Emre Öngün — It is necessary to understand the context behind Imamoğlu's arrest and the PKK peace process, two seemingly contradictory dynamics, to grasp the potentials and pitfalls Turkey's democratic movement faces.

William Jefferies — James Doughney’s attempted refutation of Karl Marx’s law of the tendency of the rate of profit to fall is thoughtful and thorough, but ultimately wrong.

Jonathan Strauss considers the scope and significance of the theory of the labour aristocracy and its application by Engels to understanding the politics of the English working class.

Dan Evans — Workers have structural power, as the strike wave of 2022 demonstrated. But the working class remains weak and fragmented, and its politics are increasingly chaotic. What is to be done?

Vince Montes asks: Why are many people looking past the homicide of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson and focusing more on Luigi Mangione as a kind of hero?

Phil Hearse — The idea fascists can be defeated by being “no platformed“ has shown its limitations. A socialist and green political alternative that can have an impact at the level of the masses is needed.

Lance Selfa — Even if Trump tends to see U.S. foreign policy as little more than an extension of his reality TV persona, the changes that his administration are initiating are momentous.

Sam Gindin — Whatever Trump’s inclinations, without an ability to deliver on his economic promises and an escape route from the tariff chaos, Trump’s problems will deepen.

Baba Aye — Working-class people and youths of Nigeria have waged struggles of great significance over the last twenty-five years.

Youngsu Won — South Korea has survived Yoon’s self-coup and the subsequent wave of extreme right-wing violence, demonstrating once again the importance of people’s power in defending and consolidating the country’s present-day democracy.

Michael Roberts explains the recent raft of tariffs announced by US President Donald Trump, how they fit into his broader project to reassert US global hegemony, and what a left response could look like.   

Will Shoki — Africa today stands at a crossroads, caught between internal crises, shifting global power dynamics, and the slow unraveling of the post-liberation political order.