- The Euro Left’s Lost Decade
- The Future of the Left
- Defend Cuba!
- Statements From the Global Left
- Perspectives on Iran
- Farmers March to Mumbai
- The Missing Voices of Western Sahara
- LGBTQ Rights Challenged in Dominican Republic
- A Standout in Canada’s NDP Leadership Race
- Spanish Strikers Show How to Beat Amazon
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The Euro Left’s Lost Decade
Vladimir Bortun / Tribune (London)
Ten years ago, insurgent parties across southern Europe were elected on promises to transform capitalism. Their failure offers lessons the contemporary left cannot afford to ignore.
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The Future of the Left
What the Night Teaches Sushovan Dhar / Amandla! (Cape Town)
A Left in Search of Itself Biljana Vankovska / CounterPunch (Petrolia CA)
Nordic Socialism as an Economic/Political Alternative Pelle Dragsted / Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung (Berlin)
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Defend Cuba!
Monika Mokre / transform! Europe (Vienna)
Cuba faces its deepest crisis since 1959 – now compounded by the escalating crisis in Venezuela. Intensifying US pressure, international dependencies, and growing inequality raise urgent questions of solidarity.
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Statements From the Global Left
Defend Rojava! / Links (Sydney)
International Call to Strengthen Antifascist and Anti-imperialist Action / Links
Support for Lee Cheuk-yan / International Trade Union Confederation (Brussels)
Communist Parties Denounce Iran State Repression / Solidnet
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Perspectives on Iran
Neoliberalization, Sanctions, Repression Kayhan Valadbaygi / Phenomenal World (New York)
Three-Body Problem Iman Ganji and Bahar Noorizadeh / n+1 (Brooklyn)
The Political Economy of Survival Sanaz Azimipour / Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung
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Farmers March to Mumbai
Zeeshan Shaikh and Ashok Dhawale / The Indian Express (Noida, India)
The CPI(M) has launched a long march of thousands of farmers from Nashik to Mumbai to protest the non-implementation of assurances made after the 2018 Kisan Long March and against policies it says favour corporate interests.
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The Missing Voices of Western Sahara
Zahra Rahmouni / Africa is a Country (New York)
No amount of intimidation, geopolitical calculations, or dominant media narratives will completely silence Sahrawi voices. And, more importantly, as long as they remain excluded from decisions shaping their future, no lasting solution can be found for the Western Sahara.
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LGBTQ Rights Challenged in Dominican Republic
Simón Rodríguez / NACLA (New York)
On November 18, the Dominican Republic’s Constitutional Court (TC) published ruling 1225-25, which formally ended the criminalization of same-sex sexual relations in the country. The reaction of religious and political sectors aligned with the government to the ruling was immediate.
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A Standout in Canada’s NDP Leadership Race
Adam D.K. King / The Maple
The race to elect a new federal New Democratic Party leader is down to its final two months. The party will select its next leader at its 2026 convention in Winnipeg, between March 27 and 29. Avi Lewis has presented a platform that emphasizes affordability and workers' rights.
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Spanish Strikers Show How to Beat Amazon
Jonathan Rosenblum / Truthout (Sacramento)
Amazon workers in Murcia, in southeastern Spain, struck twice at the RMU1 fulfillment center during the 2025 holiday “peak” season and forced the company into a negotiated settlement in late December. The strike was organized and led by a feisty, class-struggle-oriented rank-and-file committee of the Confederación General del Trabajo, or CGT, one of four unions at RMU1.
