Transform Issue 10
Transform, a Journal of the Radical Left, has published its tenth issue.
International Politics
Summitry and the new cold war
Imperialism’s interest in overturning the rule of the CPC in China, under the euphemistic rubric of “security”, “democratic values” and “rules based order”, was codified in the week of summitry comprising the meetings of the G7, NATO and the Biden-Putin summit.
Progressive International Summit for Vaccine Internationalism – 18 to 21 June
The Progressive International (PI) are hosting a virtual summit (18 to 21 June) – of government ministers, opposition leaders, vaccine manufacturers, healthcare workers and public policymakers to speed up the production, distribution, and delivery of Covid-19 vaccines to the world.
The global pandemic and the international class struggle
The central aim for the ruling classes of the main imperialist powers in the current crisis is not simply that public health cannot be the priority, but the crisis itself must be used as an opportunity to increase the rate of exploitation.
Socialist Cuba’s success in combatting the coronavirus
Whilst daily deaths and new coronavirus cases are rapidly rising across Latin America, Cuba has managed to reduce them down to very low numbers. Cuba’s socialist government has mobilised society to fight against the virus on the island and sent specialist health workers to other countries. Cuba is now in a position to gradually reduce its lockdown measures.
Important new developments in the international Marxist movement
A number of recent events highlight important new initiatives in the international Marxist movement which are undoubtedly connected to recent international political developments.