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Iran: Currency shock, budget politics and class conflict

Siyavash Shahabi explores the roots of Iran’s crisis and the currents that make up the recent wave of resistance.
People gather to protest on January 8, 2026, in Tehran, Iran. Anonymous/Getty Images

Governing crisis: Sanctions, austerity and social unrest in Iran

Ida Nikou — Recent protests triggered by currency collapse and price shocks expose how sanctions have reconfigured state power, enabling austerity and insider accumulation rather than relief.
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Resisting the monstrous trifecta of war, genocide and ecocide

Markela Panegyres — The only force capable of making meaningful cracks in the imperialist and capitalist armour is a mass movement of international ecosocialism.
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Iran in revolt: Neoliberalization, sanctions, repression

Kayhan Valadbaygi — Deep political-economic transformations are causing recurrent waves of unrest, with no long-term solution in sight.
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Rasti Delizo (Solidarity of Filipino Workers): ‘US imperialism has been accelerating its attempts to impede China’s strategic rise’

Rasti Delizo looks at what underpins US-China tensions and the dangers posed for the Asia-Pacific region.
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Venezuela: Epitaph for a revolution?

Luís Bonilla-Molina — The question everyone has asked is: could the January 3 imperialist attack on Venezuela spark a revolutionary response? Subsequent events have shattered that illusion.
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The end of pretenses: Trump’s assault on Venezuela

Anderson Bean — Trump’s attack on Venezuela should be understood as a stab at “hegemonic crisis management.”
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Venezuela’s oil in the grip of US empire

Adam Hanieh on the US kidnapping of Maduro and its consequences for the geopolitical landscape.
"The gallery of the revolution" at a bar in the 23 de Enero neighborhood of Caracas. Left to right: Fidel Castro, Simón Bolívar, Jesus Christ, Hugo Chávez, Che Guevara, Salvador Allende, Néstor Kirchner. (Eneas De Troya / CC BY 2.0)

The global meaning of the US attack on Venezuela

William I Robinson — Beyond the seizure of Venezuela’s oil and mineral resources, the January 3 invasion is inscribed within the epochal crisis of global capitalism.
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(Statements): Solidarity with Iranian protesters!

Statements in solidarity with Iranian protesters from Socialist Alliance (Australia), Partido Lakas ng Masa (The Philippines) and Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation.
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The new doctrine of US international policy under Trump: Neo-fascism at the helm of the world’s leading military power

Éric Toussaint analyses Trump’s National Security Strategy document, placing it in its historical, economic and ideological context.
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Venezuela: The final word

Reinaldo Iturriza López — As calls for restoring our violated sovereignty multiply, we should take the time to understand the silence of those with whom sovereignty resides.

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