Showing posts with label Protests. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Protests. Show all posts

Monday, October 19, 2026

When protests serve the West, they are "revolutions". When they challenge it, they are "violent riots"

By Nikos Mottas

The Western ruling classes have developed a remarkable ability to distinguish between a “revolution” and a “violent riot". The criteria have little to do with the demands of the demonstrators or the methods of their struggle. 

What matters is whose power is threatened, whose interests are served and whether the existing capitalist order is being challenged or strengthened. After all, democracy has never been independent of class interests.