Boris Kagarlitsky — When we read on the Internet about another call to “understand Putin” or “to meet him halfway,” this is perceived inside Russia as complicity with criminals who oppress and ruin our own country.
India: Karnataka verdict 2023 — Messages and lessons
CPI(ML) Liberation — The outcome of the Karnataka Assembly elections has come as a pleasant surprise to even those who were expecting a BJP defeat.
US foreign policy: A bipartisan embrace of militarism
Marty Hart-Landsberg — There is a lot of talk lately about the federal budget, with Democrats and Republicans arguing over whether to raise the debt ceiling. But you know what they never argue about: financing the military.
Russia in global competition: How capitalism stifles democracy in Russia (and everywhere else)
Jase Short — Moscow is not in conflict with the imperial powers of the West because it represents an alternative, but because it wants to play the game, too.
Western capital, warmonger Putin and the climate policy disaster
In the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the West has imposed a series of sanctions on Russia. These sanctions, writes Simon Pirani, have had a significant impact on the global economy, and they have also raised concerns about the potential for a climate policy disaster.
HDP co-chairs Pervin Buldan & Mithat Sancar and Green Left Party co-spokespersons Çiğdem Kılıçgün Uçar & İbrahim Akın held a press conference at the HDP Headquarters in Ankara to share their views on the outcomes of the May 14 elections.
Indian labour lawyer Clifton D’Rozario to speak at Ecosocialism 2023
Clifton D’Rozario will visit Australia to address the Ecosocialism 2023 conference over July 1–2 in Naarm/Melbourne.
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation (CPIML) — We congratulate the people of Karnataka for delivering a decisive defeat to the anti-people and divisive BJP
Farooq Tariq (Pakistan): Imran Khan arrested, what next?
Farooq Tariq — The situation in Pakistan is highly unstable and volatile, with political and economic crises intensifying and exacerbating each other.
Michael Pröbsting — Many economists are discussing the question of which currency will replace the dollar or, more concretely, if China’s yuan could become the new leading currency. As we recently discussed elsewhere, this question is misleading.
‘Putin's regime is not subject to evolution’: An interview with Russian socialist Ilya Budraitskis
Ilya Budraitskis explains the left’s vision of decentralized governance and why Russia’s Communist Party must exit together with Putin.
Kazakhstan: Interview with Zhanar Sekerbayeva
Russian Federation's Feminist Anti-War Resistance speaks with Zhanar Sekerbayeva, a feminist, human rights defender, LGBTIQ+ activist and co-founder of the “Feminita” Kazakhstan Feminist Initiative