Defining Democratic Socialists of America
Paul Le Blanc reviews ‘A User’s Guide to DSA’, which connects readers with the largest organisation on the US left today while drawing them into a series of discussions and debates among committed party members.
Notes for reading the Cuban reality
Julio Carranza argues that Cuban society is suffering from an economic and social crisis whose most severe phase began in 2020, and whose causes are manifold.
The rich and powerful hate Cuba because it does so much better than the US in caring for its own people, explains Don Fitz.
AI data centres are fuelling climate destruction
Ketan Joshi discusses the climate impacts of Big Tech and data centres, the possibility of “green AI” and whether the AI bubble will ever pop.
Palantir’s ‘The Technological Republic’: A digital fascist manifesto
Palantir’s manifesto reveals we face a new form of fascism whose tools of violence and repression are algorithms, big data and AI, writes Rezgar Akrawi.
Partido Lakas ng Masa: On the firing of the US missile system on Philippine soil
The firing of a Tomahawk missile and operational deployment of the US Typhon system on Philippine soil mark a dangerous escalation in the country’s entanglement in imperialist military conflicts, warns Partido Lakas ng Masa.
Anti-imperialism has become a key priority for the global left. Cihan Tuğal looks at how we can best mobilise a mass anti-imperialist movement.
For a global anti-fascist and anti-imperialist front
US imperialism will embark on a blind march toward ecological disaster if it is not defeated. But anti-imperialism devoid of anti-capitalism is a slippery slope, says Farooq Tariq.
Anticolonial fraud: The Kremlin in Africa
The Kremlin is exploiting anti-imperialist sentiment in Africa to advance its own imperial ambitions, contends Sasha Fokina.
Joint statement: Drop charges against Kokila Annamalai in Singapore
Singaporean abolitionist activist Kokila Annamalai Parvathi faces up to 12 months in prison and a S$20,000 fine for speaking out about the cruelties of the death penalty regime.
Paul Le Blanc engages in a critical dialogue with Dan La Botz’s “Goodbye to Lenin and Leninism,” arguing we should continue to learn critically from Lenin’s experiences, successes, shortcomings, mistakes and unfinished tasks.
Lenin, democracy and the anti-Leninist shortcut
Responding to Dan La Botz’s “Goodbye to Lenin and Leninism”, Anthony Teso writes that what we need is neither a Lenin cult nor an anti-Leninist shortcut that confuses renunciation with strategy.
