PSM MUDA candidates

Socialist Party of Malaysia: 'What did your third-party vote accomplish?'

Darren Ong Chung Lee — Understandably many were skeptical of our election campaign. We were nowhere close to winning, we lost our deposit, and Bersatu ended up gaining our seat. So what exactly did our efforts accomplish?
MUDA PSM

Malaysia: The third force needs more than quality candidates

Arveent Kathirtchelvan — The Socialist Party of Malaysia-Malaysian United Democracy Alliance third force foray in the 2023 state elections failed to garner enough votes for at least one candidate to save their deposit. This was an expected outcome.
Manipur

The horrific assaults on Kuki women hold a mirror to the growing crisis of humanity in Modi’s India

CPI(ML) Liberation — The viral video of two Kuki women being paraded naked and sexually assaulted by a mob of Meitei men in Manipur has drawn the attention of the whole world to the complete collapse of the rule of law in Manipur.
Jahmoor

Pakistan: Labour Qaumi Movement — Organizing at the margins of the 21st century workforce

Umair Rasheed traces the evolution of one of Pakistan’s most successful textile labour unions through radical action against the united onslaught of state and capital.
Canada Ukraine protest

Canadian left responses to war in Ukraine: A provisional balance sheet

Richard Fidler — Russia’s massive invasion of Ukraine, the prompt mobilization of resistance by Ukrainians, and the quick shift toward public support for NATO in much of Europe, confronted the international Left and progressive forces with some major challenges. The Left in Canada was no exception.
Ukraine city destruction

The war in Ukraine: Four reductions we must avoid

Rafael Bernabe — There are four reductions that we must avoid when analyzing and reacting to the armed conflict unleashed by the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation.
niger coup

(Statements) African progressives on the coup in Niger

A regularly updated collection of statements by African socialists, trade unions and democratic forces on the recent coup in Niger.
south africa protests

Renewing the Left: Not just doom and gloom

Mercia Andrews — This article seeks to respond to the questions: where is the South African Left, what has happened to it, and why has it become so fragmented and marginal?
Marc Botenga, MEP for the Workers' Party of Belgium

The Workers’ Party of Belgium: 'At the European level we need European struggle'

Belgian Workers’ Party MEP Marc Botenga on building the Left in- and outside of parliament
Philippines military

Rasti Delizo: Shackling the Philippines to the US's new ‘interconceptual geostrategy’

Rasti Delizo — The Philippines perpetually aggravates its volatile regional security environment. This breach of international norms betrays the country’s principled duty to uphold a truly independent, non-aligned, peacefully cooperative, and non-belligerent global outlook and stance.
Reinaldo

Venezuela: Politics of the commons — The open-ended history of communes

Reinaldo Iturriza looks back at the history of communes and how they are supposed to be more than "appendages" of state institutions.
Palacio Carondelet

Ecuador: Will Correísmo succeed in surfing the second progressive wave?

Ociel Alí López — With two weeks to go before Ecuador's presidential elections, what obstacles does Correísmo face in defeating its right-wing opponents? Will Luisa González become Ecuador's first elected woman president?