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
Walaa Alqaisiyas paper in Middle East Critique, “Moving Beyond Imperialist Frameworks: The False Equivalence Between Palestine and Xinjiang”, proves a masterclass in a failure of
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
Though he has been dead for more than 100 years, Vladimir Lenin continues to stand at the centre of debates about modern Marxism for his
Opposition to US wars unites circles that claim to be opposed to one another. A tribune published in Counterpunch proposes six resolutions regarding the United
Eight weeks into Trump’s war with Iran, the origins of the Islamic Republic are worth revisiting. The regime now confronting Washington was born in the
From the LPE Blog It has often been noted that Elon Musk and Henry Ford have much in common. Both were hailed as technological geniuses
The Kremlin is exploiting anti-imperialist sentiment in Africa to advance its own imperial ambitions Among the many concepts coined by the Cold War, campism remains
From 26 to 29 March, around 4,000 people gathered in Porto Alegre for a major international conference against the global rise of fascism and against
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
Hungarians have defeated a national autocrat and challenged a broader illiberal international alliance Hungarian voters have swept their far-right strongman Viktor Orbán out of office,
Kurdistan is often reduced to a militarized myth, erasing society, class, and everyday life. This essay argues for restoring social reality at the center, showing
More organised and more dependent on tech and outside support, the war in Sudan is deadlier than ever for civilians. Kiri Rupiah is the Communities
After a decade in ascendance, ultraconservative populism appears to be on the wane. Viktor Orbán lost last weekend’s election in Hungary and, with the war
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 Response to CounterPunch’s Declaration “Six Non-Negotiable Terms from International Scholars…to End the U.S. War on Iran,” and to the Political Framework That Made It
Last summer, “Revenge on Gold Diggers” topped sales charts in Chinese gaming. The male protagonist spends hundreds of thousands of yuan on a girlfriend who
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
The Middle East will not be stabilized by threading one crisis at a time. It will only be stabilized by a framework comprehensive enough to
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,
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 near-exclusive focus of international opinion and the media on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict conceals a far broader and more systemic reality: a forest of internal
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
00:00:00 Introduction of the speakers 00:02:38 Introduction to today’s webinar 00:04:20 Germany, racism, colonialism 00:09:27 Extermination and extraction 00:12:04 German-Russian inter-imperiality 00:16:20 The “German-ness Contract”
A recent article by Vijay Prashad and Tings Chak in the Monthly Review proves another attempt by the campist left to whitewash the ethnic cleansing
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
From Mina’s Substack In an earlier essay, I argued that the Islamic Republic governs through the geopolitical alibi: the habit of recasting domestic repression as
In anticipation of a conservative winning the 2024 presidential election, the well-funded far-right movement openly outlined its vision for an “ideal” America in its Project
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
From Liberal Currents Toby Buckle’s “It Wasn’t Fascism All Along” is exactly the kind of argument worth engaging directly. It is a serious argument that
Several hundred demonstrated today against the continued existence of the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial. In particular, demonstrators called for the dismantling of the memorial, with the
A recent article by Paweł Wargan and Jason Hickel, published by the Progressive International, is adulatory about what it claims to be “whole-process democracy” in
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
One of the laziest clichés about Iran is the idea that a single, unified “people” are standing against a single, unified “regime.” This formula works
Toward the end of Netflix’s “Into the Manosphere,” documentary filmmaker Louis Theroux chats in Marbella, Spain, with British influencer Ed Matthews. “The people who run
From Mina’s Substack As American and Israeli bombs fall on Iran, a question long central to Iranian political life returns with new urgency: How did
From the London Review of Books The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, met in February with Raúl Castro’s grandson at a Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
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
On March 9, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that the State Department was “designating the Sudanese Muslim Brotherhood as a Specially Designated Global
00:00:00 Webinar series intro 00:04:35 Oksana Dutchak introduces herself and her research 00:07:22 Core concepts of feminist social reproduction theory 00:29:39 Q&A: hierarchies of care
From Africa is a Country Why does the anti-Black racism of the US president have defenders in Africa’s largest Black nation? Trump’s posting of racist
From Feminism in India The Transgender Amendment Bill 2026 was passed in the Rajya Sabha on 25th March 2026. The bill was earlier passed by
“It causes me great pain every time I see people of good faith — because I know they act in good faith — reducing Cuba’s
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
Who invents the national mythology of Belarus? What purposes do new narratives about the country’s past actually serve? Nationalism scholar Nadya Krupenkova examines the top-down
From Rest of World Individuals and communities are resisting the demands and practices of Big Tech’s AI infrastructure — such as data centers and digital
A month ago, many articles appeared to remind the Western public of the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. This wave of articles
Nissim Mannathukkaren is an associate professor in Dalhousie University’s Department of International Development Studies in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. He is the author of ‘Communism,
On Wednesday, 11th March, 2026, along with 135 other nations, India co-sponsored a resolution of the United Nations Security Council which condemned Iran for attacking
From The Hill A dangerous chain reaction is underway and it may only be beginning. In the wake of U.S. and Israeli military strikes on
