Donald Trump

At the level of the global economy, the Iran war appears deeply irrational. It has disrupted trade, raised energy prices and fed inflation. Yet it continues. Dmitry Pozhidaev explains why.

Palantir’s manifesto reveals we face a new form of fascism whose tools of violence and repression are algorithms, big data and AI, writes Rezgar Akrawi.

Peter Rosset, Lia Pinheiro Barbosa and Edgardo Lander debate the meaning of Maduro’s kidnapping, how the left should judge the Bolivarian project, and how to show solidarity with Venezuela.

Opposing US intervention is necessary, but doing so without analysing the limits of the Maduro regime risks reducing politics to reflexive allegiance, writes Sankha Subhra Biswas.

The US and Israel have waged war on Iran. Russia has reaped the benefits, using fossil fuel profits to bankroll its war on Ukraine. Frieda Afary, Denys Pilash, Alexandra Zapolskaya and Ashley Smith discuss the impacts on Iranians and Ukrainians.

Carlos Alzugaray Treto — Cuba must find the road toward its own reforms. Otherwise, Cubans run the risk of an unacceptable setback that we do not deserve after so much sacrifice.

Adam Novak analyses the structural dynamics of the Orbán regime and assesses the effects of his defeat on Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and European far-right parties.

Eric Toussaint — Trump’s policy follows the classic logic of great-power rivalry: curb the Moscow-China rapprochement, keep the US at the centre of the diplomatic arena, and make Europe bear the cost of the war in Ukraine.

Luis Fernando Marquez discusses recent developments in Venezuela, the people’s reactions and challenges for the left.

Michael Pröbsting — The present war against Iran stands in glaring contradiction to the actual strategy of the White House, the so-called “Donroe Doctrine”. Why?

Henry A. Giroux — The United States is not merely awash in brutalizing and murderous acts of state-sanctioned violence. It is being restructured by them.

Miguel Urbán Crespo — The rise of authoritarian leaders is the result of an economic and political system of neoliberalism running out of steam and unable to tackle the crises of inequality, precarity, climate collapse and social anxiety.