Working class support for One Nation (Part II): In defence of the explanation
Lisbeth Latham looks at criticisms of the labour aristocracy thesis, arguing that they rest on analytical errors worth examining carefully as they illuminate why the left struggles to explain working class support for One Nation.
Working class support for One Nation (Part I): Towards an honest explanation
Lisbeth Latham argues the surge in support for One Nation has forced a question the Australian left has avoided answering honestly: why do some workers support a politics that appears to cut against their own material interests?
Brazil: First International Anti-Fascist Conference organises against the far right
Jonathan Strauss & Clive Tillman — The first International Anti-Fascist Conference for the Sovereignty of Peoples, held in Porto Alegre, was an important step forward in organising the struggle against the far right across the Americas and internationally.
Eric Toussaint — The Porto Alegre anti-fascist and anti-imperialist conference marked a significant moment of internationalist renewal in a global context characterised by the far right’s rise and the proliferation of conflicts.
Pakistan: How a regional warmonger came to host US-Iran peace talks
Farooq Sulehria — Pakistan may seek to play the role of peacemaker globally but regionally it acts as a warmonger.
Cuba’s dilemma: Reform and overcome the crisis or collapse
Carlos Alzugaray Treto — Cuba must find the road toward its own reforms. Otherwise, Cubans run the risk of an unacceptable setback that we do not deserve after so much sacrifice.
Eduardo Sánchez discusses the recent economic measures announced by Venezuela’s Acting President Delcy Rodríguez and the rising protest movement for decent wages and pensions.
The Bolivarian hypothesis: An interview with PSUV deputy Roy Daza
Roy Daza analyses the Bolivarian revolution’s trajectory, the economic, financial, and military pressures to which the country has been subjected, and how domestic policymaking has tried to cope with them.
Hungary: Orbán defeated — An autopsy of sixteen years of illiberalism
Adam Novak analyses the structural dynamics of the Orbán regime and assesses the effects of his defeat on Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and European far-right parties.
Joint declaration: South Asia stands with Cuba against the blockade!
We, the undersigned Communist, workers’, and left-wing parties of South Asia, issue this collective call in firm and unwavering solidarity with the government and people of Cuba.
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation — For defenders of democracy and the Constitution, the Assembly elections must be taken up as an anti-fascist platform of political mobilisation.
Three principles of ecosocialist politics
Kai Heron present three indispensable principles of ecosocialism.