Frightful Hobgoblins round-up
While this blog has been quiet over the last six months or so, the Frightful Hobgoblins collective has been active, meeting weekly and writing for a range of publications. In future, we will be making a blogpost whenever one of us releases an article, but in the meantime, here is a selective chronological digest of articles, reviews and interviews published by participants in recent months.
“Lockdown politics: A response to Panagiotis Sotiris” by Gareth Dale https://www.historicalmaterialism.org/blog/lockdown-politics-response-to-panagiotis-sotiris
“Contercast: The rise of Welsh independence?” by SC Cook https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37si9htiT9g
“The anti-colonial revolt was key to Lenin’s vision of revolution” by Barnaby Raine https://jacobinmag.com/2021/03/lenin-imperialism-anti-colonialism-empire
“The Tories want to build a British state for the post-Brexit era, who will stop them?” by SC Cook https://www.voice.wales/the-tories-want-to-build-a-british-state-for-the-post-brexit-era-who-will-stop-them-sc-cook/
“We can’t rely on the police to defend women” by JS Titus https://www.voice.wales/we-cant-rely-on-the-police-to-defend-women-js-titus/
“We will not be silenced” by JS Titus & Maev McDaid http://www.rebelnews.ie/2021/03/16/we-will-not-be-silenced-report-from-sarah-everard-vigil/
“The #PoliceCrackdownBill and the fight ahead” by Jonas Marvin https://salvage.zone/articles/the-policecrackdownbill-and-the-fight-ahead/
“In defence of the mob” by Richard Linsert https://www.rs21.org.uk/2021/03/22/in-defence-of-the-mob/
“Define, divide and rule: The race report shows the state is not interested in racial liberation” by Annie Olaloku-Teriba https://novaramedia.com/2021/04/01/define-divide-and-rule-the-race-report-shows-the-state-is-not-interested-in-racial-liberation/
“Karl Polanyi’s Great Transformation and the countermovement to capitalism” by Gareth Dale https://www.jacobinmag.com/2021/04/karl-polanyi-the-great-transformation-neoliberalism-countermovement-capitalism
“Jewophobia now” by Barnaby Raine https://salvage.zone/articles/jewophobia-now/
“Derek Chauvin’s conviction won’t make Black Lives Matter” by Annie Olaloku-Teriba https://novaramedia.com/2021/04/22/derek-chauvins-conviction-wont-make-black-lives-matter/
“Revolutionary Reflections: Antisemitism and the Russian Revolution” by Neil Rogall https://www.rs21.org.uk/2021/05/07/revolutionary-reflections-antisemitism-and-the-russian-revolution/
“Palestine: never give up the struggle” by Anindya Bhattacharyya https://www.rs21.org.uk/2021/05/11/palestine-never-give-up-the-struggle/
“Total solidarity with Palestine is the only anti-racist position” by Barnaby Raine https://novaramedia.com/2021/05/13/total-solidarity-with-palestine-is-the-only-anti-racist-position
“The Left won’t win the 2020s by clinging to the corpse of the Labour Party” by Jonas Marvin https://novaramedia.com/2021/05/24/the-left-wont-win-the-2020s-by-clinging-to-the-corpse-of-the-labour-party/
“Marx, the Paris commune & socialism’s two souls: what liberation are we fighting for?” by Gareth Dale https://www.voice.wales/marx-the-paris-commune-socialisms-two-souls-what-liberation-are-we-fighting-for-gareth-dale-2/