Parti Sosialis Malaysia — International Women’s Day allows us to reflect on the progress made towards empowering women and to call for action to overcome the challenges that still exist in achieving gender equality in all aspects of life.
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Partido Lakas ng Masa — There is an urgent need to put forward a socialist and feminist perspective today given the multiple crises of capitalism that plague society and pose existential threats on several fronts.
Ammar Ali Jan discusses Pakistan's recent elections, the role Imran Khan and his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party play in Pakistani politics, and his campaign as the Haqooq-e-Khalq Party’s first election candidate.
Dipankar Bhattacharya outlines how fascism in India has found an ideological and strategic role model in Israel, while Ananya Wilson-Bhattacharya notes that by refusing to load Israeli weapons, Indian workers are rebuking the colonial ideologies of Zionism and Hindu nationalism.
Hafsa Kanjwal delves into the complexities of India’s settler-colonial politics in Kashmir and illuminates the similarities and differences between India’s, Israel's and Russia’s long projects of occupation of Kashmir, Palestine and Ukraine, respectively.
Our defeat was always implicit in the victory of others; our wealth has always generated our poverty by nourishing the wealth of others — the empires and their native overseers.
John Sidel — In Indonesia, the third most populous – and largest majority-Muslim – democracy in the world, a notoriously sinister and volatile figure is now set to take office.
CPI(ML) Liberation — Let us strengthen campaigns on the ground to set the people's agenda for the 2024 elections.
The Southeast Asian Left Network has initiated a joint statement to condemn the Israeli genocide against the people of Palestine and express support for the right to self-determination of the Palestinian people.
Adam Hanieh — A major shift has taken place in the control of world oil over recent decades: the seemingly unstoppable rise of national oil companies run by governments in the Middle East, China, Russia and others in the Global South.
Arveent Kathirtchelvan — We should no longer enable liars to lead us, we must throw them away and start anew. We should withdraw all support, funding and campaigning for the big parties and give others a chance, especially those with a proven track record.
Farooq Tariq — Pakistan’s February 8 general elections indicated a significant shift in political dynamics. Initial results suggest Pakistan has voted against IMF policies and state repression.