Central Hall Westminster was full with around 3,000 people attending an international conference against war on Saturday 20 June. The Stop the War Coalition, established
Author: Ben Gidley
From People and Nature We can support resistance to Russian imperialism while opposing NATO Intro: I put this argument at a Green Left Zoom discussion
In this conversation, Ralf Ruckus talks to Nandita Sharma, author of Home Rule: National Sovereignty and the Separation of Natives and Migrants (2020), about the
Transcript of episode 76 of the weekly El Faro English podcast, Central America in Minutes. In Nicaragua, the U.S. sanctions more than 100 officials after the
From Africa is a Country Although the UAE doesn’t occupy territory, it arms militias, controls ports, and launders violence through the language of development. Sudan
A delegation of Alliance for Workers’ Liberty members visited Lviv and Kyiv in late May. This followed on from earlier delegations in 2022 and 2023,
How do socialists reconcile their opposition to military expenditure (especially increased military expenditure) with support for Ukraine being provided with the weapons it needs to
From Positions: Politics Is China abolishing the hukou? Since the PRC’s State Council announced a new guideline on public services on May 18, 2026 this question
From Dissent Who Paid the Pipers of Western Marxism? is an inversion of a right-wing conspiracy theory, in which the prominence of the Frankfurt School is
From Tempest Somayeh Rostampour argues that opponents of U.S.and Israeli aggression in Iran must move beyond campism—or we will not succeed in rebuilding a genuinely emancipatory
From Futures of Difference Sociologist Cecilia Menjívar shows that violence against women is not a matter of individual acts but a product of converging structural
A dossier on the Iranian uprising that began on 28 December 2025 and the US–Israeli war, presenting texts in various languages from the region and
A recurring question in discussions in the fragmented global left is: what should our program focus on? Fighting fascism? Isolating Western imperialism? Life security? Propagandizing
Micheal Nelson Byaruhanga on Uganda’s costly vote, shutdowns and Museveni’s 50 years rule. From Chartist. With 24 hours left to the presidential polling day in Uganda,
Any effort to rebuild the left must begin with firm principles. Opposition to xenophobia cannot be deferred; it must be central. The same applies to
With the escalation of confrontation between Israel, the United States, and Iran, Iraq has entered an extremely tense phase at all security, political, and economic
The Russian invasion of Ukraine will soon enter its fifth year. We pay tribute to the Ukrainians’ steadfast resistance and condemn in the strongest possible
From Organizing My Thoughts, the official newsletter of writer and organizer Kelly Hayes. Last week, far-right streamer Nick Fuentes openly called for the mass criminalization
When Desperation Produces Strongmen Why “Messianic” leaders always turn against workers A SAFTU Political Education Pamphlet They rise because societies are desperately trying to find
The Crackdown on Anti-ICE Activists in Texas Reflects a Pattern of Intensifying Repression On July 4, roughly a dozen people participated in a demonstration at
From The Battleground What would the left be without Noam Chomsky? After the extent of his personal and financial connections to Jeffrey Epstein became apparent,
The Marxist historian Mohammed Harbi spent a lifetime dismantling the myths of Algeria’s national movement and warning that anticolonial victories could harden into bureaucratic rule.
From CrimethInc.: We present a interview with Htet Khine Soe, an activist who organized in Burma for more than 20 years before relocating to Mae Sot
Dear comrades and friends, As we enter the fifth year of russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the war continues to devastate our communities. This winter,
From Idavox Idavox has learned investigative reporter, author, and activist Chip Berlet has died at 76. Long before Trump, Berlet was one of only a
A year ago, my energies were focused on a project on academic freedom in Venezuela under Chavismo. Our main findings were that, compared to other
From OffBeat Research Much of the world’s attention on the Middle East has been focused on the man-made famine in Gaza, the collapse of the
From Chartist Magazine The so-called 28-point plan (drafted in part by the Russian regime and presented by the US) cannot serve as the basis for a just
This article explores antigender mobilisation – a global phenomenon that challenges and undermines gender equality – with a focus on Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). Using
Russia appears unwilling to compromise in Ukraine – a problem ignored by those calling for an end to support for Kyiv From analyse&kritik For my
From Maiseh Review 2026 began with several shocking moments of violence, including the devastating killing of legal observer Renee Goode in Minneapolis, Minnesota, which led
This dossier brings together a range of perspectives, mainly from the anti-campist left, on Trump’s intervention in Venezuela, in a number of languages. Previous dossiers
