Dave Kellaway examines the outcome of the European elections, while Johanna Bussemer writes that strong showings in several countries will ensure a left presence in Brussels, but internal contradictions are bigger than ever.
Ian Angus’s ‘The War Against the Commons’: A vital new history of the bloody rise of capitalism
Steve Leigh — Ian Angus's excellent new book covers the violent transition from feudalism to capitalism, demonstrating its relevance to the modern world.
Trumpism, fascism, and political realities in the United States
Paul Le Blanc — Donald Trump represents a kind of politics that has powerfully transformed political realities in the United States, a kind of politics labeled by some as Trumpism.
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation —Democracy in India received a powerful and much-needed shot in the arm in the 2024 elections.
PLM believes that the path towards a rapid, equitable, and just transition to renewable energy cannot be found in the false solutions promoted by domestic and foreign capitalists from the fossil fuels industry.
Socialist Party of Malaysia: Hulu Jelai rare earth mine project needs scrutiny
Socialist Party of Malaysia Bureau of Environment and Climate Crisis — The lives and livelihood of the Semai Orang Asli Community in Pos Lanai, Kuala Lipis, Pahang are in danger, once again.
Ia Eradze, Giorgi Kartvelishvili, Luka Nakhutsrishvili, Tamar Qeburia, and Lela Rekhviashvili answer questions about the roots, nature, and trajectory of the country’s social movements and the future of Georgia.
Ukraine: A people’s peace, not an imperial peace
Joint declaration by ecosocialist, anarchist, feminist, environmental organisations, and groups in solidarity with the Ukrainian resistance and for a self-determined social and ecological reconstruction of Ukraine
Gilbert Achcar: Truce in Gaza and the dilemmas faced by Netanyahu and Hamas
Gilbert Achcar — News related to the genocidal war in the Gaza Strip have been overshadowed by the truce project that Biden attributed to “Israel” without specifying which Israeli governing body had approved it.
The Lok Sabha election results are a mandate against Modi's dictatorship, and is a victory for democracy and Constitution, said CPI(ML) Liberation's General Secretary Comrade Dipankar.
Global elections: Hard right reaches for power
Phil Hearse — Left-wing mirth at the Tories’ farcical election launch should be tempered by the likely vote for far-right Reform UK and the determination of the Labour leadership to crush the last remnants of Corbynism.
A generational challenge: Taming Amazon, renewing labour
Sam Gindin — The Amazon organizing model poses three tests for labour and the left.