Founding socialist Yugoslavia

Commemorating November 29, 1943: The founding of a new Yugoslavia

Dmitry Pozhidaev — On November 29, 1943, amid the turmoil of World War II, the Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia (AVNOJ) proclaimed the foundation of a new Yugoslavia that envisioned a radically different future.
BBM Sara Duterte

Partido Lakas ng Masa (The Philippines): On the escalating feud between the Marcos and Duterte clans

Partido Lakas ng Masa — The feud between the two ruling dynasties in the country intensifies almost daily.
Member of the Knesset Aida Touma-Sliman chairs a Status of Women and Gender Equality Committee meeting, 17 November 2017.

Israel is hurtling into the political abyss

Aida Touma-Sliman explains how the war in Gaza is fuelling a far-right surge across Israel.
bombing Lebanon

Gilbert Achcar: Lebanon’s ceasefire is no ‘divine victory’

Gilbert Achcar — Even if not fatal, the blow that the Zionist armed forces have inflicted on Hezbollah is much greater than in 2006.
Denmark refugees

Why Europe should avoid modelling its migration policy on Denmark

Michala Clante Bendixen — Despite being one of the first countries to sign the UN Refugee Convention, Denmark has also been a frequent first-mover on harsh immigration policies in Europe.
Manon Aubry delivers a victory speech following the announcement of European election results in Paris, 9 June 2024.

France: Europe needs an action-oriented left

Manon Aubry on building the fightback against neoliberalism and the right in France and across Europe.
France Posle

France: ‘The left urgently needs to consider what a progressive approach to “European defense” might look like’

Catherine Samary discusses the role of the left in French politics, how it has confronted the global “right-wing” turn and its response to Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Boris Kagarlitsky Long Retreat Jeremy Corbyn

Boris Kagarlitsky’s ‘The Long Retreat’: Capitalism, crisis and the left’s challenge

Dmitry Pozhidaev — By integrating historical analysis, dialectical critique and a pragmatic vision for action, Boris Kagarlitsky’s new book offers a roadmap for reclaiming the future.
Lenin Left Wing Communism

Socialist politics and revolutionary compromise

Raju J Das — As fascist movements get stronger, the question of revolutionary compromise by socialist organisations assumes greater urgency.
Sri Lanka election results

Sri Lanka: Reading the General Election 2024 (plus: The Sri Lankan left’s long road to power)

Pasan Jayasinghe & Amali Wedagedara — The National People’s Power (NPP) has made history. How can the NPP’s victory and mandate be understood, and what will the next five years look like?
Protest at COP29 in Azerbaijan, November 2024

Caucasus Feminist Anti-War Movement: Against Azerbaijan’s authoritarianism, COP29, green capitalism, wars and the regional slide into authoritarianism

Caucasus Feminist Anti-War Movement is an emerging movement of feminist and anti-war/peace activists from Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia.

Ilya Matveev: ‘Lenin’s theory only goes part of the way towards explaining Russian imperialism’

Ilya Matveev — Ideology is the crucial factor in Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, which cannot be accounted for simply with reference to contradictions of capital accumulation or geopolitics.