrl-Alt-Delete: An Antifascist Report on the Alternative Right. More of his writings on kersplebedeb.com are available here. …
Review of the book: Lauesen T. (2018) The Global Perspective. Reflections on Imperialism and Resistance, Montreal: Kersplebedeb. Torkil Lauesen’s book The Global Perspective. Reflections on Imperialism and Resistance is written from a perspective that can be described as Third Worldist Marxism. For its author, such views are not just theoretical …
For those of you who don’t know, Treyf is one of the best podcasts out there — “A debatably Jewish podcast. Recorded at CKUT in Montreal (on occupied Kanien’kehĂĄ:ka territory), in the shadow of the cross of secularism, Sam Bick and David Zinman reflect on the political discussions that are …
We are entering a dramatic period in history. Capitalism is in decline. The collapse of the system will be characterized by intense and sometimes chaotic economic and political fluctuations. The next economic crisis might be triggered by Brexit, Italy’s economic crises, or a trade war between the US and China. …
Dear Bromma Thanks for the review and comments. It is rewarding to receive reflective feedback on your work. I was hoping for this kind of discussion. The idea of my book is to present a holistic âstewâ of history, political economy, politics, and strategy â âall from a certain political …
The transformation to a neo-colonial world has only begun, but it promises to be as drastic, as disorienting a change as was the original european colonial conquest of the human race. Capitalism is again ripping apart and restructuring the world, and nothing will be the same. Not race, not nation, …
Released by PM Press in collaboration with Kersplebedeb in 2014, Turning Money into Rebellion: The Unlikely Story of Denmarkâs Revolutionary Bank Robbers recalls the exploits of the so-called Blekingegade Gang, a group of Marxist revolutionaries who, during the 1970s and â80s, robbed cash-in-transit trucks, warehouses, and post offices around Copenhagen …