Russian military cadets in Saint Petersburg on April 23.

Capital, power and war: The crisis of Russia’s peripheral accumulation regime

Dmitry Pozhidaev — Russia’s war in Ukraine is not simply a geopolitical miscalculation or ideological excess, but a structurally embedded feature of its capitalist accumulation regime.
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Anti-imperialism and Maduro’s Venezuela: Myths and facts

Dante Espinoza takes a look at the available data on Venezuela’s economy and communes to see how well claims the Maduro government is progressive and anti-imperialist stack up.
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The Islamic Republic of Iran, anti-imperialism and the left

Araz Bağban — In their desire to push back imperialism, some leftists ignore everything else, including the right of 90 million Iranians to determine their own destiny.
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Marx’s critique of political economy: The logic of the commodity

Jason Devine provides an overview of the intellectual roots of Marx’s approach and explains the dialectical logic of his analysis of the commodity.
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Neofascism, imperialism, war and revolution in the Middle East

Gilbert Achcar — US imperialism is far from dead. Instead, what we have is a mutation of US imperialism, which began not with Trump, but with Biden and the war in Gaza.
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The mirage of a Palestinian state

Gilbert Achcar — Countries recognizing a hypothetical “State of Palestine” is symbolically positive. But under present conditions, it can't be more than a renewed version of the vast prison the Zionist state confines Palestinian people in.
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Ukraine between empire and revolution: Lev Yurkevych’s anti-colonial Marxism

Lev Yurkevych ‘Ukraine and the War’ is the earliest concise Marxist analysis of the Ukrainian question to be presented to international socialists.
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Ukraine is the new Ireland

Vladimir Plotnikov — Supporting Ukraine does not mean supporting NATO. It means being on the side of the oppressed people against the oppressor.
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The wheels are falling off the system

Dave Holmes — Instead of an all-out emergency mobilisation to deal with global warming, NATO countries are boosting military spending.
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Socialist Workers Thailand: Ceasefire now! The people say no to war with Cambodia!

Socialist Worker Thailand — We call on everyone who stands for justice and peace across Thailand, Cambodia, and the ASEAN community to unite behind the call: Ceasefire now!
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Trump–Marcos Jr deal: A blow to the Philippines’ trade and economy, a sell-out to US economic and military interests

Sonny Melencio — The recent tariff and military deals signed between Marcos Jr and Trump represent a major setback for the Philippines’ economy and sovereignty.

Defying Putin’s 21st century gulag: How anti-war activists are using court to oppose Russia’s war on Ukraine

Simon Pirani — With militarism and authoritarianism on the rise, the anti-war protests in Russia have international significance.