Richard Seymour on how crisis and catastrophe are feeding the far-right surge.

Robert Springborg on how the Egyptian dictator secures his violent rule.

Youngsu Won — North Korea is an enigma in many senses of the word, but leader Kim Jong Un’s decision to send troops to fight in Russia’s war on Ukraine shocked many in South Korea and internationally.

Luís Bonilla-Molina — To understand the situation of the Venezuelan working class, it is important to analyse the Maduro government and Madurismo in three phases.

Dmitry Pozhidaev — In 2024, Serbia offered a particularly clear reflection of the three core dimensions of capitalism’s crisis: political, economic and systemic.

Ia Eradze, Luka Nakhutsrishvili and Lela Rekhviashvili discuss the roots of the Georgian uprising, its trajectory, and Georgia’s place in global capitalism and the imperialist order.

David Kotz dissects the lessons from the Soviet model, explains why capitalism cannot be reformed and makes a case for democratic socialism.

A new left-wing political organisation, Comunes, has been launched in Venezuela to confront the government’s repressive authoritarianism, neoliberal economic policies and attacks on working people’s rights.

Greg Godels argues that the road to defeating imperial aggression — US or any other — is to win the working class to the fight with a class-oriented program that attacks the roots of imperialism: capitalism.

Salih Muslim outlines the challenges facing Syria after the regime’s collapse, emphasising the importance of addressing the Kurdish issue for a democratic and stable Middle East.

Matt Broomfield — While millions are rightly celebrating the dictator’s fall, larger powers, most notably the US, Turkey and Israel, are vying to influence the new political settlement.

Zabalaza for Socialism — Without rebuilding solidarity and addressing the root causes of this collapse, South Africa risks descending further into chaos, where survival is marked by despair and violence.