Mass Protests and Strikes Force Resignation of Kazakhstan Government

2022 has only started and already mass protests have forced the resignation of a government. Protests against price rises which started on January 1 in Mangystau, West Kazakhstan rapidly spread across the country with demonstrations now reported in Zhanaozen, Aktau, Aktobe, Taraz, Chimkent, Karaganda, Uralsk and the capital Astana, now renamed Nur-Sultan. Overnight, following a […]

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2021: Age of Disorder, Year 2

Danny Byrne is a member of ISA’s International Executive. From beginning to end, 2021 was a year of perfect storm for world capitalism. This rotten and decadent system has rarely, if ever before, faced such deep simultaneous crises on so many fronts. It has never been more over-ripe for replacement, and the 2020s are only […]

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