Marko Bojcun

The causes of the Ukrainian crisis

Marko Bojcun — This article explores the origins of the Ukrainian crisis in several historical developments that came together in 2014.
Debbie Bookchin

Debbie Bookchin: 'Women’s movement in Bakur and Rojava has made historic advances for the rights of women'

Debbie Bookchin talks about the ideas and philosophy of Abdullah Öcalan, the libertarian model of women in Rojava and her thoughts on freedom of women on March 8 International Women's day.
Xebat Andok

Xebat Andok (Kurdistan Democratic Communities Union): On Democratic Confederalism

An extensive interview with Xebat Andok, member of the Kurdistan Democratic Communities Union (KCK) Executive Council, about the tenets of Democratic Confederalism, its practical implementation today and the solution this system represents for the problems caused by capitalist modernity.
EndSARS protest

Nigeria: We don’t need another hero

Nanre Nafziger — In Nigeria’s recent election cycle, many citizens looked to Peter Obi for change. But the country needs people-led social transformation, not saviors.
Nigeria protest

Nigeria’s polarized election

Dung Pam Sha — Allegations of fraud and intimidation have cast a shadow over the recent vote.
Iran protests

Collective statement: Build a campaign to defend and raise the voice of the Iranian revolution

A collective call for revolutionary and progressive forces to unite and spread the voice of the Iranian revolution.
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Prioritizing U.S. imperialism in evaluating Latin America’s Pink Tide

Steve Ellner — Two conflicting leftist positions on Latin America’s wave of progressive governments known as the Pink Tide have become increasingly well-defined over the last two decades.
Putin and Xi

'Empire-ism' vs a Marxist analysis of imperialism: Continuing the debate with Argentinian economist Claudio Katz on Great Power rivalry, Russian imperialism and the Ukraine War

Michael Pröbsting — Relations between Great Powers cannot be understood in isolation but rather have to be viewed in the context of fundamental class contradictions within a given historical stage of a mode of production.
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Imperialism is inscribed in the very DNA of capitalism

A wide-ranging interview with British activist and researcher John Smith about imperialism, super-exploitation, and struggle
Cod Newfoundland

The fishing revolution and the origins of capitalism

Ian Angus — Marxist historians debating the origin of capitalism rarely mention the industry that employed more working people than any field other than farming.
Statsminister Ulf Kristersson

Sweden’s four messy months of right-wing government

John Hörnquist — Why far-right populism won the Swedish election, but is making the right lose its credibility.
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Israel: Building joint resistance to the far-right government

Dani Filc, of left-wing social movement Standing Together which mobilises both Israeli Jews and Palestinian Arabs, discusses the situation in Israel following the election of the new government.