Russia

Russia in global competition: How capitalism stifles democracy in Russia (and everywhere else)

Jase Short — Moscow is not in conflict with the imperial powers of the West because it represents an alternative, but because it wants to play the game, too.
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Western capital, warmonger Putin and the climate policy disaster

In the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the West has imposed a series of sanctions on Russia. These sanctions, writes Simon Pirani, have had a significant impact on the global economy, and they have also raised concerns about the potential for a climate policy disaster.
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People's Democratic Party (HDP) and Green Left Party's joint declaration regarding Turkey's election results

HDP co-chairs Pervin Buldan & Mithat Sancar and Green Left Party co-spokespersons Çiğdem Kılıçgün Uçar & İbrahim Akın held a press conference at the HDP Headquarters in Ankara to share their views on the outcomes of the May 14 elections.
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Indian labour lawyer Clifton D’Rozario to speak at Ecosocialism 2023

Clifton D’Rozario will visit Australia to address the Ecosocialism 2023 conference over July 1–2 in Naarm/Melbourne.

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Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation: Karnataka, the gateway to South India, rejects BJP!

Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation (CPIML) — We congratulate the people of Karnataka for delivering a decisive defeat to the anti-people and divisive BJP
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Farooq Tariq (Pakistan): Imran Khan arrested, what next?

Farooq Tariq — The situation in Pakistan is highly unstable and volatile, with political and economic crises intensifying and exacerbating each other.
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Inter-imperialist rivalry and the specter of de-dollarization: On the decline of the US Dollar since the start of the Ukraine War

Michael Pröbsting — Many economists are discussing the question of which currency will replace the dollar or, more concretely, if China’s yuan could become the new leading currency. As we recently discussed elsewhere, this question is misleading.
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‘Putin's regime is not subject to evolution’: An interview with Russian socialist Ilya Budraitskis

Ilya Budraitskis explains the left’s vision of decentralized governance and why Russia’s Communist Party must exit together with Putin.
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Kazakhstan: Interview with Zhanar Sekerbayeva

Russian Federation's Feminist Anti-War Resistance speaks with Zhanar Sekerbayeva, a feminist, human rights defender, LGBTIQ+ activist and co-founder of the “Feminita” Kazakhstan Feminist Initiative
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Ecosocialism 2023 to discuss costs of new arms race

Peter Boyle — The ecological and social impacts of a new surge in global military spending will one of the discussions at the Ecosocialism 2023 conference in Naarm/Melbourne on July 1–2.
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Completing Marx’s Project: An Interview with Michael A. Lebowitz

In this interview with Mark Fischer, Michael A. Lebowitz, the author of 'Beyond Capital: Marx’s Political Economy of the Working Class', argues that 'Capital', taken alone, is one-sided, given Marx’s intention to also write a book on wage-labor. 
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Malaysia: Class struggle in the face of environmental disasters

Huei Ting and Audrey Chan — Major floods and other environmental disasters are a call for greater class consciousness and better national policies to mitigate the devastating effects of extreme weather due to climate change.