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  • A red-tinted photo of a helicopter flying over palm trees and a US flag.

    Hustle and hubris

    Andy Storey intervenes in the ongoing debate about Trump’s foreign policy and leadership of U.S. imperialism and argues that the administration should be understood as closer to a pure kleptocracy than one systematically serving the U.S. capitalist class and its allies.

  • A black and white photo of Trump with his head cocked to the side.

    Faultlines in a new epoch of crisis

    We have entered a new epoch of crisis, imperial rivalry, authoritarian nationalism, and episodic, explosive resistance from below. Trump’s brief year of misrule has brought all these to a head. Ashley Smith explains.

  • An orange-tinted overlay of a U.S. flag, an Iranian flag, and a crowd.

    For an end to campism, the Iran war, and the anti-imperialist washing of the Islamic Republic

    Somayeh Rostampour argues that opponents of U.S.and Israeli aggression in Iran must move beyond campism—or we will not succeed in rebuilding a genuinely emancipatory left or in revitalizing a truly popular internationalism.

  • A crowd of people holding anti-ICE signs with one person speaking at a microphone.

    Communities not cages

    Christopher Oliphant reports on April events resisting the spread of ICE’s capacity to detain immigrants in Michigan.

  • Zohran Mamdani stands with his arms crossed smiling in front of the NYC skyline.

    Mayor Mamdani’s program in peril? 

    Mel Bienenfeld evaluates the first 100+ days of Mayor Zohran Mamdani and argues that a strategy, different than the Mayor’s and based on actively building strong and independent institutions of political resistance, will be necessary both to win the promised reforms and take forward any socialist vision worthy of its name.

  • A crowd of teachers marching with signs.

    Kids Over Corporations

    Amid worsening conditions in North Carolina’s public schools, teacher and organizer Carla Harris discusses the May Day “Kids Over Corporations” action, the broader crisis facing educators and school workers, and efforts to build collective power across the state in this interview with Anderson Bean.

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  • Creations of the Third World

    What’s the connection between capitalism and plunder? Sarang Narasimhaiah replies to Vivek Chibber.

  • A blue-filtered photo of a line of ICE agents and a line of people facing each other at an intersection.

    UAW Local 2325 commits to a strike vote to fight ICE 

    Navruz Baum and Andrew Bergman detail how UAWD members in Local 2325 have organized for a strike authorization vote to prepare for mass, democratic labor action against ICE.

  • A pink and blue photo of a street in Cuba, with a smoke cloud edited over the top.

    Trump’s mounting threats against Cuba

    Samuel Farber discusses the escalating threats against Cuba from the Trump administration, building on a recent essay on the crisis in Against the Current.

  • A photo of a semi truck driving down a road.

    Mexican union wins bid to represent truck drivers

    Avery Wear interviews leader about Mexican union win.

  • A blue-filtered photo of the back of a crowd holding anti-ICE signs in front of a building.

    The January 30 general strike: A success even if it wasn’t a strike

    When mass outrage broke out against ICE repression in January, Somali students in Minneapolis called for nationwide walkouts on January 30. Whether the result was a strike or not, says Frances Bolger, this well-timed call gave students and others around the country a chance to make important strides in self-organization.

  • A photo of Nicolas Maduro and Cilia Flores edited in front of a map of Venezuela.

    In the time of predators

    In this interview translated by Hector Rivera, Antoine Larrache asks Franck Gaudichaud about his analysis of events in Venezuela and Latin America.

  • A yellow-filtered photo of an empty classroom.

    Public education under attack

    NYC public school teacher Danielle Bullock discusses the “shock and awe” school reform of the Trump era with teachers from Oklahoma, Kansas, Florida, and Iowa.

  • A map of Iran and Iraq with two red pins in the map.

    Iran’s liberators and their ledger books

    Sirantos Fotopoulos picks apart the reasons for the assault on Iran.

  • A green and red filtered photo of a crowd marching with signs written in Arabic.

    The Kurds and the Syrian revolutionary process

    Joseph Daher writes about the evolution of Kurdish politics after the fall of the Assad regime in Syria and argues that the liberation of oppressed Kurds and the emancipation of the region’s popular classes as a whole are bound together.