War, fascism and revolution: Boris Kagarlitsky on why Putin’s Russia invaded Ukraine
The following is a chapter from Russian anti-war Marxist Boris Kagarlitsky’s forthcoming book, “The Long Retreat: Strategies to Reverse the Decline of the Left”.
The Global South has become the focus of inter-imperialist rivalry
Michael Pröbsting — We have entered a historic period where several imperialist Great Powers are rivalling for hegemony. This development is accelerating global instability, wars and economic crisis.
Capitalism, climate change and workers’ health: Notes on a research agenda
Raju J Das — Building on Friedrich Engels, this article introduces the concept of “eco-social murder” to explore the ways in which the ecological character of capitalism is killing and harming workers.
Palestinians in Palestine and in exile are deeply grateful to the thousands of students who are building an unprecedented mass movement on US, European, Latin American, Australian and other campuses in solidarity with Palestinian liberation.
Red-Green Alliance candidate Frederikke Hellemann on the challenges facing the Danish Left in 2024.
The inexorable rise of the Belgian Workers’ Party
Nico Biver — Can Europe’s last insurgent left-wing force maintain its momentum after this super election year?
On the eve of the European Parliament elections, trade union activists in Kryvyi Rih appeal to candidates and remind politicians that it is wage earners who bear the brunt of the war against the aggressor.
Ukrainians and Palestinians are fighting occupation
Terrell Starr speaks with Rita Adel and Vladyslav Starodubtsev about why they feel it is important for Ukrainians to understand colonialism in other parts of the world.
Today’s global capitalism is sinking into unimaginable levels of barbarism. Nowhere is this barbarism more glaring than in Israel’s genocide in Gaza
Sharon Smith — There is nothing like a war to expose the brutality of imperialism, and a massive anti-imperialist movement has returned to U.S. campuses, after decades of absence.
Neal Meyer — It’s too soon to draw up a full balance sheet of the students’ encampments but one part of the story is clear: the fault lines in the Democratic Party’s coalition are growing bigger.
The Iran-Israel shadow war and its role in the broader Mideast conflict
Argiris Malapanis & Geoff Mirelowitz — Recent developments in the shadow war between Israel and Iran have shed light on Tehran’s “support” for the Palestinian liberation struggle.