[English] – On June 17, 2025, Spectre Journal published this article by Ralf Ruckus: What Everyone on the Left Should Know about Taiwan (at the Minimum). It was announced as "a historical primer for leftists interested in a critique of Taiwan’s capitalism and the nationalist claims coming from both sides of the Taiwan Strait."
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[Deutsch] – Ralf Ruckus präsentierte am 1. Februar 2025 eine neue und überarbeitete Version des Vortrags "Taiwan von links (verstehen)". Ort war das Ostpassagetheater in Leipzig, Veranstalterin war der Podcast-Kanal Neues China, wo auch der Audio-Mitschnitt erschienen ist.
[Deutsch] – Am 11. Dezember 2024 veröffentlichte der Podcast-Kanal Neues China ein Interview mit Ralf Ruckus zu Linken in Taiwan.
[Deutsch] – Ralf Ruckus spricht im Rahmen einer Veranstaltung mit Sven Hansen von der taz über die Geschichte von Kolonialismus und Kapitalismus in Taiwan, das dortige rassistische Migrationsregime, die geopolitische Auseinandersetzung um die Insel sowie Perspektiven der Linken. Die Aufnahme entstand am 22. Oktober 2024 und ist auf Youtube anzusehen.
[中文] – 这是对《通向资本主义的共产主义道路》一书内容的采访。该采访发表在《底观中国。批判分析与草根运动》一书中。
[English] – On August 16, 2023, Made in China Journal published this conversation between Chris Connery and Ralf Ruckus on the latter's book The Left in China. A Political Cartography. The two talk about the strikes in the 1950s, social confrontations during the Cultural Revolution, the New Left and other leftwing groups and debates in China since, the necessity to define what is leftwing, and the problems of using the term "revolutionary". See "The Left in China: A Conversation with Ralf Ruckus" as a blog-text or as a PDF.
[English] – Interview with Ralf Ruckus on the book The Communist Road to Capitalism. How Social Unrest and Containment Have Pushed China’s (R)evolution since 1949 (Oakland: PM Press, 2021). Kevin Lin conducted the interview on June 12, 2021 as part of webinar series "China and the Left". The interview transcription was published in the book China from Below. Critical Analysis & Grassroots Activism (2023).
[Deutsch] – Interview mit Ralf Ruckus zum Buch The Communist Road to Capitalism. How Social Unrest and Containment Have Pushed China’s (R)evolution since 1949 (Oakland: PM Press, 2021). Das Interview führte Kevin Lin im Rahmen der Webinar-Serie "China and the Left". Die Interview-Abschrift erschien im Buch China von unten. Kritische Analyse & Soziale Kämpfe (2023).
[Italiano] – Podcast di Gabriele Battaglia e Marco Magnano de Il cielo sopra Pechino con l'autore Ralf Ruckus sul libro The Left in China. A Political Cartography (La sinistra in Cina. Una cartografia politica): Sinistra Cina (17 Giugno 2023).
[English] – Gongchao just published the book China from Below. Critical Analysis & Grassroots Activism edited by Ralf Ruckus, Daniel Reineke, Jule Pfeffer, and Kevin Lin. The book contributions cover key issues necessary for “rethinking” China in the 21st century, including China’s feminist movement, tech worker organizing, environmental politics, state repression in Xinjiang, the Left in Taiwan, right-wing factions in Hong Kong, Chinese investments and labor struggles in Indonesia, and reevaluations of China’s history since 1949 and the contested reform process. The book-PDF can be downloaded at https://www.gongchao.org/en/china-from-below.
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