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Pakistan: Labour Qaumi Movement — Organizing at the margins of the 21st century workforce

Umair Rasheed traces the evolution of one of Pakistan’s most successful textile labour unions through radical action against the united onslaught of state and capital.
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Canadian left responses to war in Ukraine: A provisional balance sheet

Richard Fidler — Russia’s massive invasion of Ukraine, the prompt mobilization of resistance by Ukrainians, and the quick shift toward public support for NATO in much of Europe, confronted the international Left and progressive forces with some major challenges. The Left in Canada was no exception.
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The war in Ukraine: Four reductions we must avoid

Rafael Bernabe — There are four reductions that we must avoid when analyzing and reacting to the armed conflict unleashed by the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation.
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(Statements) African progressives on the coup in Niger

A regularly updated collection of statements by African socialists, trade unions and democratic forces on the recent coup in Niger.
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Renewing the Left: Not just doom and gloom

Mercia Andrews — This article seeks to respond to the questions: where is the South African Left, what has happened to it, and why has it become so fragmented and marginal?
Marc Botenga, MEP for the Workers' Party of Belgium

The Workers’ Party of Belgium: 'At the European level we need European struggle'

Belgian Workers’ Party MEP Marc Botenga on building the Left in- and outside of parliament
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Rasti Delizo: Shackling the Philippines to the US's new ‘interconceptual geostrategy’

Rasti Delizo — The Philippines perpetually aggravates its volatile regional security environment. This breach of international norms betrays the country’s principled duty to uphold a truly independent, non-aligned, peacefully cooperative, and non-belligerent global outlook and stance.
Reinaldo

Venezuela: Politics of the commons — The open-ended history of communes

Reinaldo Iturriza looks back at the history of communes and how they are supposed to be more than "appendages" of state institutions.
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Ecuador: Will Correísmo succeed in surfing the second progressive wave?

Ociel Alí López — With two weeks to go before Ecuador's presidential elections, what obstacles does Correísmo face in defeating its right-wing opponents? Will Luisa González become Ecuador's first elected woman president?
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The inflation blame game and Marx’s crisis theory

Mike Treen — Inflation is back worldwide, and with it  the blame game. So what is the truth behind the claims and counterclaims being made?
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I’m a Ukrainian leftist. This is why I support Boris Kagarlitsky

Andriy Movchan — Boris Kagarlitsky's arrest has provoked a heated debate about solidarity – and whether Kagarlitsky deserves it, given his previous statements on Ukraine.
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Twenty-first century imperialism, multipolarity and capitalism’s ‘final crisis’: Interview with John Smith

John Smith, author of "Imperialism in the Twenty-First Century: Globalization, Super-Exploitation, and Capitalism’s Final Crisis", discusses the realities of imperialism today and what it means for those fighting for a socialist future.