“What did each of us do to stop this nightmare?”
By Igor Paskar. June 8, 2023 On 31 May the Southern District military court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Igor Paskar to eight-and-a-half years’ imprisonment on charges of “vandalism” and “terrorism”. He…
Ukraine, Lula’s peace plan and the global fight against the extreme right: An interview with Brazilian socialist Israel Dutra (MES/PSOL)
By Israel Dutra. Federico Fuentes. 1 June, 2023 Israel Dutra, of the Brazilian Socialist Left Movement (MES), speaks to LINKS International Journal of Socialist Renewal‘s Federico Fuentes about Putin’s war, solidarity…
Ukraine: Resisting creditors
By Eric Toussaint, Sushovan Dhar. 23 May 2023 Sushovan Dhar: What can be said about Ukraine’s debt 15 months after Russia invaded its territory? Éric Toussaint: I must first of all insist…
Sri Lanka: Don’t Use Class as a Weapon to Dismiss Social Struggles – Devaka Gunawardena
By Devaka Gunawardena. 29 May 2023 We can blame the chaos of the contemporary global moment for many problems. From rising prices, to rearmament and the possibility of outright military…
How the Workers’ Party embraced the “Centrão” and left environment minister Marina and Indigenous peoples minister Sonia adrift
By Rafael Moro Martins. 26 May 2023 The Worker’s Party knew weeks ago that Congress would undercut the environmental area. But not only did the party abandon ministers. It also…
Ukraine: Democratic socialism or barbarism: A reply to Hans-Herbert Kögler
By Yuliya Yurchenko. May 17, 2023 I want to start by thanking the author for this nuanced and thought-provoking text. I have found it useful in organizing my own thinking on…
‘This regime is not subject to evolution’ an interview with Ilya Budraitskis
By Meduza, Ilya Budraitskis. May 5, 2023 Political writer Ilya Budraitskis explains the left’s vision of decentralized governance and why Russia’s Communist Party must exit together with Putin. The invasion of…
A Sudanese Dream
By Gilbert Achcar. 4/29/2023 In the face of the nightmare that Sudan is going through these days, we have a dream… [Translated from the Arabic] In the face of the…
Russian refugees speak at meeting at Berkeley: Was/Is Trump in Putin’s pocket?
By Oaklandsocialist. April 19, 2023 I attended this interesting meeting/presentation by Russian refugees Ilya Budraitskis and Ilya Matveev. Important issues were raised, but on one issue there is a serious question….
Five ‘hidden’ feminist initiatives in Europe and Eurasia
By Laura Luciani, Karolina Kluczewska. 21 April 2023 Five grassroots feminist initiatives in five different countries transcend mainstream narratives about women’s rights Feminist groups in Europe and Eurasia are continuing…
Is US aid to Ukraine really ‘unprecedented’? New studies destroy the myth propagated by supporters of Western and Russian imperialism
By Michael Pröbsting. 4 April, 2023 Politicians of Western governments never tire of asserting that aid from the US and EU for Ukraine is “unprecedented”. Supporters of Russian president Vladimir…
The problems with Ukraine’s wartime diplomacy in the Global South
By Chelsea Ngoc Minh Nguyen. 3 April 2023 OPINION: Ukraine, take note: values of democracy, equality and fairness are not exclusively Western or European A head of the first anniversary…
Russia: With Victory in Ukraine Out of Reach, Putin Is Stepping Up His War on Domestic Enemies
March 25, 2023. By Volodya Vagner Vladimir Putin promised to “denazify Ukraine,” but this week he suppressed Russia’s own watchdog monitoring the far right. Unable to crush Ukraine, his government…
Reform of the COP process – a manifesto for moving from negotiations to delivery
February 24, 2023. By Collective. An open letter to the UN Secretary General and COP Executive Secretary With all essential components of the global climate agreement now finalised post-COP27, the…
Another 8 March at war: Ukrainian feminists’ perspectives
March 11, 2023. By Kateryna Turenko A year after the start of the war and on the eve of Women’s Day, Kateryna Turenko spoke to several feminist activists to show…