Geopolitical discussions are seductive to many because they involve powerful players, strategy, individual personalities, and conspiracy. Perhaps most importantly, they include ideological worldviews that center
It can be difficult to define what “conservative” or “right-wing populist” means, as the boundaries have blurred with other terms such as “far right” or
Venezuela has revealed more clearly how Trump understands power and global order. That view centers on power, leverage, and unilateral action. It also involves a
The following passage is from an article I wrote for the Independent back in 2012. According to the International Trade Union Confederation’s 2012 annual survey, “anti-union discrimination, violations
From Red Mole The message arrived in a left WhatsApp group on January 6th, 2026. A member asked if anyone had “a source for what’s
The unrest is growing and now includes a Kurdish general strike and participation by the Baluch and Azeri ethnic minorities The latest wave of protests
In September, Donald Trump signed an executive order changing the name of the Department of Defense to the Department of War, and posted an image
From The New Republic Extremist groups are some of the biggest winners of the second Trump administration. The first year of Donald Trump’s second term
Local NGOs in the Congo say that Chinese companies do not respect the environment and Indigenous peoples’ rights The Central African region, also known as
Interview by Gabriel Fonten with members of Anarchist Front, a collective spreading information about events in Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan The uprising in Iran has been ongoing for
Fightback unreservedly condemns the murderous attacks by United States forces on Caracas, Venezuela, which have resulted in 40 deaths and the kidnapping of President Nicolas Maduro
Trying to make sense of the Tankie phenomenon. – Mohammed Elnaiem Read on Substack
An open letter by a group of UK Holocaust studies and Jewish studies scholars. For context see this news item. Dear members of the board
Clean energy can still come with high political and economic costs, even when framed as green cooperation This article was submitted as part of the
At the UN’s annual Western Sahara debate, everyone gets heard except the Sahrawis themselves. From Africa is a Country Every year in October, sweater weather
There is a deepening crisis across Africa. In Sudan, Tanzania, Kenya, the Congo, Swaziland, Cameroon and elsewhere, governments and armed forces backed by corrupt elites
Darfur is engulfed in atrocity, with famine, mass killings and displacement now defining what remains of Sudan’s revolution. The city of El Fasher in the
In 2024, Black Rose/Rosa Negra’s International Relations Committee began working closely with anarchist revolutionaries in Sudan. This relationship has involved the exchange of ideas, practical
Originally published by the media resistance group. A feminist, anarchist, and poet living in Ukraine delivers a personal and political address to the leader of Your Party, inviting reflection on what
State blames fabricated “Chaos Star” anarchist network for instigating grassroots uprising Anarchists in Indonesia are calling for international support for comrades imprisoned and tortured following the
My name is Galina Rymbu. I am a poet, translator, feminist and anarchist of Moldovan-Romanian and Ukrainian origin. I was born and raised in Western Siberia, in the company town of Chkalovsky in the city of Omsk.
From Terrell J Starr Official There’s only one reason Donald Trump isn’t supporting Ukrainians in their fight against Russia’s invasion: the race of their oppressor.
From Al-Jumhuriya Syrian social media was abuzz in June when Ahmad al-Sharaa, the country’s transitional president, chaired an Eid al-Adha event for prominent Syrian women.
Mass demonstrations accuse government of authoritarianism and corruption Tensions have surged in Peru after interim president José Jerí Oré declared a 30-day state of emergency
From Eurozine Under the Netanyahu government, Israel has aligned itself with an autocratic international whose goal is to transform sovereignty into state impunity. The war
During a trip to northern Morocco last week, I had the chance to meet two supporters of the GenZ212 movement that has been shaking the
Of all the criticisms of capitalism, one of the most enduring is the idea that the economy should be moral. French utopian socialists envisaged a
From Transition: The Magazine of Africa and the Diaspora In January of 2025, days after the RSF was forced to retreat from central Sudan, I
From Journal of Democracy This is the golden age of transnational repression, or the targeting of exiles and diasporas by the states they left behind.
RMT general secretary Eddie Dempsey has published a new article in Tribune, arguing that the disconnection between the working class and the organised left is partly down to
Escalated by police violence, a protest movement in Nepal snowballed into a spontaneous insurrection, culminating on September 9, 2025 with the toppling of the government.
