
CPI(ML) Liberation: The Call of April 22, 2025
CPI(ML) Liberation — With the fascist offensive intensifying, the battle for democracy calls for greater unity, strength and determination. As revolutionary communists, we must play a vanguard role in this battle.

Capitalism and authoritarianism in Maduro’s Venezuela
Gabriel Hetland — Maduro’s authoritarianism has garnered significant attention, but there has been less notice of the transformation in Maduro’s class base.

Ecuador enters ‘Trump mode’ with Noboa victory
Ociel Alí López — Authoritarian drift and political blackmail shape the runoff election in Ecuador, where incumbent President Daniel Noboa won Sunday’s vote.

Ecuador: How militarization and fear politics secured the right’s victory
Augusto Barrera Guarderas, Franklin Ramírez Gallegos and Pablo Ospina Peralta give their opinions on Ecuador's elections and what the results portend for the country's political future and the fate of democracy.

Michael Pröbsting — While Foster and Ness make correct criticisms of left-wing authors who ignore imperialist superexploitation of semicolonial countries, both fail to understand the essence of the Marxist theory of imperialism.

Can China challenge the US empire?
Sean Kenji Starrs — It is important to look beyond the headlines at structural power, namely security, finance, production and knowledge, to get a more accurate view of China’s potential and limitations as a global power.

Oppose the Trump‑Putin axis, oppose European rearmament
Anti*Capitalist Resistance — We reject imperialist rearmament and instead argue for a new internationalism of the people.

Ukraine and the Trump-Putin axis of reaction
Christopher Ford — Ukraine’s fight for freedom is intrinsically linked to the global battle against reactionary forces.

‘The green transition is a myth’: Adam Hanieh on the ongoing centrality of oil to capitalism
Adam Hanieh — We cannot understand the Gaza genocide today, or the crucial place of the Middle East in US geopolitical ambitions, without centering the ongoing centrality of oil to capitalism.

From bad to worse: The new political setting and challenges for the Canadian left
Socialist Project — The growing threat of the right must be addressed. But this must not come at the expense of dissolving socialist politics into coalitions whose strategies have been responsible for the growth of hard-right forces in the first place.

Dmitry Pozhidaev — Trump’s tariffs are less a blueprint for industrial renewal than a prelude to a new techno-nationalist order organised around capital control, technological dominance and regional economic blocs.

Dmitrii Kovalev explains who are the Left for Peace without Annexations and their stance towards the key questions facing Russian anti-war activists.