The most global and perhaps deepest capitalist crisis ever is likely to bring significant changes to the way the system operates. Will this mean though a qualitative change in the economic policy of the ruling classes? After roughly 40 years of neoliberalism, are we witnessing the demise of this policy framework and a return to more Keynesian-like or other kind of state interventionist policies? Or will the neoliberal framework adapt in order to accommodate, in some countries more than in others, for increased forms of state intervention and perhaps also a more authoritarian political model? These are key questions that socialists worldwide need to grapple with
The “neoliberalism debate” was the first major debate inside the ISA and it started in May 2020. It was not the first time that differences emerged in the ISA, but it was the first time the differences became open to the whole membership. Differences had already been raised and expressed in the course of the founding Congress of the ISA in January 2020. We will return to these with new posts later on
We now need to take the next step. A mass movement needs to be launched through the cooperation and united action of feminist organisations, the LGBTQI+ community, the Left and all those who wish to fight against gender oppression and violence. This movement should demand the tightening of the legal framework on abuse as well as rape and femicide and the creation and financing of support structures for victims of gender-based violence. Such a movement will not allow basic rights such as abortion to be questioned, as has been systematically happening in the recent period. Such a movement should also engage in a long-term battle against patriarchy as a whole and the capitalist system that fosters and nurtures it
The ISA leadership produced a statement, on 27.06.2021, reproduced below, responding to the disaffiliation of the sections in Greece, Turkey and Cyprus, referring also to the departure of the majority of the membership in the section in the Spanish state. The statement does not surprise us in pretending that everything is perfect in the ISA and that the minority is departing because it has no confidence in its ideas
