In recent days, Italian sociologist and activist Dr. Dario Azzellini, one of the signatories of an international open letter drawing attention to the regime of absolute incommunicado detention imposed on Abdullah Öcalan and the struggle for the "right to hope," argued that the practice constitutes not only a legal violation but also a deliberate socio-political mechanism.

Colombia’s energy unions view the transition as an opportunity for structural change. Their central objectives are reindustrialization aimed at achieving energy and food sovereignty and water justice. In line with this egalitarian, collective, and territorially grounded model of development, unions – especially those in the coal sector – are promoting worker cooperatives in renewable energy, technology, and agriculture. In his contribution to the “Deep Democracy” series, Dario Azzellini explores the intertwining of energy democratization and the development of an alternative economy.

"Colombia elected a new Congress on 8 March 2026. The elections for the members of the Senate and the House of Representatives were considered an indicator for the upcoming presidential elections taking place on 31 May 2026, particularly regarding the chances of the candidate Iván Cepeda winning the presidency and ensuring continuity of the policies of the leftist government under Gustavo Petro.

Rojava ve Kürtlere dönük son saldırılar, yeni bir uluslararası komplonun devrede olduğunu gösteriyor. Küresel kapitalizmin Ortadoğu’daki vekil güçleri olan DAİŞ, El Kaide, El-Nusra ve HTŞ vb. örgütler ve statükocu devletler, halkların özgürlük mücadelesine ve umuduna karşı yeniden harekete geçti. Paris'te ABD-Türkiye-İsrail-HTŞ arasında yapılan anlaşma sonrası başlayan soykırım saldırısının sahadaki organizasyonunu ise Türk devleti yapıyor.

The latest attacks against Rojava and the Kurds indicate that a new international conspiracy is underway. Organizations such as ISIS, al-Qaeda, al-Nusra, and HTS—proxy forces of global capitalism in the Middle East—along with status-quo states, have once again mobilized against the peoples’ struggle for freedom and hope. The on-the-ground organization of the genocidal attack that began after the agreement reached in Paris between the United States, Turkey, Israel, and HTS is being carried out by the Turkish state.

Napad SAD-a na Venecuelu i otmica predsednika Nikolasa Madura, prema politikologu Dariju Aceliniju, ne predstavljaju samo kršenje međunarodnog prava već njegov potpuni kraj. U intervjuu za Mašinu, Acelini objašnjava zašto ovaj događaj vidi kao simptom „umiruće imperije“, ali i kao uvod u novu, opasnu fazu globalnih sukoba.

Selbstverwaltete Betriebe als Chance? Die Schwierigkeiten der Arbeiterkontrolle

von Dario Azzellini*, in: express 8/2025

Dario Azzellini, Marcelo Vieta:
»Commoning Labour and Democracy at Work. When Workers Take Over«,
Routledge 2025, ISBN: 9780367442224, 328 Seiten, 175 Euro
(eine günstige Taschenbuchausgabe erscheint in Kürze).

We document these notes from a recent discussion event. We appreciate that the international discussion about transition is widening and becoming more concrete. When it comes to the recuperated factories in Argentina it would be good to sharpen the political criteria. Which factories are still engaged in a wider political movement for a general social transformation and why?

• Siyaset bilimci ve akademisyen Dario Azzellini, alternatif bir sosyalist model olarak ortaya çıkan Demokratik Konfederalizmin, ulus devletin ırkçı ayrıcalıklı etnik yapı oluşturma ayrışımın önüne geçeceğine dikkat çekiyor. 
• Dario Azzellini: “Savaşın hüküm sürdüğü çok etnikli, çok dilli ve çok dinli bir bölgede Demokratik Konfederalizm modeli, alternatif bir toplumsal örgütlenme modeli olmanın ötesinde, kalıcı bir
  

Podcast: Why the music industry won’t be “Uberized” with Charles Umney and Dario Azzellini. Centre for Employment Relations, Innovation and Change, University of Leeds, June 2022, 16:48 min

Dr Charles Umney and Dr Dario Azzellini discuss the limits to the platform economy, and why many occupations are unlikely to be ‘Uberized’, using the live music industry as an example.