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
Category: Interviews
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
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
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
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
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
On ‘In Bed With the Right‘ hosts Moira Donegan and Adrian Daub welcome a range of scholars and critics to analyze right wing ideas about
Maksym Kazakov: Hello, John! You are a very well-known historian in Ukraine, and every work or article you publish sparks lively discussion. People have very
Paraguay often doesn’t get a lot of attention outside of South America, but that’s been changing in recent years — especially for members of the
Two Uprisings and Their Internal Connection Iran Draft: In an interview marking the first anniversary of the Jina movement, or the “Woman, Life, Freedom” movement,
Leading Turkish LGBTQ activist Yildiz Tar explains why Turkey’s authoritarian government is escalating repression of their community. The crackdown has less to do with public
Zionism, as a cultural and political movement of Hebrew revival, sought to forge a connection between the modern Jewish people and a deep past located
Can Koçak is the Britain representative of the Workers’ Party of Turkey (Türkiye İşçi Partisi), a socialist party with three sitting MPs. A fourth, Can
The Caste Pod is a podcast hosted by Ajantha Subramanian, historical anthropologist whose work addresses the historicity and political economy of caste. Ajantha is Professor
This is a recording of a New Jewish Narrative webinar from August 26, 2026, the first part in our Israeli Election Webinar Series. Most of
Chenchen Zhang, Easting the West: Theorizing the Postliberal Conjuncture from China (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2026), 272 pp. With commentary on the emergence of a
Few atrocities have been documented as extensively as the Srebrenica genocide. Yet three decades later, denial remains politically entrenched, while the evidentiary record painstakingly assembled
The ‘Lines on a Map’ podcast focuses on current developments in the Middle East and every week speaks to a journalist writing for The Amargi.
As Israel prepares for elections on Oct. 27, the past four years demand a reckoning: what has prolonged far-right rule changed in law, policy, and
Speaking with Federico Fuentes for LINKS International Journal of Socialist Renewal, Sabrina Fernandes puts the case for ecosocialism, notes some of its important contributions to
The Caste Pod is a podcast hosted by Ajantha Subramanian, historical anthropologist whose work addresses the historicity and political economy of caste. Ajantha is Professor
Why was the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact signed? What was its impact on Ukraine? How is this deal debated in modern-day Germany? Historian Bernhard H. Bayerlein, author
The ‘Lines on a Map’ podcast focuses on current developments in the Middle East and every week speaks to a journalist writing for The Amargi.
From The Debrief with Debra Shushan An official date of October 27 has been set for Israel’s crucial parliamentary election. While the current governing coalition
Chenchen Zhang, Easting the West: Theorizing the Postliberal Conjuncture from China (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2026), 272 pp. At a time when right-wing populism appears
Chenchen Zhang, Easting the West: Theorizing the Postliberal Conjuncture from China (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2026), 272 pp. Luke de Noronha is joined by Chenchen
Interview by Antonín Hořčica, conducted in English on 1 September 2023 at the 9th International Degrowth Conference in Zagreb. AH: How are you finding the
The war in Iran has reshaped the political landscape that emerged from the 2022 uprising: it has strengthened the Islamic Republic, given new momentum to
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
In this episode of the SRHM Podcast, Eszter Kismődi and Neil Datta, Executive Director and founder of the European Parliamentary Forum on Sexual and Reproductive
From Public Books Durba Mitra, The Future That Was: A History of Third World Feminism Against Authoritarianism (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2026), 352 pp. Durba
For generations, Jewish-Israeli children have been brought up in an education system where Palestinians rarely appear as Palestinians. Instead, they are “Arabs”, “enemies”, and a
00:00:00 Webinar series intro 00:03:59 Speaker introduction 00:06:55 Recap of the main points of Dahlia Scheindlin’s article (“Everybody Loses…”) 00:14:27 Propositions on the background of
Reform UK has just swept councils across England and made significant gains in devolved elections. How did a party of the radical right get here
Dharmishtha Chauhan from Gujarat opens up about the casteism embedded in her work, the mental toll of harassment and discrimination, and why ASHA workers must
From Equator Gavin Jacobson: To what extent is the current offensive in Mali unprecedented? Rahmane Idrissa: The violence itself isn’t unprecedented by the standards of
From royal court legends to a 17th-century deity, gay people have been part of Chinese life and literature for millennia. Since the 1990s, legal reforms
