
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.

There are no ceasefires on stolen land: Liberation, not liberal Zionism
Tithi Bhattacharya — Nothing is more urgent than an assessment of the ceasefire and a collective discussion of future strategies for the international Palestine movement.

The courtroom rebels standing up to warmonger Putin
Simon Pirani — At the heart of “Voices Against Putin’s War” are ten speeches made in court by people who opposed Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine, and were arrested and tried for doing so.

The Zohran Mamdani Campaign: Solidarity with the movement and critical notes on the future
Solidarity — Mamdani’s meteoric victory in the New York City Democratic mayoral primary, and his pending general election success in November, sheds light on critical facets of the broader US political turmoil.

Has the Anthropocene been canceled?
Ian Angus — One of the world’s largest scientific organizations has voted against formal recognition of the Anthropocene. The debates that led to this result help to illuminate the challenges facing scientists and ecosocialists.

Denys Gorbach discusses Ukrainian politics and the war.

Trump’s ‘peace’ in the Middle East: A retrocolonialism built on sand
Kevin B. Anderson provides a preliminary assessment of the consequences of the Gaza war and the future.

Trump at the Knesset and Sharm el-Sheikh: A festival of obsequiousness
Gilbert Achcar — If the scenes of Trump’s celebration at the Israeli Knesset and in Sharm el-Sheikh were staged for cinematic exploitation, they would undoubtedly rank among the worst productions in history.

Peru’s Gen Z helps bring down the president
Lucero Chávez — Inspired by a global wave of protest, Peru's youth protesters have turned social media outrage into mass mobilization against corruption and repression.

Trump’s military deployment opens the door to a possible armed intervention by the United States in Venezuela.

Gabriel Hetland — Trump’s recent actions should be understood as part of a longstanding pattern of US aggression towards the Maduro regime. Yet there are also notable distinctions.