Emiliano Teran Mantovani argues Steve Ellner’s defence of Venezuela’s Maduro government reflects a tendency on the left to defend decaying regimes rather than chart out alternative paths rooted in popular struggles.

Raju J Das reflects on how Marxists should respond to the current conjuncture, marked by a series of profound economic, political and ecological crises. 

Gilberto Araujo shares his perspective on the political moment and priorities for the coming period.

Sonny Melencio — The situation can be summarised as follows: “All the forces of heaven and hell are in formation, ready for the battle to come.” 

Frieda Holm and Maria Sommer discuss the shifting dynamics within Die Linke and building durable infrastructure for the class struggle within and beyond the party.

Sbeih Sbeih asks what it means to produce critical scholarship from within institutions that are complicit in the face of the colonial (and genocidal) enterprise.

Paul Le Blanc on the indissoluble tie between reform and revolution.

Jeyakumar Devaraj — The ASEAN Summit 2025 meeting is an opportunity to evaluate the Socialist Party of Malaysia’s following proposals.

Maryna Larina — The global race for raw materials can provoke foreign interference and endanger countries that become targets of predatory extractivism.

The India-Pakistan war is apparently over for now — but it has not stopped for peaceniks, recounts Farooq Sulehria.

Dipankar Bhattacharya — Events from the terrorist attack in Pahalgam to the announced ceasefire have given rise to questions regarding India's national security and foreign policy.

Ashley Smith interviews Michael Roberts about Trump, the rule of his fellow oligarchs, and their  impact on the trajectory of the United States, global capitalism, and great power competition.