The Caste Pod is a podcast hosted by Ajantha Subramanian, historical anthropologist whose work addresses the historicity and political economy of caste. Ajantha is Professor
Danny and Derek welcome to the show writer Paul Heideman to talk about the transformation of the Republican Party from the main party of business
The Caste Pod is a podcast hosted by Ajantha Subramanian, historical anthropologist whose work addresses the historicity and political economy of caste. Ajantha is Professor
In this episode of Democracy for Sale, Peter Geoghegan is joined by Professor Kim Lane Scheppele to unpick the high-stakes election in Hungary. With Orbán
Ho-fung Hung, The China Question: Eight Centuries of Fantasy and Fear (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2026), 336 pp. “The contempt and naive idealization of China
To start, please give a brief overview of your findings in your book Made in China: When US-China Interests Converged to Transform Global Trade. What
This month, China’s National People’s Congress held its annual meeting and passed a new law on ‘promoting ethnic unity and progress’. The legislation further codifies
On this episode of In Theory, Durba Mitra returns to the podcast to talk with Disha Karnad Jani about her new book, The Future That
The Caste Pod is a podcast hosted by Ajantha Subramanian, historical anthropologist whose work addresses the historicity and political economy of caste. Ajantha is Professor
If Fordism built the 20th-century welfare state, Muskism is designed to undo it. It’s a political economy where freedom means self-reliance through Musk’s technology –
The phrase “conservative revolution” made its first appearance in a 1927 speech delivered by the Austrian writer Hugo von Hofmannsthal. After World War II, it
This week on Reign of Error, host Sarah Posner speaks with Texas Monthly senior writer Robert Downen about how long-standing anti-Muslim activism has moved from
Sarah Posner sits down with New York Magazine senior writer Sarah Jones to unpack the accelerating assault on transgender rights in Kansas and beyond. They
The Caste Pod is a podcast hosted by Ajantha Subramanian, historical anthropologist whose work addresses the historicity and political economy of caste. Ajantha is Professor
As cross-border strikes intensify and Pakistan’s defence minister declares “open war” against the Afghan Taliban government, the long arc of Islamabad’s Afghanistan policy appears under
Last October, the war in Sudan took a new turn with the capture of El Fasher by the Rapid Support Forces. The city in western
Sasha Talaver: You’ve been in the army for almost four years. What is your job now? How are you feeling? Taras Bilous: I’m a drone
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
As the full-scale invasion of Ukraine enters its fifth year, resistance to Russian occupation has undergone a radical transformation. The public displays of defiance that defined the war’s early days
This week on Reign of Error, host Sarah Posner examines the Department of Homeland Security’s use of neo-Nazi and white nationalist imagery in ICE recruitment
On 12 February 2026, Bangladesh holds its first election since the July Revolution in 2024 that overthrew the authoritarian government of Sheikh Hasina and the
AntiNote: the following interview with Leila al-Shami was transcribed from a 15 January 2026 broadcast on Radio LoRa, a community radio station in Zurich, Switzerland
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
In a new episode of the Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters (SRHM) podcast, SRHM convenes leading experts and advocates to unpack the implications of three newly
A New Age of Protest in Iran. Interview with Chowra Makaremi and Amir Ahmadi Arian – 28 January 2026
The protests that began in Iran last month have been suppressed with a level of state violence not seen since the 1980s, when the Islamic
From Himal Southasian In October 2024, two months after the monsoon revolution in Bangladesh toppled Sheikh Hasina as prime minister and Awami League government, four
At first glance, the U.S. capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro might look like an obvious disaster for Vladimir Putin. Russia has lost a key partner, and the prospect
Popular histories tend to locate capitalism’s origins in Europe, only later moving outward to other parts of the globe. Not so, says historian Sven Beckert.
A laboratory for a Left of resistance and solidarity against status-quo pacifism. The collective Sinistra per l’Ucraina (“Left for Ukraine”) was formed in Italy in
Welcome to our Israel/Palestine Podcast – a project by graduating high school students from Berlin-Neukölln. Home to Germany’s largest Palestinian diaspora and a second home to
Mediapart: In June, speaking before Danish comrades, you made a case for the idea of an “antifascist” foreign policy. Where are the hotbeds of contemporary
How can we shift the focus from discussing state gender policy to seeking alternatives? Why does this matter now, in the third year of the
Investigative journalist Yuval Abraham takes us inside his reporting on the systems driving Israel’s mass killing in Gaza over the past two years. He discusses
Why has Eastern Europe been absent from studies of decolonial history? Historians Oksana Dudko and Anna Hájková discuss.