The progressive foreign response has often privileged geopolitics and anti-American imperialism at the cost of the struggle for democracy in Iran. The 13th century Persian
The recent webinar convened by the Initiative for Strategic Litigation in Africa (ISLA) under its Countering Anti-Rights Actors (CARA) thematic area marked an important moment
For more than a year, Nexus has been tracking the connection between the “manosphere” and antisemitism. A new Netflix documentary, Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere,
Rodrigo Duterte can no longer perform the strongman persona that supposedly generated his appeal, yet the political loyalty towards him has only intensified. “Charisma” can’t
In the following analysis, Somayeh Rostampour shows how the repression that the Iranian government has carried out to crush protests, the monarchist attempt to co-opt
Discourse about antisemitism in America has become a hopeless, meaningless mess. Particularly in the last few years, pro-Israel and right-wing organizations and politicians have insisted
From New Lines Magazine Iran helped the Assad regime crush unarmed protests with staggering violence starting 2011. Now, it has turned those same tactics on
I. What has happened since the United States and Israel launched the latest war on Iran? The United States and Israel started a new round
The US attacked Kharg, but it did not hit Iran’s oil export terminal there. That apparent contradiction may explain the nature of this war better
Solidarity Collectives: Who are you, and how would you describe yourself? What role do you play in Solidarity Collectives? Mira: My name is Mira, and
Obsessed with Israel, the anti-antisemitism industry is failing to confront the threat of right-wing nationalism — and, in some cases, making it worse America’s antisemitism
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 recent years, we have seen a spectacular rise in reactionary, authoritarian and/or fascist far-right movements across the globe. They already govern half of the
From Conviction The draft African charter on family sovereignty and values is presented as cultural protection, but critics warn it functions as a coordinated anti
Every week seems to bring news of another attempted massacre of diaspora Jews. This week, it was outside Detroit, Michigan, where an armed man rammed
00:00:00 Webinar series intro 00:04:46 Speaker introduction 00:06:55 Bill’s political biography 00:11:30 African Americans and the US labour movement 00:15:53 Race and class in the
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
From Fatteh Advocates say the proposed law has created an ‘atmosphere of terror’ among the local LGBTQ+ community and warn that, if passed, it would
Iran forces a question many Western-left debates avoid: are political rights truly universal? When repression abroad is endlessly contextualized rather than opposed, solidarity dissolves into
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
Why have misogynistic public narratives become so prevalent in Russia in recent years? What does the war in Ukraine have to do with it? Yekaterina
The phrase “Epstein class” is now in use as a shorthand for the forms of networking and mutual patronage practised by the rich and powerful
After violating the ‘ceasefire’ 10,000 times, Israel is once again pounding Lebanon as its enduring thirst for war drives ever expanding ambitions. I woke up
From Equator Watching Turkish TV this past week has been a strange experience. Since 28 February, pro- and anti-Erdoğan channels have largely suspended their political
We, anti-racist and antifascist activists of the left, come together within the Collective for Antifascist Struggle Against Racism and Antisemitism (CLARA). Our pluralistic and independent
South Asian states have obscured longstanding cross-border ties in order to consolidate national control. This history shows that dominant national identities crystallised only in the
A Left politics that instructs the Iranian feminist to defer her liberation to the requirements of the anti-Western imperial struggle is not offering her solidarity.
Is India’s role in Kashmir “settler colonial” or part of a shared legacy of internal colonialism across South Asia? India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit
From Equator Before the bombs fell, I had started an archive of debates taking place inside Iran in the aftermath of the January protests and
From Sidecar On 1 February, Laura Fernández of the ruling Partido Pueblo Soberano won the national elections in Costa Rica by a landslide. With 48
As early as 1864, Europe’s left was split by a Russian war of aggression against a democratic neighbour — namely Poland. For Karl Marx, the
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
From Boston Review Alex Shams: You have written extensively on sociopolitical transformations in the Middle East in recent decades, including the Arab Spring revolutions that
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 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
Let’s be blunt. Kidnapping, arresting, or killing a political figure of one country by another state is defined as illegal in international law, not because
The killing of Ali Khamenei, alongside a number of senior figures from the IRGC and the ruling apparatus, is an exceptional development in Iran’s current
The rise of Donald Trump’s extreme right-wing authoritarianism, particularly during his second presidential term, has given rise to a multitude of interpretations of the social
This article examines how carceral safety logics have driven cross-political, anti-transgender alliances within the global ‘anti-gender’ movement. While anti-gender politics are typically associated with right-wing,
The company in question still operates in Estonia and Jordan The internet shutdown during Iran’s protests of December 2025 into January 2026, the longest in
While the world argues about sanctions, socialism and geopolitics, the Cuban people themselves are quietly disappearing I have been thinking a lot about Cuba lately.
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
Ahead of the 115th International Women’s Day, Perempuan Mahardhika [1] and Amnesty International Indonesia held a public discussion on 24 February 2026 in Jakarta, entitled “Resisting
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
The fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine is being marked by the most intense and destructive shelling of Ukrainian cities since the war
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
Hardline Islamists gain ground in historic election following the 2024 July Uprising that ousted Sheikh Hasina. On February 12, 2026, Bangladesh held its first general