New Cold War

“New McCarthyism” Petition Illustrates Western Leftists’ Failure of Internationalism

Brian Hioe
A recent expose in the New York Times on tech multimillionaire Roy Singham, who funds various tankie media outlets, organizations, and institutions such as the Tricontinental Institute, Code Pink, and the People’s Forum in New York City, has led to a petition on the Tricontinental Institute and Code Pink’s websites lashing out against the “new McCarthyism.” This petition was signed by anyone from David Harvey to Radhika Desai, Chris Hedges, and luminaries of the Brooklyn left such as Doug Henwood and The Nation president Bhaskar Sunkara...
August 2023EnglishInternationalLaborRegional TensionsSocial Movements10 min read

“Anti-War Working Group” Reproduces US-Centrism of Western Left, Fails to Consider Multipolar World

Brian Hioe
A recent press conference held by a number of senior left-wing scholars, calling for an “anti-war” stance for Taiwan, proved an exercise in not only naivete about China but profound US-centrism–that is, a preoccupation with the US and western powers and failure to see the world outside of a Euro-American framework...
EnglishInternationalMarch 2023Regional Tensions10 min read

Where Does Taiwan Stand Regarding the Ukraine Crisis?

Brian Hioe
Since a provocative speech by Russian president Vladimir Putin earlier this week, one has seen a number of comparisons between Ukraine and Taiwan circulating in the media. In Putin’s speech, he declared that he did not view Ukraine as qualifying to be a nation-state but as an entity that had been created by the Soviet Union, while also stating that Russia would on the other hand acknowledge separatist-controlled regions in Donetsk and Luhansk. It may not be surprising, then, that there have been comparisons made to Taiwan, or reflection upon how this affects Taiwan...
EnglishFebruary 2022InternationalRegional Tensions11 min read

Who Rules Asia?: An Interview with Noam Chomsky

Jenny Li
For New Bloom, Jenny Li interviewed Noam Chomsky on the responsibility of leftist intellectuals in time characterized by conflict between the US and China, as well as possible ways out of this dilemma for small nations such as Taiwan caught between great power competition. The original interview was conducted on June 25th, 2021 and the video of the interview was released on August 25th...
EnglishInterviewsSeptember 202117 min read

Who Rules Asia?: An Interview with Noam Chomsky | 誰在統治亞洲?：諾姆·喬姆斯基專訪

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李爰錚為破土專訪左派學者諾姆·喬姆斯基，內容談到亞太局勢，左派知識分子的責任，和美中衝突下台灣以及其他亞洲國家的出路。專訪時間為2021年6月25日。歡迎大家收看分享！ For New Bloom, Jenny Li interviewed Noam Chomsky on the responsibility of leftist intellectuals in time characterized by conflict between the US and China, as well as possible ways out of this dilemma for small nations such as Taiwan caught between great power competition. Check it out!...
August 2021EnglishInterviews中文0 min read