Imperialism: A short introduction
Dave Holmes — We live in a world where capitalism is near universal. However, it’s not just capitalism but capitalism in its imperialist stage. If we don’t understand what this is (and what it is not), we can’t understand anything about the politics of Australia and the world today.
Michael Pröbsting — Politicians of Western governments never tire of asserting that aid from the US and EU for Ukraine is “unprecedented”.
Socialist Party of Malaysia: Release Victor Yeimo and political activists in West Papua immediately!
The Socialist Party of Malaysia (PSM) would like to voice our concerns regarding the act of the Indonesian government to criminalize Victor Yeimo and other political activists.
Boris Kagarlitsky: The tragedy of war
Boris Kagarlitsky offers a courageous and politically indispensable take on the Russia-Ukraine war.
William I Robinson delves into the complex ways in which global capitalism has transformed the lives of working people in developing countries, exploring the social and economic impacts of globalisation, the rise of transnational corporations, and the emergence of new forms of resistance and social movements in response to these changes.
The West against the rest? The EU, the Ukraine war, and its collaterals
Klaus Dräger — The invasion of Ukraine by Putin’s army heralds a global ‘turning point’, so western pundits and politicians claim. How is the European Union (EU) dealing with this? And what about the EU’s aspirations to become a leading independent world power?
China in the crisis of (de)globalization
Pierre Rousset — The world that allowed the Chinese economy to take off and expand internationally is no more. Sino-American tensions are sharpening against the backdrop of the crisis of commercial (de)globalization.
Anti-colonial labour internationalisms: The Saharawi and Palestinian liberation struggles
Nithya Nagarajan — It is tragic that the dominant factions of the Palestinian national movement are pitted against the “Palestinians of the Maghreb,” one of the most silenced liberation movements in the world, that of the Saharawi people.
Gilbert Achcar: “The world situation is that of a new Cold War”
Gilbert Achcar talks to Thierry Labica on the occasion of the publication of his new book "The New Cold War: The United States, Russia, and China from Kosovo to Ukraine".
The far right in Ukraine: An interview with Taras Bilous
Taras Bilous is a Ukrainian historian, an editor of Commons: Journal of Social Criticism, and an activist in Social Movement. He is currently serving in the Ukrainian army. He was interviewed by Stephen R. Shalom
Ukraine: 'Russia is giving carte blanche to the far right'
Alexander Tushkin speaks to Sergiy Movchan, a left-wing activist and participant in the Marker Project tracking far-right violence in Ukraine, about Ukrainian nationalism, the far right and antifascists in the Ukrainian army, and how the war has affected their position in society.
Solidarity, decency, socialism: In memory of Marko Bojcun
Denys Pilash — On March 11th 2023 our friend and comrade of Commons, known political economist, political scientist, labour movement historian and an activist of left-wing movements and solidarity with Ukraine, Marco Bojcun, passed away.