Russia

Putin war

Putin has only strengthened NATO

Chris Slee — Some rightly denounce NATO’s military build-up, but refuse to do the same with Russia’s military build-up and invasion of Ukraine. In reality, both Russia and NATO are diverting resources to war, while neglecting their people and the environment.
Posle graphic wartime protests

Wartime protest across Russia’s internal borders

What legal means of protest remain in Russia today? Where do its environmental, human-rights, and Indigenous movements overlap? Kirill Medvedev discusses new forms of struggle across Russia’s internal borders.
Russian military cadets in Saint Petersburg on April 23.

Capital, power and war: The crisis of Russia’s peripheral accumulation regime

Dmitry Pozhidaev — Russia’s war in Ukraine is not simply a geopolitical miscalculation or ideological excess, but a structurally embedded feature of its capitalist accumulation regime.
Lev Yurkevych

Ukraine between empire and revolution: Lev Yurkevych’s anti-colonial Marxism

Lev Yurkevych ‘Ukraine and the War’ is the earliest concise Marxist analysis of the Ukrainian question to be presented to international socialists.
Ukraine protest

Ukraine is the new Ireland

Vladimir Plotnikov — Supporting Ukraine does not mean supporting NATO. It means being on the side of the oppressed people against the oppressor.
Trump NATO

The wheels are falling off the system

Dave Holmes — Instead of an all-out emergency mobilisation to deal with global warming, NATO countries are boosting military spending.

Defying Putin’s 21st century gulag: How anti-war activists are using court to oppose Russia’s war on Ukraine

Simon Pirani — With militarism and authoritarianism on the rise, the anti-war protests in Russia have international significance.
Gaza catastrophe

‘Atlanticist liberalism can never recover from its present agony’

Gilbert Achcar discusses his new book ‘The Gaza Catastrophe: The Genocide in World-Historical Perspective’ and the political events that gave rise to it.
Boris on Trump

From US hegemony to a ‘war of all against all’: Boris Kagarlitsky on Trump’s first 100 days

Despite severe restrictions on political prisoners, Boris Kagarlitsky continues to analyse global developments. Here, he offers a sharp and often ironic reflection on the dynamics behind Trump’s return to power.
Russia China US

New imperialist powers, capitalist unipolarity and proletarian internationalism: An interview with Rasti Delizo (Part II)

Rasti Delizo explains the rise of new imperialist powers and faulty logic behind multipolarity, and argues for an anti-imperialism rooted in working-class solidarity.
Azat

Open letter from jailed Russian leftist dissidents: ‘At least 10,000 of us have been punished simply for taking a civic stance’

Eleven Russian political prisoners have issued an appeal to all international leaders who care about the suffering of people for their beliefs.
Ilya Budratskis pic

The crisis of liberal hegemony is the reason why so many Europeans are turning to the extreme right

Ilya Budraitskis on the rise of the far right and anti-fascist strategies.

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