Manfred Elfstrom discusses recent labour struggles in China and what they tell us about prospects for change under an authoritarian regime.

Gilbert Achcar — What is driving neofascist movements to question, to varying degrees, the reality of climate change?

Frieda Afary — Iranian citizens have been traumatised not only by Israel"s bombings and damage but also by the Iranian regime’s increased repression after the ceasefire.

Eric Blanc — Absorbing the key lessons of Zohran Mamdani’s campaign is essential for the fights ahead, not just in New York City, but across the United States.

Marty Hart-Landsberg — We can create more modest AI systems that assist workers and support socially beneficial work. But that is not the road corporations want to take.

John Brown & Atenea Jiménez — Under an increasingly authoritarian government, Venezuela’s Chavista project faces stark challenges and dilemmas. 

Yoletty Bracho and Manuel Sutherland discuss Venezuela’s situation almost a year after Maduro’s “re-election”.

Dmitry Pozhidaev — Only by addressing structural imbalances and grounding finance in transformative, locally rooted practices, can development finance truly become developmental.

Ilya Budraitskis on the rise of the far right and anti-fascist strategies.

Sushovan Dhar — Among the most affected by the recent Indo-Pakistani armed conflict are the people of Kashmir, who find themselves ensnared in this geopolitical rivalry.

Devriş Çimen — Abdullah Öcalan and the PKK have made it clear that the decision to dissolve the organisation does not herald an end, but a new stage in the struggle for freedom, democracy, and socialism.

Drawing attention to the dangers facing Rojhilat Kurdistan, the KNK has announced it is working to form a common platform among political parties and institutions in the region.