Asia
Centenary of the Communist movement in India: Achievements, lessons and challenges
Dipankar Bhattacharya look at the history of the communist movement in India to draw inspiration and lessons from the past for facing the challenges of the present.
Youngsu Won — Eleven historic days of popular struggle between President Yoon’s failed self-coup and his impeachment sealed his fate. Yoon’s impeachment represents a tremendous triumph of people power.
South Korea: Yoon’s impeachment is a win for people’s power
Youngsu Won — Yoon’s self-coup showed the inherent weakness of South Korea’s institutional democracy. His impeachment demonstrated the robust resilience of people’s grassroots democracy.
South Korea: People’s power on verge of victory as President Yoon set to be impeached
Youngsu Won — President Yoon has shown himself to be an enemy of South Korea’s democracy. But it appears that another candlelight revolution will triumph to save democracy.
Dipankar Bhattacharya — In many ways the November election outcomes should be seen as an early reality check after the denting of the BJP's majority in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
Ammar Ali Jan — The accumulated contradictions of the Pakistani state have thus mutated into a full-blown crisis.
South Korea: In face of million-strong protest, ruling party sabotages Yoon’s impeachment
Youngsu Won — President Yoon remains in his post after conservative People Power Party MPs boycotted a impeachment vote despite 1 million people protesting outside parliament to demand his ouster.
South Korea: Motive emerges for President Yoon’s failed self-coup
Youngsu Won — More details continue to emerge regarding the motivation behind President Yoon Suk Yeol’s spectacular failed self-coup on December 3.
South Korea: After President Yoon’s failed self-coup
Youngsu Won — With impeachment of South Korean President Yoon seemingly blocked after his failed self-coup, it now up to the people to step in where politicians have failed.
Ashley Smith explores the practical implications of the rise of China for socialists and activists fighting for a better and more just world today.
Sri Lanka: Reading the General Election 2024 (plus: The Sri Lankan left’s long road to power)
Pasan Jayasinghe & Amali Wedagedara — The National People’s Power (NPP) has made history. How can the NPP’s victory and mandate be understood, and what will the next five years look like?
The logic of imperialism’s ‘Maritime Great Game’ in the Southeast Asian Sea
Rasti Delizo — A fresh inter-imperialist conflict is mounting in the form of a ‘Maritime Great Game’, and it is swiftly accelerating across the Southeast Asian Sea.