Singapore The People's Manifesto

Singapore’s grassroots groups launch ‘The People’s Manifesto’ (plus full text of manifesto)

Adi R discusses “The People’s Manifesto”, which was publicly launched at a 250-strong “Town Hall” meeting in Singapore on August 3.
Hong Kong protest

Charting a new course for Hong Kong’s struggle

Yuet Zi — Five years have passed since Hong Kong’s mass movement of 2019. Despite the regime’s repression and white terror, the embers of resistance still smoulder in the hearts of every Hongkonger, unquenchable.
Venezuela elections protests

Venezuela’s presidential elections: Attempted coup or fraud? An interview with Reinaldo Iturriza

Reinaldo Iturriza looks at the competing — and inadequate — narratives surrounding Venezuela’s July 28 presidential election.
protest tally sheets Venezuela

What happened in Venezuela’s presidential elections? An interview with human rights activist Antonio Plessmann (Surgentes)

Antonio González Plessmann breaks down the country’s July 28 presidential election and its fallout from an anti-capitalist perspective.
Embrace in Desolation The Heart of Gaza Calls

The neck and the sword: An interview with Rashid Khalidi by Tariq Ali

Rashid Khalidi and Tariq Ali discuss the history of the Palestinian national movement, its fraught entanglement with Arab regimes, Israel’s grip on the Biden administration and the strategic calculations of Hamas.
Putin and Netanyahu

BRICS and Israel’s ongoing energy supplies

Michael Karadjis — Some of the states that have been most critical of Israel’s actions are also the ones who supply the majority of its oil and coal.
Chavez mural Caracas

Venezuela’s diverse lefts need internationalist solidarity

Yoletty Bracho — Amid the polarized conflict between the government and opposition, critical leftist voices struggle to advance their own political demands.
Venezuela fraud protests

Venezuela's presidential elections and the left: Debating democracy, anti-imperialism and sovereignty

Ana Cristina Carvalhaes & Luís Bonilla-Molina — Unlike what had happened for the past 25 years with Venezuela's elections, the presidential vote on July 28 split the broad Latin American left from top to bottom.
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Venezuela: Not losing sight of imperialism

Ricardo Vaz discusses the "big picture" of imperialist attacks against Venezuela and international solidarity.
Spectre lord of the rings

Tolkien’s deplorable cultus: Right-wing hobbit enthusiasts and the urgency of Marxist criticism in fantasy

Robert T Tally Jr — While some Marxists may look upon this scene with bemusement, fantasy as a mode and a genre is far too important to allow the right-wingers to take for themselves, and that includes the works of Tolkien.
BMP Philippines

The BMP’s resolute struggle for socialism in the Philippines

Rasti Delizo — The enduring struggle for the socialist transformation of the Philippines resolutely marches onward in the early half of the 21st century.
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Bangladesh: The ‘Global South’ debt crisis intensifies

Michael Roberts — The overthrow of the Sheikh Hasina’s dictatorial government in Bangladesh is a startling outcome of the economic nightmare that many so-called developing economies are experiencing.