In 2019, more than a million people poured onto the streets of Hong Kong, with many returning week after week. The song ‘Glory to Hong
In this episode of The Horn, Alan speaks with Julia Steers, investigations editor at Lighthouse Reports, about the large-scale atrocities that took place in Darfur’s
Dramatically falling birthrates and a skyrocketing number of divorces as the number of marriages collapsing increases all point toward the erosion of the capitalist family
China is breaking the rules of development. Typically, as countries progress up the value chain, they transition from agriculture to light industry, then to heavy
In this episode of Yurt Jurt, Aidai Aidarova speaks with Terrell J. Starr, journalist, podcaster, and political commentator. Aidai and Terrell discuss how conversations about colonialism
For over two years, the world has watched Israel carry out daily atrocities in Gaza and wondered: how did Israeli society allow this to happen?
Over the past few years, industrial policy and manufacturing capacity, especially in the high-tech sector, have been at the centre of great power rivalry between
How do Palestinians conceive of liberation and hope today, after decades of disillusion, and beyond the narrow language of statehood? In this bleak moment, what
Webinars and Interviews
No webinars in the second half of 2026, instead we’re doing a series of discussions on some of the themes addressed in Left Renewal in an Age of Waiting.
Past:
7 June 2026 – Webinar with Nissim Mannathukkaren on Autocratisation in India
29 March 2026 – Webinar with Oksana Dutchak on War, Austerity and Care
15 March 2026 – Webinar with Bill Fletcher Jr. on Global Labour Movement Solidarity
4 Jan 2026 – Webinar with Anna Hájková on Eastern Europe and the Blind Spots of the Global Left
16 Nov 2025 – Webinar with Jacob Abolafia on Emancipation and Decolonisation
21 Sept 2025 – Webinar with Brian Hioe on Campism and the Left in Taiwan
11 May 2025 – Webinar with Philippe Corcuff and Ben Gidley on Confusionism
4 May 2025 – Webinaire avec Pierre Gaussens sur la “critique de la raison décoloniale”
17 April 2025 – Entretien avec Michel Cahen sur le concept de colonialité
26 Jan 2025 – Interview with Ben Wexler on the Idea of the Eternal Settler
12 Jan 2025 – Webinar with Joe Grim Feinberg on Rethinking Colonialism and Imperialism
19 Nov 2024 – Interview with Lachlan McNamee on Settler Colonialism
14 July 2024 – Webinar with Lachlan McNamee and Arnon Degani on Settler Colonialism
Anna Hájková (en), Anna Zielinska (en), Arnon Degani (en), Ben Gidley (en), Benjamin Wexler (en), Bill Fletcher Jr. (en), Brian Hioe (en), Byron Clark (en), Chenchen Zhang (en), Daphne Lawless (en), Haoues Seniguer (en), Jacob Abolafia (en), Joseph Grim Feinberg (en), Lachlan McNamee (en), Michal Frenkel (en), Michel Cahen (en), Nissim Mannathukkaren (en), Oksana Dutchak (en), Philippe Corcuff (en), Tereza Hendl (en), Yudit Namer (en)
Denys Gorbach (Kryvyi Rih, 1984) is a sociologist. The research from his doctoral thesis at Sciences Po (Paris) is contained in the book ‘The Making
In this episode of Yurt Jurt, host Diana Kudaibergen sits down with Asem Zhapisheva, journalist, activist, and a founding member of the civic movement Oyan,
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.
According to Thomas Blom Hansen, Indian cities have become spaces of exclusion, fear, and sharpened enmity. He describes how Muslims are victims of an entanglement
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 Jaffna Monitor Kaniyan Pungundran: I see your life as a story of human resilience — or perhaps more broadly, the resilience of Sri Lankan
“Ethiopian working people’s incomes are simply so low that they cannot be pilfered very much further.” Dr. Samuel Andreas Admasie is a researcher and archive
All eyes have been on Nepal since last week when a large but loosely organised protest by young people in Kathmandu turned into a revolution
In late August, demonstrations against housing allowances for national parliamentarians escalated dramatically when a motorcycle delivery driver, Affan Kurniawan, caught up in the protests, was
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
Anastasia Berg: The essay you published with us, “Violence and the Left,” takes a critical stance against a tendency on the left vis-à-vis violence. What
In this episode, Matt is joined by journalist Talia Lavin to discuss her book, Wild Faith: How the Christian Right is Taking Over America, one
Eiad Husham is a Sudanese journalist whose investigative reports and insightful analyses have appeared in numerous outlets, including Sudans Post, Ayin, Al Jazeera, The New
A major topic following Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 presidential election has been his gains with racial and ethnic minorities, a trend that’s scrambled
On 15 August 2025, the Taliban marked four years since retaking control of Afghanistan – a period defined by deepening authoritarianism, economic collapse, and international
Taiwan is a flashpoint for US-China rivalry, so radicals internationally need to be able to see through the misleading views about Taiwan spread by both
How Thailand and China solved their nation-building dilemma Henry Rory O’Connor: Who is the Chinese population of Thailand? What does the rest of the country’s