United States

Gilbert Achcar — There is no doubt that the court of history will include Joe Biden's name prominently on the list of perpetrators of crimes against humanity.

Sharon Smith — Kamala Harris’ rhetoric has tended to be more progressive than Biden’s, but Biden’s policies are very likely to be Harris’ policies in a future presidency because Harris has never strayed far from them, whatever language she has used.

Max Elbaum — The mood among opponents of MAGA has shifted dramatically. But the electoral map hasn’t changed, and the Gaza genocide continues. What does this mean for progressives and the socialist Left?

Walden Bello — Two recent events have shattered complacency about the specter of a fascist takeover globally that a number of us have been warning about for some time now.

Marty Hart-Landsberg — Global carbon dioxide emissions (the main cause of global warming) continue to rise. Yet, we have seen only modest attempts to bring emissions down.

Mohammed Nabulsi — Our strategy of mobilization seeks to create crisis for the US ruling class and raise the political, social, and economic costs for their participation in this genocide.

Clifton D’Rozario discusses Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s role as a global far right leader and the impact of US-China tensions on South Asian politics and struggles.

Paul Le Blanc asks: is it possible for us to make use of Lenin’s ideas 100 years after his death, and if so — how?

Au Loong-Yu discusses the factors that fueled China’s phenomenal economic rise, how they have begun to exhaust themselves, and the significance of the White Paper movement, which he argues heralds a new period in Chinese politics.

Ashley Smith analyzes the impact of the attempted assassination of Donald Trump on the deepening political crisis in the US and the ever growing weakness of the Joe Biden campaign.

Danaletchumi Langaswaran — There are prospects for building solidarity, but left and people’s groups in the region must work together for it.

Gilbert Achcar — With the reoccupation of the Gaza Strip completed and the question of its political fate coming to the fore, the Zionist consensus represented by Netanyahu’s war cabinet has ended.