Noboa Ecuador

Ecuador: Understanding Noboa’s victory

Franklin Ramírez Gallegos — Noboa’s victory gives him a free hand to extend the tripartite program he has been developing since he took office in 2023: neoliberal austerity, extractive accumulation and an ‘internal war’ against drug trafficking.
Rakhine

The unending storm: Conflict, power and survival in Myanmar’s Arakan state

The struggle in Arakan is not merely a local ethnic or sectarian clash but a microcosm of Myanmar’s broader civil war, where competing nationalisms, geopolitical interests and survival instincts collide.
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The declining rate of profit: Déjà vu all over again

James Doughney responds to William Jefferies critique of his article “Marx was wrong about the declining rate of profit. Isn’t it time we put this false idea to rest?”.
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Could Trump’s tariff war reshape global capitalism? An interview with Marxist economist Sam Gindin

Sam Gindin breaks down US President Donald Trump’s on-again/off-again tariffs, their impacts on US-led globalised capitalism, and what a working-class response could look like
Trump tariffs graphic Tempest

Madness as method: The logic of Trump’s tariffs

The stakes of a trade war with China are high. Thomas Hummel looks for the logic behind the tariff gamble.
Carnation Revolution

When ‘the future was now’: Prefigurative politics and Portugal’s Carnation Revolution

Raquel Varela and Roberto della Santa provide insight into the workings of Portugal’s Carnation Revolution, recognising it as the culmination of a number of processes, most significantly, the anticolonial uprisings that were shaking the Portuguese empire.
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The Pahalgam terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir: Questions the Modi government must answer

Dipankar Bhattacharya — The people must unite against fascist forces’ despicable attempts to sow further hatred and insist on holding those in power accountable to ensure the truth does not become another casualty of the Pahalgam tragedy.
London protest 19 April 2025 image by Steve Eason

The British Supreme Court decision on gender and sex: When law becomes the means of oppression

DK Renton unpicks the legal background to the Supreme Court decision and argues for a strategy of mass action to turn back the tide of right wing authoritarianism.
Photo: Steve Eason

Valuing care work: A conversation with Alyssa Battistoni

Alyssa Battistoni discusses social reproduction theory and the Wages for Housework campaign to develop a new theory of the value of what is often called reproductive labour and the role of gender in the sector.
Glauber Braga

Brazil: A call for solidarity against the expulsion of PSOL MP Glauber Braga from Congress

Mark Johnson — Federal Deputy Glauber Braga, a prominent member of Brazil’s leftist party PSOL, is facing an unprecedented political attack.
US president Donald Trump hosts the annual Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House on April 21, 2025, in Washington, DC.

Donald Trump is weakening US influence in Latin America

Steve Ellner — Thanks to his stances on issues ranging from deportations to trade policy, Trump is undermining US influence across Latin America, increasing political polarization, and strengthening the hand of progressive forces.
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[Updated] South Asian left statements on the Pahalgam terrorist attack and current India-Pakistan tensions

Joint statement by Indian and Pakistani peace activists and statements from the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation and Haqooq-e-Khalq Party (Pakistan) on the April 22 terrorist attack in Pahalgam and subsequent escalating tensions between India and Pakistan.