
James Doughney interrogates some commonly held beliefs and assumptions about monopoly capital, surplus profits and the export of capital — and explains why they are not coherent.

Hanna Perekhoda revisits Lenin’s pre-1917 writings on the right of nations to self-determination from the perspective of his Ukrainian contemporary, Lev Yurkevych.

Iqra Anugrah — The rise of potential state challengers to US dominance does not mean the ushering in of a new progressive era, but it can represent opportunities for social movements to challenge Western imperialism.

Leónidas Iza (Pachakutik, Ecuador): ‘Our election campaign is an extension of the people’s struggle’
Leónidas Iza analyses the country’s economic and political crisis, the impact of popular mobilisations and the need to articulate a project from the grassroots that combines social struggles and electoral disputes.

After the fall: Hope amid the ruins of post-Assad Syria
Kevin B. Anderson — A few months after the epochal fall of the Assad dictatorship, Syria remains in flux. Nonetheless, some broad outlines of where Syria is going can be discerned.

Geopolitics of genocide: An interview with Rafeef Ziadah
Rafeef Ziadah — The genocide in Gaza lays bare the harsh realities of modern geopolitics, highlighting the mechanisms of power in a world shaped by imperial ambitions and the strategic exploitation of resources.

The age of neofascism and its distinctive features
Gilbert Achcar — With each passing day and at an accelerating pace, it becomes increasingly obvious that we are witnessing a new era of rise of the far right on a global scale.

The meaning of Trumpism for Mexico and the world
Manuel Aguilar Mora — Trump proclaimed that his MAGA movement was the beginning of a new US. But where is this new US going?

Boris Kagarlitsky: Trump’s uncertain foreign policy
Boris Kagarlitsky — No one quite knows what to expect of Donald Trump’s presidency. Which is only natural, as he himself does not know.

Beyond protest: Can Serbia’s student movement spark a political breakthrough?
Dmitry Pozhidaev — The student protests are significant in that they expose and deepen the fractures within Serbian capitalism, potentially laying the groundwork for more profound political shifts in the future.

Marty Hart-Landsberg — The AI craze has gone on long enough for us to start drawing some plausible conclusions about where it is leading.

Anna Ochkina: ‘Russians understand that the stability promised to them has disappeared’
Anna Ochkina — Political repression in Russia is aimed at destroying not just oppositional thinking, but free thinking as such.