At least 18 people were injured, including a journalist The Peruvian capital has experienced another weekend of mobilisations, in a second wave of protests called
Two activists from Sudfa (a media outlet founded by Sudanese exiles in France) and Génération Lumière (a decolonial ecology association founded by young Congolese people
National protests kicked off Monday and have spread to the capital as indigenous federation CONAIE calls for a national strike From Pirate Wire Services As
From Paris and Rome to Jakarta, Indonesia, and New York, a curious banner has appeared in protest squares. With hollow cheeks, a broad grin and
US president Donald Trump has said Ukraine could win back all of the territory it has lost in the ongoing war, but Russia’s president Vladimir
In Nepal, a protest movement in early September 2025 escalated into a spontaneous insurrection in response to police violence, culminating with the burning of the
From Pirate Wire Services Youth in Peru take a page from Nepalese rebellion as the pirate flag from “One Piece” flies in pitched street battles
From Terrell J Starr Official Donald Trump and his MAGA followers are outraged over Iryna Zarutska’s murder, but not because they cared about her as
From New Labor Forum Commentators right and left survey today’s political landscape and conclude, with historian Matt Karp, that “the political story of the 21st
Interview with Bill Fletcher Jr., former president of TransAfrica Forum and a senior scholar with the Institute for Policy Studies, conducted by Scott Harris for
Indonesia is experiencing a serious wave of protests, which began on August 28, 2025, and have placed dramatic pressure on President Prabowo Subianto’s government. The
From Lux Magazine, issue 14 “END FOSSIL FUEL NOW!” The sharp cry broke through the monotony of the COP28 plenary session in Dubai in late
A special issue of the NACLA Report on the Americas. This special issue of the NACLA Report critically examines the rise of green capitalism in the Americas
For unions to survive, they must embrace antifascism. In countries across the capitalist world, trade union movements are being challenged to their very core by
From shado Spaces of free expression are becoming all the more precious as the country veers closer towards illiberalism There is a phrase that has
United24 report Russia stole the works of Ukraine’s renowned 20th-century painter Leonid Chychkan in 2022. Three years later, it claimed the life of his great-grandson, Davyd Chychkan, an artist, anarchist,
An interview with Saladdin Ahmed Bahozde from the forthcoming issue of Historical Expertise. Interviewer: Yurii Latysh. Historical Expertise [HE]: Your book Fascism in the Middle
From Foreign Policy In a carefully choreographed ceremony on July 11 in Sulaimaniyah, Iraq, 30 members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) symbolically burned their weapons. This
Uri Weltmann, Standing Together’s national field organiser, writes to supporters with an update on the movement’s latest activity. In the last few days, news about
Japan held elections for its upper house, the House of Councillors, on July 20. The vote proved a challenge for the conservative ruling Liberal Democratic
This intervention offers a series of preliminary analytical arguments on the current Latin American political conjuncture. It argues that the period of progressive hegemony that
From Atar: Sudan in Perspective The Haftar-Hemedti nexus rests on a shared ideology that scorns centralised state authority in favour of personal loyalty networks and
The following articles are among those which have been published by Links in a series entitled “Debating Venezuela” since August 2024. More articles are being
In some parts of Russia, schoolgirls who become pregnant are being paid more than 100,000 roubles (nearly £900) for giving birth and raising their babies. This new
From Africa is a Country Sudan’s revolution removed a dictator but left intact the deep structures of racialized hierarchy, militarism, and elite rule. Resistance committees
1) When I set out to write this report, even the title gave me pause. „Fleeing“—it wasn’t a word I wanted to use. But it’s
From Prospect Often, my first reaction to news coming out of Israel and Palestine is a narcissistic one—making it all about me. When I hear
Presentation in Apertus squat of Agrinion, Greece, 21 of June 2025. Presentation in English, translation to Greek. Scroll to the end for video. Ελληνική περίληψη
Reports from the past week on workers’ struggles and other protest movements. Produced and edited by: Hayat Almasi and Evin Rezaei, Workers Communist Party of
This is reposted from Libcom, published there as “Iranian feminists speak out”, and originally published in English by the Anarchist Communist Group. Editorial comments below
We are publishing this translation as part of a series documenting some dissident and alternative views on the conflict from social movements in Iran and
From Journal Farsi, affiliated with the Worker-Communist Party of Iran, of which Hamid Takvaee is the leader. We are publishing this translation as part of a
Benjamin Balthaser’s Citizens of the Whole World: Anti-Zionism and the Cultures of the American Jewish Left will be published by Verso in July. Balthaser is
From The New Arab Building a free and just Syria after five decades of totalitarian rule, in a region rife with instability and foreign meddling,
This is part of a series from Selim Koru’s Substack which breaks down phrases in Turkish popular political discourse. This installment focuses on some examples
What is new about the authoritarianism that we are currently witnessing? It is useful to situate this authoritarianism within, and to see it as an
Racists in the United States and Chinese nationalists share common ground. Roughly a year ago, an American social media influencer traveled from the United States