Demonstrators protesting Spain's housing and rental crisis, on Madrid's Puerta del Sol with the protest encampment visible in the background (2 October 2026)

Spain’s housing crisis explodes

María del Vigo and Miriam Bue detail how the eviction of Maricarmen in Madrid triggered housing protests and snap elections in Spain.
Hundreds of young students marching through Saint-Denis outside Paris to demand more resources and decent educational conditions (1 October 2026)

France’s students in revolt

Will French students protesting austerity ignite a wider social movement ahead of the 2027 presidential campaign? William Bouchardon takes a look.
October 7 Israeli tank Palestine flag

On violence in fighting occupation: The case of Palestine

Gilbert Achcar addresses Palestinian liberation strategies and the role of violence in anti-occupation struggles.
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Vote for Québec solidaire to block the right and open horizons

Bernard Rioux explains the importance of the social left voting for Québec solidaire despite the limits of its electoral program.

Big Tech, AI and digital liberation

Resistance to the AI offensive is clearly needed. Marty Hart-Landsberg contends it will have to be a resistance with muscle developed through strong organising and alliance building.

Fighting the manosphere

Ayesha Ahmad argues the manosphere is not simply the product of social media algorithms, but the digital expression of a much older political system — patriarchy — combined with the social breakdown produced by capitalism.
Pax Silica signing

Pax Silica: A plan for peace or preparations for war?

Is Pax Silica an innocuous agreement for economic cooperation or an instrument of domination? To understand what it is meant to accomplish, Nicholas considers the context from which it emerges.
On the campaign trail with PSOL's Sâmia Bomfim. | Photo by Rebeca Meyer, ASCOM Sâmia Bomfim

Showdown in Brazil

Brazil’s presidential election this year pits the far right against a broad coalition led by Lula and including the Workers Party and PSOL, the party of the socialist left. Pedro Fuentes and Peter B look at what to expect.
Amazon workers

We’ll take those odds

Sam Gindin on the contemporary crisis of legitimacy, the importance of revitalizing organized labor, and the generation-defining project of organizing Amazon.
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A socialist roadmap for Malaysia

Jeyakumar Devaraj shares the Parti Sosialis Malaysia’s analysis of the Malaysian situation and the challenges facing the left.
Jeyakumar Devaraj

Malaysia: Class, inequality and the left’s transitional program

Jeyakumar Devaraj argues that Malaysia has been economically recolonised and the answer lies in a 20–30 year transitional program, built from the ground up and on the mass line model, which focuses on regional South-South solidarity.
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China: A new prison of nations

Au Loong-Yu critiques China's 2026 “Ethnic Unity Law,” which instead of acknowledging and redressing injustices, continues to uphold the party line of denying communities’ right to self-determination.