Ammar Ali Jan (Haqooq-e-Khalq Party, Pakistan): ‘The wars we need to fight are against poverty, disease and authoritarianism’

Following recent tensions between India and Pakistan, which broke out into war when India launched missile strikes on May 7, Ammar Ali Jan discusses the current ceasefire deal, self-determination for Kashmir and steps towards peace in the region. 
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The fight for democracy, social justice and equality in the Caucasus: An interview with Georgia’s Movement for Social Democracy

Ashley Smith interviews Vano Abramashvili, Maia Barkaia, Ia Eradze and Sopho Verdzueli about the current struggle in Georgia and the new organization they have set up, Movement for Social Democracy.
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Gilbert Achcar: ‘For the neofascists, the law of the jungle is the only one that makes sense’

Where did the “global neofascist axis” come from, and where is it going? What destabilizing effects might Russia’s war in Ukraine have? Ilya Budraitskis and Gilbert Achcar discuss the current conjuncture.
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Hidden crisis: Malaysia’s food security blind spots

Jeyakumar Devaraj — The country’s reliance on imports leaves the nation vulnerable to global food shortages. Here’s what the government can do.
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Western Sahara: Colonialism, labor and imperialist complicity

Isabel Lourenço — This year marks 50 years since Morocco’s illegal occupation of Western Sahara: a colonial occupation sustained by a repressive military apparatus, a deliberate policy of demographic substitution, and a web of international complicity.
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Should we expect a new world war? Two prison letters from Boris Kagarlitsky

Boris Kagarlitsky reflects on the possibilities of a new world war by drawing on historical analogies, analysing China’s place in the global system, and uncovering the deeper structural crises that underpin today’s international conflicts.
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The declining rate of profit: Avoiding the key issue

William Jefferies — James Doughney’s latest contribution to the discussion on Marx’s tendency of the rate of profit to fall avoids the key point: the relationship between the proportional rise in the mass of physical capital and productivity rate rises.
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From the front line: A Pakistani socialist looks at the India-Pakistan War 2025

Farooq Tariq — Many friends and comrades have asked if I think a full-fledged war is now erupting between two nuclear-armed neighbours. My reply has been that war has already started.
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Ukrainian socialist: Five main problems with the US-Ukraine minerals deal

Vitaliy Dudin — The minerals deal signed between Ukraine and the United States reflects US capital’s desire to gain unhindered access to Ukraine’s mineral resources.
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China: A new imperial capitalist power

Chris Slee — ‘China in Global Capitalism’ is an excellent introduction to China today, which looks at the nature of Chinese society and the reasons for China’s growing conflict with the United States.
The Finns Party's chairperson Riikka Purra and National Coalition Party's chairperson Petteri Orpo during a EU parliamentary elections debate in Helsinki,

The collapse of Finnish right-wing populism?

Robert Stark — Historic elections have revealed deep public dissatisfaction with austerity, scandals, and a fading populist agenda.
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[Updated] South Asian left statements: No to an India-Pakistan war, yes to de-escalation and peace

Statements by Jammu Kashmir National Students Federation, Communist Party of India Marxist-Leninist Liberation, Haqooq-e-Khalq Party (Pakistan), Southasia Peace Action Network, and Asia Europe People’s Forum on the escalating threat of an India-Pakistan war.