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Ilan Pappé: The collapse of Zionism

Ilan Pappé — We are witnessing a historical process – or, more accurately, the beginnings of one – that is likely to culminate in the downfall of Zionism.
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The United States and Israel: What’s behind the ongoing conflict between Biden and Netanyahu?

Gilbert Achcar — With the reoccupation of the Gaza Strip completed and the question of its political fate coming to the fore, the Zionist consensus represented by Netanyahu’s war cabinet has ended.
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Framing Palestine: Israel, the Gulf states, and US power in the Middle East

Adam Hanieh provides an alternative approach to understanding Palestine – one that is framed by the wider region and the Middle East’s central place in our fossil fuel-centred world.
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South African BDS Coalition’s Salim Vally: The global fight against apartheid Israel has reached a ‘tipping point’

Salim Vally discusses Israel’s war on Gaza and the global campaign against Israeli apartheid.

US student socialists assess ‘explosive’ Gaza solidarity encampment movement

Cyn Huang, Daniil Sapunkov and Amey discuss how the Palestine student movement plans to progress over the summer break and its impact on labour struggles, the left and the 2024 presidential elections.
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Modi 3.0: Early signs and mischievous misinterpretation of the 2024 Indian election outcome

CPI(ML) Liberation — By all indications Modi will try to stabilise the new government by paying lip service to the NDA while continuing his aggressive fascist agenda, even if at a slightly slower pace at first.
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Anti-Imperialism then & now: On the principles of anti-imperialism in view of changes in world capitalism

Michael Pröbsting — The struggle against imperialist aggression and wars has always been an elementary feature of the revolutionary program in modern times.
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Russia’s delinking from the West: The great equalizer

Dmitry Pozhidaev — In combination with growing state capitalism and the war economy, Russia’s delinking has created additional internal investment opportunities and fiscal space for income redistribution.
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European elections: Who sows far right policies, reaps the far right

Miguel Urbán Crespo — The recent European elections have illustrated how adopting far-right policies can lead to an increase in far-right influence and representation across Europe.
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After the 2024 European elections: Rightward shift with slight headwinds

Cornelia Hildebrandt — The few successes cannot conceal the continued defensive posture of leftist parties in Europe and the existential crisis faced by individual parties.
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European elections: Far right surge but centre holds on (plus: The European left after the elections)

Dave Kellaway examines the outcome of the European elections, while Johanna Bussemer writes that strong showings in several countries will ensure a left presence in Brussels, but internal contradictions are bigger than ever.
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Ian Angus’s ‘The War Against the Commons’: A vital new history of the bloody rise of capitalism

Steve Leigh — Ian Angus's excellent new book covers the violent transition from feudalism to capitalism, demonstrating its relevance to the modern world.