Gilbert Achcar — The nature of the attack carried out by the Israeli Air Force last Saturday is very significant for the near future.

Imran Kamyana — The new chaos emerging in the Middle East is not showing any signs of abating. Instead, it holds immense potential for further escalation, intensifying destruction and bloodshed.

Ayoola Babalola — Although the #EndBadGovernance protests attempted to address lingering questions from the #EndSARS era, the potential for the left to transform Nigeria’s political landscape remains a question.

Alex Batubo — The main claim by West African military juntas, when they took power in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, was that they would address the security issues in their countries. Instead have inflicted further attacks on human rights.

Paul Le Blanc — Those who share Lenin’s commitments have a responsibility to adapt his perspectives to what has unfolded over the past hundred years. In doing so, we must face a key aspect of Trumpism’s superiority as a global political force.

The Socialist Party of Malaysia stands in solidarity with Kokila Annamalai Parvathi, a concerned citizen of Singapore who is facing censorship for voicing out her conscience.

Dmitry Pozhidaev — Criticism of the UN has never been as harsh as it is today, with the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East exposing its perceived inability to address them.

Gilbert Achcar — Hezbollah is now facing the dilemma of its dual loyalty, in a way that affects its vital interests.

Oleksandr Kyselov — People should have a stake in the country’s future and respect for human dignity must be at the core of a society that asks its members to risk their lives for it.

Boris Kagarlitsky sent the following letter to the October 8 online conference “Boris Kagarlitsky and the Challenges of the Left Today”, to be read as part of the panel on the situation of the left in Russia.

In a new letter from prison, Boris Kagarlitsky discusses the global crisis of our time, ongoing wars, the economy and the collapse of the familiar world order in Western Europe, where the far right is gaining popularity.

Steve Ellner — A distinction needs to be made between critical support for the Pink Tide and the passive revolution analysis that gets translated into frontal opposition to those governments.