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12 December, by Cole Stangler
In Marseille, the French Left is Finally Uniting

For years, divisions on France’s left have helped Emmanuel Macron and Marine le Pen dominate the political terrain. But in the country’s second city, grassroots pressure has forced them to put (...)
12 December, by Alex MacDonald
Iraq’s Communists Given New Life by Protests

Compared to the ostentatiously huge buildings afforded to some of the parties in Baghdad, the headquarters of the Iraqi Communist Party (ICP) are relatively humble. The building comprises a shop, (...)
11 December, by Ania Loomba and Partha P. Chakrabartty
Debate: Fascism Is Not Simply Imposed From Above

It is time to call this regime by its name. What we are seeing is not procedural or substantive fascism; this is fascism. We woke up today to professor Arjun Appadurai’s insightful piece in The (...)
11 December, by Rahul Varma
35th Anniversary of Bhopal Disaster – Problem is Systemic

“People are suffering. People are dying. Entire ecosystems are collapsing. We are in the beginning of a mass extinction, and all you can talk about is money, and fairy tales of eternal economic (...)
9 December, by Vijay Kolinjivadi
Why a ’Green New Deal’ Must be Decolonial

The Green New Deal will not work unless it dismantles neocolonial structures exploiting nature and people. Discussions of a Green New Deal (GND) have been all the rage these days, as hundreds (...)
2 December, by Donald Cuccioletta
The Struggle Against Climate Change and the Need for Ecology

The position paper by Donald Cuccioletta titled “The Capitalist Crisis and The Case for Eco Socialism” will consist of four articles, which will touch the different crises that are weakening and (...)
29 November, by Robert Cavooris
Origins of the Crisis: On the Coup in Bolivia

Regarding recent events in Bolivia, some things are simple: Was it a coup? Yes. On Sunday, November 10, the commander-in-chief of Bolivia’s armed forces, General Williams Kaliman, publicly told (...)
27 November, by Carlos Torres and Oakland Socialist
The Neoliberal Miracle Under Fire

Unexpected turmoil erupted in Chile on October 18th, when high school students mobilized against a subway fare increase. On October 25th, another two million Chileans joined them in opposition to (...)
25 November, by Greg Shupak
Attacking Palestine’s Future

Traveling across Palestine, as I did to give lectures earlier this year, means following a perpetually fresh trail of repression. Omnipresent are the prison guard towers, the barbed wire, the (...)
22 November, by Mohamed Naeem
In Egypt, Nothing Has Changed — But Perhaps Everything Has

Can we venture to declare that Egypt has arrived at a new and dangerous turning point? Yes and no. For although nothing significant has materialized recently, the specter of a major shift looms. (...)