Kavita Krishnan is a writer, activist and feminist who has been involved in India’s Left politics, feminist movements and democratic-rights movements for several decades. In
Month: October 2026
Brazil’s President Lula da Silva has forged a global reputation as a leader of the left. He’s also fighting for his political life after a
From Himal Southasian Mass detentions of CJP protestors in Delhi expose the Modi government’s disregard for democratic rights, and supercharge comparisons with Indira Gandhi’s Emergency
From New Lines Magazine As revisions to voter rolls put more than 130 million people at risk of disenfranchisement, protesters have returned to the streets
Ilya Budraitskis and Ilya Matveev, Russia’s New Imperialism: Capital and Ideology (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2026), 240 pp. In October 2022, just before the
Three scenarios – all grim – on how the renewed conflict in Tigray could develop. The conflict in Ethiopia’s northern region of Tigray moved a
A large banner on the May 2026 “Unite the Kingdom” rally, a far-right demonstration called by Tommy Robinson, read “End Zionist occupation of Britain.” The
Priama Diia, meaning “Direct Action,” is an independent student union in Ukraine and a unique, vital example of grassroots working-class resistance. Refounded in February 2023
Barricades, tens of thousands of police and paramilitary personnel as well as right-wing goons were deployed to stop the protests against vote rigging. What does
The following is an interview with friends from Taiwan who have formed the umbrella coalition Taiwan Alliance for a Free Palestine (TWAFP). The interview includes
When protests begin attracting large numbers of people who are willing to risk police beatings, it is usually a sign of anti-incumbency setting in. In
A comrade of Xiao Wu, an activist arrested after years of reporting on the situation of Chinese workers, writes a letter to Marx describing how
From Elad Nehorai’s Newsletter Today marks the anniversary of the worst mass killing of Jews since the Holocaust and the worst mass killing of Israeli
Three years after the terrorist attack by Hamas and its allies, we pay tribute to the victims of this mass crime, which killed more than
The high school mobilisation that began in the Paris suburbs in September 2026 fits into a series of back-to-school mobilisations that secondary education has seen cyclically
From New Lines Magazine Wars do not alter the balance of power only when cities fall; it also shifts when geography acquires new value. This
From New Lines Magazine Riyadh’s latest victories in Yemen relied on UAE-backed forces that want their own state, raising questions about who will ultimately benefit
Ethnic divisions undermine the prospects of achieving better housing policies for all of us In recent years, rent and property prices have been a constant
To understand the enduring resilience of the U.S. dollar and the reality behind the current wave of de-dollarization rhetoric, the Monitor spoke with Professor Ho-fung
Estimates of the number of people directly killed in Sudan’s civil war vary widely, in part because counting casualties in active conflict zones is extremely
From Himal Southasian Fraser Sugden’s ‘Land, Labour and Agrarian Change in Nepal’s Tarai-Madhesh’ explains why decades of political upheaval have failed to break the hold
In this interview conducted by Stéfanie Prezioso for Marx21, Laurence De Cock analyses the ongoing mobilisation of young people in France, its rapid spread and
Thiago Gama: I begin with the question you must be tired of seeing badly formulated. In Fire Alarm, you show that Benjamin inverts Marx’s metaphor.
Socialists against Antisemitism condemns the Green Party’s adoption of its ‘Zionism is racism’ resolution. We are particularly concerned by the rejection of safeguards for Jewish
Housing has become one of the main social and political conflicts in Europe. The problem is no longer limited to the cost of renting, the
On the night of October 1, we learned that our comrade Hayka had been killed during an artillery strike. She was 33 years old. An
Latin American militarism did not disappear when dictatorships ended between the 1970s and the 1990s. In Brazil and Argentina, whose dictatorships ended in 1985 and
When Maricarmen Abascal, a disabled 87 year-old, was evicted from the Madrid home where she had lived for 71 years, hundreds of people gathered outside
By the morning of 27 September, the Puerta del Sol was covered in tents. Thousands of people had marched through Madrid under the slogan “Ni