CPI(ML) Liberation — The unification of Jharkhand’s two leading Left forces, CPI(ML) Liberation and Marxist Coordination Committee, was announced on 10 August.

Kevin B. Anderson discusses Marx and Lenin’s writings on imperialism, why the world is becoming more bipolar and the need for consistent anti-imperialism.

Jerry Harris — Some see multi-polarity as a new stage of non-alignment, and even the creation of an anti-imperialist bloc. But the economic and political elites of the Global South are too deeply tied to transnational capitalism to be truly independent.

LeftEast interviews three people from Uzbekistan’s leftist circles about the state of the country’s political economy under Mirziyoyev, the role of Soviet nostalgia, the conditions and potential for the fledgling Uzbek left.

Justin Akers Chacón — The crisis churning out rising displacement is located in the failings of the capitalist system internationally, both in its economic functions and political operations.

Clifton D’Rozario — There is no denying the far right has emerged as a formidable political force around the world. In India, fascism is not just being fought in the electoral arena; it is also being confronted on the streets.

Phil Hearse — Thousands of anti-fascists mobilised to face down fascist groups threatening immigration lawyers and mosques in cities across Britain on August 7.

Baba Aye — Tens of thousands of people have trooped out on the streets across Nigeria in nationwide #EndBadGovernance protests against hardship and hunger, since 1 August.

Ilan Pappé — In the case of Palestine, violence is the ideology and praxis of the Israeli settler state, not the existential struggle of the colonised Palestinian people.

Gilbert Achcar — There is no doubt that the court of history will include Joe Biden's name prominently on the list of perpetrators of crimes against humanity.

Badrul Alam — Prime minister Sheikh Hasina used all the tools of repression at her disposal against the people to retain power, but was defeated in the end.

Anti*Capitalist Resistance statement on far-right violence sweeping Britain and Northern Ireland