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Asja Lācis – Revolutionary theatre, Bolshevism and Walter Benjamin
Chris Bambery explores the life and work of Latvian Bolshevik, Asja Lācis.
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Climate and class
For far too long environmental issues have been seen as the preserve of the middle classes, but as the recent heatwave shows, climate change impacts us all, and the poor and most vulnerable suffer the most, finds Terina Hine.
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An epidemic of violence against women and girls
Urgent action is required to stem the growing tide of misogynistic abuse and sexual violence against women, writes Terina Hine.
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Frequently asked questions about AI
Kevin Crane takes on some common questions about Artificial Intelligence.
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Climate change: Too hot for our rulers to handle–weekly briefing
Lindsey German on climate chaos and capitalism’s inability to deal with it.
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Bolivia at the crossroads
Emergency legislation lays the foundations to crush the Bolivian anti-government protests argues Jonathan Maunders
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Capitalism: A Global History – book review
This enormous history of capitalism provides much fascinating detail, but its flawed conceptualisation of the system’s history undermines it, argues Dominic Alexander.
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Climate crisis deepens
Evidence of catastrophic shifts in the climate is mounting alarmingly, yet leaders show no signs of action, so anti-capitalism is the only route to solving the crisis, argues John Clarke.
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Falling in love again: The extraordinary politics of Alexandra Kollontai – book review
Kollontai’s writings on women’s oppression and their struggle for liberation are as clarifying and brilliantly relevant today as they have always been, finds Lindsey German.
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“A Social History of Analytic Philosophy: How Politics Has Shaped an Apolitical Philosophy” – book review
Christoph Schuringa’s analysis of the dominant tradition in Anglosphere philosophy provides valuable insights, finds Sean Ledwith.
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Unimaginable terror: ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’ review
Winning eight awards at the 2025 Venice International Film Festival, this is a heart-rending account of the final hours of a 5 year-old Palestinian girl awaiting rescue and a magnificent tribute to her and the children of Gaza, finds Katherine Hajiyianni.
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Return to Fukushima – book review
Thomas Bass shows how insistence that nuclear power is a safe answer to energy needs is contradicted by the reality of the Fukushima disaster’s aftermath, finds Elaine Graham-Leigh.
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Partisans: A Graphic History of Anti-Fascist Resistance – review
A graphic history of the Partisan resistance in World War II provides a vivid, harrowing and valuable reminder of their crucial struggles, finds Eilidh Stewart.
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The clampdown on dissent is spreading
Chris Nineham on Starmer taking authoritarianism to new heights.
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COP 30: It’s no joke
COP 30 failed, even as the urgency of the climate emergency becomes terrifyingly clear, because fossil fuels are more profitable than renewables, explains Michael Roberts.
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Trump in a multipolar world
Chris Bambery describes some shifting global axes after the Shanghai summit.
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Explosions in France as Macron names his pal Lecornu prime minister
Mass mobilisations of the left brought down the French government, but these must be maintained to prevent the right from gaining from the crisis, argues John Mullen.
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Trumponomics in trouble
Trump’s twin track of tariffs and deportations to restore American ‘greatness’ are in contradiction with each other, and are damaging the U.S. economy, argues John Clarke.
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‘The working class has no country’: What do Marxists mean by this?
Alex Snowdon on Marxism and internationalism.
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Tony Blair and the disgusting capitalist fantasy for Gaza
Kevin Crane dissects the absurd and chilling corporate fantasies around a post-war Gaza, where the involvement of Blair brings it all back to the lies of the Iraq War over twenty years ago.
