Insurgents somewhere south of Mexico City, likely the state of Morelos, accompanied by their wives: Photo courtesy of Wikipedia

The Mexican left’s debates on race and nation

Tony Wood reminds us that one nation’s left cannot insist they have the answers that fit every other nation. Understanding the different frames that arise out of local conditions can help us achieve the unity sorely needs.
Who's going down? Election posters in front of the Parliament building in Stockholm ahead of the 2026 parliamentary election

Sweden’s 2026 election on a knife-edge

Sweden goes to the polls on 13 September. Duroyan Fertl looks at the prospects for the left bloc.
Workers protest against anti-strike legislation on International Workers' Day in Warsaw, Poland, on May 1, 2026.

Tech billionaires, the AI threat and resistance

There are signs the AI threat is helping to grow a resistance which could dramatically transform the political landscape, writes Martin Hart-Landsberg.
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AI and the profits boom

Michael Roberts breaks down the rise in global corporate profits that has accompanied the recent AI boom.
Iran solidarity protest in France

Axis of states or resistance from below?

Joseph Daher argues for an anti-imperialism rooted not in states or geopolitical blocs, but in workers, popular movements, democratic freedoms and resistance from below.
War eating away at Russia’s economy

War eating away at Russia’s economy

Oleg Shein discusses the social crisis that has engulfed the country in the fifth year of the war.
Demonstrators outside a court in Moscow, where Lidia Moniava, founder of a children’s hospice, was on trial for social media posts about the war. Photo from Bereg

Marxism, Russian imperialism and social forces

Replying to Alex Callinicos, Simon Pirani looks at what the Ukraine war tells us about imperialism today and the need to incorporate class struggle and other forms of social change into our analysis.
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Pakistan: Socialist website ‘Jeddojehad’ banned, writers repressed (plus Alternative Viewpoint statement)

Pakistan’s only socialist daily has been banned due to its coverage of mass protests and state violence in Pakistani-administered Jammu Kashmir, writes Saidal Sukhandan.
avoir commencer une grève: Résistances ouvrières à la désindustrialisation dans la France contemporaine

When workers resisted deindustrialisation

Romain Castellesi discusses the nature of struggles against deindustrialisation in France and the importance of working class history and memory in the face of economic crisis.
Nepal disaster

The disaster in Nepal and the need to build resilience: An ecosocialist energy transition perspective

The scale of the disaster in Nepal, which spread across borders, demonstrates the stark reality of the existential climate emergency, writes Partido Lakas ng Masa.
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‘The Capitalism of Good’: When the West becomes a victim of its own virtue

The West is increasingly abandoning the very practices said to define its moral superiority to preserve its global position, writes Dmitry Pozhidaev.
Russian university lecturer Mikhail Lobanov has a fresh approach | Ivan Afanasiev. All rights reserved

Preparing the left for Russia’s future crisis

Mikhail Lobanov outlines how radicals are organizing the infrastructure and consolidating the politics for tomorrow’s left in Russia.