Cold homes kill protest

British Labour’s winter fuel allowance: Ecosocialism versus ageism, austerity and poverty

Liz Lawrence explores the direction of the Labour government and what remains of the Labour Left. She also discusses pensioners’ poverty and resistance, and how ecosocialists should respond.
Bangladesh protests

Bangladesh navigates a turbulent transition, awaits a new equilibrium after ouster of Awami League rule

Progressive and left voices in Bangladesh give their views on the recent mass upsurge and assessment and expectations of the interim administration in place.
Ammar Ali Jan

Ammar Ali Jan (People’s Rights Party, HKP): ‘You have to embed yourself in the movement of history’

Ammar Ali Jan discusses the challenges of building a new workers’ party in Pakistan — and the Haqooq-e-Khalq Party's recent victories for Lahore’s most vulnerable workers.
Feuerback and Marx

1843-1844: Marx’s Feuerbachian phase

Jason Devine — If Marx did not break with idealism thanks to Feuerbach, then the following questions arise: did Feuerbach actually influence Marx, and, if so, how?
walking past poster of Maduro

The end of Venezuela’s Bolivarian process? An interview with community activist Gerardo Rojas

Gerardo Rojas discusses the July 28 presidential election, the current state of community organising in the country and why we might be witnessing the Maduro government’s final break with the Bolivarian process.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán arrives at a European Council meeting in Brussels, 27 June 2024.

From “Returning to Europe” to “Occupying Brussels”

Áron Rossman-Kiss — The EU was crucial to Viktor Orbán’s rise — now, he wants to remake it in his own image.
AfD leaders

Germany: Darker turn

Loren Balhorn — For the first time since the defeat of the Third Reich, a far-right party has won a state-wide election, indicating a profound level of alienation vis-à-vis the political establishment among a wide swathe of the electorate.
Dubai

Rivals in the service of empire: Abu Dhabi, Qatar and the United States

Gilbert Achcar — The two emirates’ sharp contrast in foreign policy strategy is, in fact, a boon for Washington’s policy in the extended Middle East.
Lebanese woman

Israel, not Iran or Hezbollah, wants a wider war

Joseph Daher — Having failed to defeat Hamas, Israel has doubled down, provoking a wider war with Iran and Hezbollah.
Netanyahu Gaza map

Hypocrisy: The conflict between Zionist hawks and vultures in Israel

Gilbert Achcar — What is the conflict within the Zionist power elite about? Do not believe that it is a conflict between hawks and doves as the Western media portrays it.
Farooq Tariq

Farooq Tariq (People’s Rights Party): ‘It’s crucial to fight the far right in Pakistan and the region’

An interview with Farooq Tariq on the political situation in Pakistan, Bangladesh and India.
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat

India's RSS and the global far-right: Expanding links, growing ambition

Dipankar Bhattacharya — As the RSS readies for its centenary in 2025, we will see more attempts to sell itself as a global role model and India as the ideological destination for 'National Conservatives' from around the world.