The Middle East and fossil capitalism: Oil, militarism and the global order
Adam Hanieh — The struggle against fossil capitalism is inseparable from struggles for justice in the Middle East.
Would Marx approve this year’s Nobel?
Dmitry Pozhidaev — Innovation won the Economic Nobel this year. But would Karl Marx approve? Partly.
What a trip to Cuba meant for a US student in the 21st century
Samuel Barney — Cubans have taken a great stride towards human emancipation through their revolution. We in the US would do well to acknowledge that.
Where will France go? Interview with La France Insoumise
Walden Bello interviews various leaders of La France Insoumise.
Catherine Connolly wins: An historic victory for the Irish left
Paul Murphy — Catherine Connolly’s victory in the Presidential election is a watershed moment. It is the first time the left has won a majority of votes in a national election.
‘We rose like the phoenix from the ashes’: Interview with Die Linke’s Janis Ehling
Walden Bello interviews the man behind Die Linke’s come-from-behind victory in the February 2025 Bundestag elections.
Geopolitics isn’t killing global supply chains — it’s powering them
Benjamin Selwyn argues that geopolitical rivalries have stimulated the development of advanced technologies which in turn then have helped to shape global supply chains.
Nepal’s republic in crisis: After the streets erupted
Sushovan Dhar — Seventeen years after the palace’s fall, Nepal’s fragile republic faces another reckoning.
United States: Lessons from the 2006 general strike — A participant’s account
John Harris — The lesson we should draw from 2006 is that mass actions are the key element for turning back the offensive against migrants and working folk.
Morocco’s Gen Z and the regional volcano
Gilbert Achcar — The movement of the Moroccan youth is but the latest manifestation of the regional crisis revealed by the 2011 Arab Spring.
Hardwiring normalization — Infrastructures, extraction and Gaza’s future
Rafeef Ziadah — Trump’s vision seeks to fold Gaza into Israeli, Egyptian and Gulf networks under US trusteeship, merging Gulf capital and Israeli technology while reducing Palestinians to obstacles to be displaced or bypassed.
With Trump, polarization among Venezuelans reaches new heights
Steve Ellner — Washington’s Venezuela policy has intensified divisions within the opposition, revealing class divides and fears over the fallout from a potential US invasion.