Britain: Thousands mobilise to face down fascist rioters
Phil Hearse — Thousands of anti-fascists mobilised to face down fascist groups threatening immigration lawyers and mosques in cities across Britain on August 7.
Economic hardship sparks nationwide protest in Nigeria
Baba Aye — Tens of thousands of people have trooped out on the streets across Nigeria in nationwide #EndBadGovernance protests against hardship and hunger, since 1 August.
Ilan Pappé — In the case of Palestine, violence is the ideology and praxis of the Israeli settler state, not the existential struggle of the colonised Palestinian people.
Gilbert Achcar: US president Joe Biden’s crime against humanity
Gilbert Achcar — There is no doubt that the court of history will include Joe Biden's name prominently on the list of perpetrators of crimes against humanity.
After Hasina’s resignation, the struggle over the power vacuum continues in Bangladesh
Badrul Alam — Prime minister Sheikh Hasina used all the tools of repression at her disposal against the people to retain power, but was defeated in the end.
Anti*Capitalist Resistance (England & Cymru/Wales): Solidarity and unity now
Anti*Capitalist Resistance statement on far-right violence sweeping Britain and Northern Ireland
Daria Saburova — In April-May 2024, tens of thousands of Georgians took to the streets to protest against the new "Law on Transparency of Foreign Influence," which was finally passed by the parliament on May 28th, overturning the presidential veto.
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation: Statement on the developments in Bangladesh
CPI(ML) Liberation — We congratulate the democracy-loving people of Bangladesh at this hour of victorious assertion.
Jess Spear (RISE, Ireland): Capitalism kills — The case for ecosocialism
Jess Spear — We need to place an understanding of the ecological crisis at the centre of what we are doing. We are not just ecosocialists when we are campaigning about the environment and socialists the rest of the time.
United States: The (undemocratic) Democratic Party machine lurches toward the election
Sharon Smith — Kamala Harris’ rhetoric has tended to be more progressive than Biden’s, but Biden’s policies are very likely to be Harris’ policies in a future presidency because Harris has never strayed far from them, whatever language she has used.
Max Elbaum — The mood among opponents of MAGA has shifted dramatically. But the electoral map hasn’t changed, and the Gaza genocide continues. What does this mean for progressives and the socialist Left?
Lenin’s contributions to political economy
Raju J Das — Vladimir Lenin made many valuable contributions to Marxist political economy.