Student protesters in Paris, October 6, 2026 (image via Wikimedia).

Students shut down French high schools in the face of class and racial oppression

Beginning in the banlieues, France’s student revolt has become national in scope, taking on economic and racial oppression as well as police brutality, writes Kevin B Anderson.
French student protest October 2026

Student uprising in France: An interview with Basile Copin from La France Insoumise Youth

Basile Copin discusses France’s student uprising, which beyond demands relating to education, has started to take a stand against neoliberal and far-right policies.
Alberto Garzon, a few years ago, waving to President Sánchez in Congress

A manual for how the left can fail to agree

Alberto Garzón looks at why parties that share 90% of a programme still can’t share a ticket, and why the problem starts with all of us.
Trump Shield of the Americas

Trumpism and Latin America’s new right governments

While the far right surge can be seen as a response to the earlier leftward turn in Latin America, it also represents a genuine turning point, writes Eduardo Lucita.
Lula election rally

Brazil: Defeat neofascism in the runoff! Mobilize and vote for Lula!

The first round of Brazil's election was a victory for the far right. MES/PSOL argue for an unrelenting struggle to turn the result around, re-elect Lula and prevent neofascism from coming to power.
Donald and Delcy

Delcy Rodríguez is bending over backward to accommodate Washington

Steve Ellner argues that under Delcy Rodríguez, Chavismo has abandoned its defining feature: defense of national sovereignty.
Stand with Ukraine protest

Russia’s bloody shift from subimperialism to new old imperialism

Simon Pirani reviews a new book that analyses 21st century Russian imperialism through a Marxist framework.
police repression India

The Indian state wages war on its citizens

Modi's government has clamped down on a democratic rights protest in New Delhi with tens of thousands of arrests. Kunal Chattopadhyay looks at how people are fighting back.
Priama Diia

‘People, not generals, win wars’: Independent student organising in Ukraine

Dzvinka and Aistra discuss Priama Diia’s (Direct Action) powerful example of organising for social and economic justice in wartime Ukraine.
Human Rights in the Digital Age

Protecting democracy in an increasingly digital world

Lizzie O’Shea argues that Big Tech and states are seeking to crush democracy, but there are clear opportunities for our side to land a counterpunch.
Michael Löwy

Brazil: Lula and the race for a turnaround

Michael Löwy warns that democracy is at risk in Brazil and that, despite his contradictions, Lula is the only option to stop the “suicide train” of fascism.
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.