India: The challenge of opposition unity
CPI(ML) Liberation — If India has to be saved from lapsing into a full-scale electoral autocracy where the ruling BJP dreams of ruling for 50 years and subjecting multi-party democracy to a single-party straitjacket, a united and assertive political opposition is a must.
The idea of degrowth communism was Marx’s last breakthrough — and perhaps most important
Peter Boyle — While researching later volumes of 'Capital', Marx began to realize that it wouldn’t be enough to repurpose capitalist growth for human ends. Instead, to heal metabolic rifts in nature, a communist society would need to slow down and touch grass.
Sweden in NATO — And then what?
Jonas Sjöstedt — The Left is correct to oppose the military alliance, but must now stake out a position within it
Why sanctions? A conversation with Gregory Wilpert
Venezuela is the target of a brutal economic blockade. Gregory Wilpert helps us understand why.
Who wants to be Mussolini? Right-wing populism Russian-style
Boris Kagarlitsky — The repeated failures of the Russian army, combined with scandalous events such as the appearance of Ukrainian drones over elite suburbs of Moscow, have caused something akin to patriotic hysteria among supporters of the war.
The rise and fall (and rise and fall) of the Egyptian Left – Part 4
Phil Butland and Helena Zohdi interview Hossam el-Hamalawy about the history of the Egyptian Left.
AI, Marxism & productive forces
Michael Pröbsting — Many Marxists discuss the advantages and disadvantages of AI primarily from a technical point of view. Such an approach is the result of a theoretical wrong understanding of the relationship between productive forces and the relations of production.
Kohei Saito's 'Marx in the Anthropocene'
The joys and pitfalls of degrowth communism – Gus Woody reviews an important new book on ecosocialism.
Crisis, rivalry, and the fragmentation of global capitalism: Interview with Michael Roberts
Ashley Smith interviews Michael Roberts about the system’s seemingly intractable crisis, the looming threat of war between great powers, and the desperate need for international working-class solidarity against militarism.
The YPJ Information and Documentation Office has published a booklet to mark the 10th anniversary of the creation of the Women's Defense Units.
The rise and fall (and rise and fall) of the Egyptian Left – Part 3
Phil Butland and Helena Zohdi recently interviewed Hossam el-Hamalawy about the history of the Egyptian Left.
Clifton D' Rozario, a leader of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation, talks to Jacob Andrewartha about the rise of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and how the left is fighting back against his Indian brand of fascism.