What’s the future for New York City under Zorhan Mamdani’s win?

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.
MR Antropocene

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.
Forced displacement Gaza

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 in Egypt

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.
Transport workers, university students, and Generation Z groups—represented by the One Piece symbol—leading the march toward Congress in Lima. (Stifs Paucca Suárez)

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 face

Venezuelan socialist groups: Stop imperialist aggression against Venezuela! Trump’s troops out of the Caribbean and Latin America!

Trump’s military deployment opens the door to a possible armed intervention by the United States in Venezuela.
US President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced that they bombed another boat in the Caribbean on October 3, 2025. (Photo: screenshot/Donald Trump/Truth Social)

Murder in the Caribbean: How should we interpret the dramatic escalation in US policy towards 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.
NATO Putin

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: Defensive response or imperialist aggression?

Chris Slee — Even if it were true that Putin was “worried about NATO’s intentions”, that still would not justify Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Marx

Ignore Marxism if you prefer barbarism

Raju J Das — Only a Marxist political vision can guide the exploited and oppressed toward choosing socialism over such barbarism.
Montage by Global Voices, featuring U.S. President-elect Trump (image from Flickr, under CC BY-SA 2.0) and the map of Latin America

Latin America: The target of Trump’s neocolonial offensive

Ana Cristina Carvalhaes & Luis Bonilla-Molina — Trump wants to impose the rule that “the United States runs the planet.” But why are Mexico, Brazil and Venezuela his most immediate targets?
Brazil flotilla participants

Brazil: The Global Sumud Flotilla set an example of courage! We will continue to denounce the genocide in Palestine!

Israel Dutra — After the release of the Brazilian delegation from Israeli prisons, we continue the struggle in defense of the Palestinian people.