We know Russia funds Europe’s far Right. But what does it get in return?
By Neil Datta. 6 April 2022 Many influential European ultra-conservatives share an ideological alignment with Moscow – particularly on the rights of women and LGBTIQ people That Russia serves as…
Ukrainian socialist: ‘The future of demilitarisation lies in stopping Russia’s war machine now’
Federico Fuentes. Vitaliy Dudin. April 6, 2022 Vitaliy Dudin, head of the Ukrainian democratic socialist organisation Sotsyalnyi Rukh (Social Movement), spoke from Cherkasy, Ukraine, on April 6, to Green Left’s Federico Fuentes about the current…
Urgent plea by Sri Lankan feminists to address the unfolding humanitarian crisis caused by the economic collapse in Sri Lanka
By Collective. April 6, 2022 Sri Lanka is facing the worst economic crisis in its post-independence history. Widespread food and fuel shortages are crippling the lives of people. Such a…
Putin Is Not Only Waging War On Ukraine, He Is Also Destroying Russian Society
By Karine Clément. 04 Apr 2022 Karine Clément writes that working people can be the agents of change in Putin’s Russia. Everywhere I hear only terrified exclamations against “those people”, this…
European trade unions could send convoys to help Ukraine. Here’s how
By Bob Myers. 5 April 2022 International trade union convoys to Bosnia were a vital reminder that the world cared about the people there and their struggles. Now’s the time…
Sri Lanka: Averting the Looming Food Crisis
By Sandun Thududgala. 03/20/2022 A food crisis is inevitable. Food prices are soaring; shortages in essential food items are creating long queues, affecting people’s ability to work and get on…
Sri Lanka: ‘Ecological Agriculture is a Political Question’
By Sandun Thudugala and M. K. Jayathissa. March 15, 2022 The government’s overnight ban on the import of chemical fertilisers, pesticides and weedicides, to make Sri Lanka’s agriculture “100 percent organic”,…
Sri Lanka: Economic collapse and the post-IMF crisis
By Devaka Gunawardena and Ahilan Kadirgamar. 1 April 2022 Sri Lanka is quickly becoming a poster child for the sovereign debt crisis, much like countries before it such as Lebanon,…
Ukraine: Six cats, thirty people, four mortar shells. Two weeks in the occupied Kyiv suburb
By Evheny Osievsky. 21.03.2022 For almost two weeks – from February 24th to March 10th – me, thirty other people, and six cats were living in the dormitory of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy in…
India: Over 30,000 government employees boycott work on second day of nationwide strike
By Scroll Staff. March 29, 2022 Workers from banking, steel, oil, telecom, coal, postal, income tax and insurance sectors are participating in the protest. Over 30,000 employees of government-owned companies…
EU: Comments on the “Feminist Manifesto Against War”
By Catherine Samary. 25 March 2022 I did not sign the Feminist Manifesto Against War, although I share (as I told the comrade who sent it to me) many aspects of…
Russia can’t afford its war on Ukraine. Here’s why
By Adam Ramsay. 24 March 2022 Weapons are astonishingly expensive and Ukrainians won’t surrender. But those aren’t Vladimir Putin’s only problems The invasion of Ukraine began just 77 days after…
EU: The Wrong Way to Boycott
By Yousef Munayyer. March 22, 2022 In contrast to ineffective—or even unethical—actions targeting Russian culture and individuals, the Palestinian BDS campaign is a model of how to use boycott and…
Maidan, Donbass e a esquerda (2): A esquerda ucraniana depois da queda da URSS
10 de Março, 2022 Volodymyr Ishchenko faz o retrato da esquerda ucraniana até ao início de Maidan. Entre a velha esquerda com liderança assimilada à elite burguesa e o PCU…
Friends and colleagues remember Pierre Beaudet
by Judy Rebick, March 11, 2022 “Pierre was a great leader, an extraordinary thinker and had a big heart. The world will miss Pierre greatly.” Just when we needed him most…