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Why Australian governments support Israel — and why it is important to get that right

Arguments that the pro-Israel lobby has subordinated the Australian government to Israeli state interests are common. Lisbeth Latham explains why this is not just wrong but detrimental for building a pro-Palestine movement that can win.
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Brazil is prosecuting a union leader for Palestine solidarity

The conviction of veteran labor organizer Zé Maria signals a new phase in the legal weaponization of antisemitism, one aimed at disciplining militant currents in the labor movement, writes Blanca Missé.
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Asia-Pacific left statements: Reject latest pretext for war, US hands off Cuba

Statements opposing US indictment of Raúl Castro by Socialist Alliance (Australia), Socialist Party of Malaysia and Partido Lakas ng Masa (PLM, Party of the Labouring Masses, the Philippines).
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The hidden cost of the Cuban crisis

Originally conceived as a strategy for regime change — which has failed — the sanctions policy has successfully mutated into a form of collective punishment, writes La Joven Cuba editorial board.
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Lenin versus democracy: A reply to critics of ‘Goodbye to Lenin and Leninism’

Responding to his critics, Dan La Botz argues that Lenin’s decisions not only proved incapable of defending and advancing a democratic socialist revolution but contributed to the revolution’s failure.
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Against the tribunal left: DSA, moralism and the problem of socialist discipline

Fights inside the Democratic Socialists of America over “cancel culture,” “political correctness” and “call-out culture” are not side dramas. They are symptoms of a deeper organisational sickness, argues Anthony Teso.
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Trade unions, mass organisations and the left: From historical necessity to reassessment and renewal

The past decades have witnessed fundamental transformations in the way people think and organise, which the left cannot afford to ignore, writes Rezgar Akrawi.
Still Steadfast: Punishment and Perseverance in Singapore’s Movement Against Genocide

Still steadfast: Punishment and perseverance in Singapore’s movement against genocide

‘Still Steadfast’ examines the push-and-pull between pro-Palestine activists and authorities attempting to silence them. It is part of Transformative Justice Collective’s efforts to document the extent of authoritarian control in Singapore.
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Ernest Mandel, Ernesto Che Guevara and the debate over the transition to socialism in revolutionary Cuba

Eric Toussaint looks at the great public debate on the nature of the economy that occurred after the 1959 Cuban revolution, involving Ernesto Che Guevara, Alberto Mora, Ernest Mandel, and Charles Bettelheim.
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Cuba between the great powers

Zbigniew Marcin Kowalewski and Adrianna Nowak reconstruct the long Cuban struggle to preserve revolutionary autonomy within an unequal alliance with the Soviet Union.
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Hardening of US sanctions has fueled a sharp rise in Cuba’s infant mortality rate

The expansion of US sanctions against Cuba since 2017 have likely been the primary cause for a major rise in infant mortality in Cuba, writes Dan Beeton.
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Strikes and resurgent trade unionism in Chile: Interview with Domingo Pérez Valenzuela

Domingo Pérez Valenzuela discusses the resurgence of Chilean trade unionism, strengths and limitations of its strike model, and what lessons the country’s recent labour struggles offer for labour renewal internationally.