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  • A crowd of anti-ICE protestors.

    United Left Platform stands in solidarity with Minnesota and Michigan activists facing state repression

    A statement from the United Left Platform in solidarity with fifteen anti-ICE activists in Minnesota and eight pro-Palestinian activists in Michigan who are now facing unjust charges for their participation in protests against the ICE occupation of the Twin Cities and the genocide in Gaza.

  • A yellow-tinted photo of a crowd of protestors.

    The upsurge in Bolivia

    The United Left Platform is hosting a virtual event on Friday, June 26 at 8pm ET to discuss the recent uprising in Bolivia and its impact both there and on the fight against imperialism and the far right internationally.

  • A crowd of people by the shore under palm trees waving Palestine flags.

    Ukrainians in solidarity with Palestine 

    Ashley Smith interviews Andriy Movchan about their participation in the Global Sumud Flotilla and its significance for building solidarity between Ukrainians and Palestinians and their liberation struggles.

  • Book cover of Revolutionary Forgiveness by DK Renton

    Redeeming the past for a revolutionary future

    Sean Isaacs describes how Revolutionary Forgiveness offers meaningful alternatives to the carceral system.

  • A black graphic of a fist holding a pen and pencil, and a fist holding a wrench, against a yellow background.

    UAWD Getting Back to the Future of Labor Organizing

    In its present form, Unite All Workers for Democracy (UAWD), a class struggle caucus of the UAW, hopes to build a better union–and labor movement–one shop floor at a time. B. Colby Hamilton discusses the history of the UAWD split and the priorities, strategies, and tactics for the caucus one year following its near dissolution.

  • Book cover of "a people's history of the anti nazi league", half green and half yellow.

    The Cultural Movement that Once Defeated Neo-Nazism

    Bill Roberts reviews Geoff Brown’s A People’s History of the Anti Nazi League, documenting the formation of the Anti Lazi League (1977-1981) to combat the rise of the neo-Nazi National Front, as well as the surrounding cultural antiracist movement of late-1970s Great Britain.

Recent Articles

  • A drawing of red, waving flags.

    Case studies in political independence

    David Friedman presents lessons for the new socialist movement in building movement-based independent political action and organization. Part two of two.

  • A drawing of red, waving flags.

    Case studies in political independence

    David Friedman presents lessons for the new socialist movement in building movement-based independent political action and organization. Part one of two.

  • A green-tinted image of protestors holding signs

    Community defends migrant workers

    Antonio Golán and Paul Fleckenstein report on the growing resistance in the community of South Burlington, Vermont following an ICE raid last month.

  • A purple-tinted photo of a rubbled city.

    Stop the War Now! 

    A March 26, 2026 panel discussion on the devastating US-Israeli war on Iran and Israel’s war on Lebanon. 

  • An orange-tinted photo of a protest crowd across a bridge holding signs in Persian.

    Anti-West politics in Iran

    Ever since a U.S.-British coup brought the Shah of Iran to power in 1953, says Nasser Asgary, anti-Westernism has served as an common “analytical lens” for the country’s politics—both for the current regime and for the opposition.

  • A photo of Modi and Trump shaking hands next to a photo of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Farah Pahlavi, and Indira Gandhi.

    The Iran war comes home to India

    The shock of the Iran war is showing up first in India by creating hardships in everyday life—and exposing the country’s social fracture lines. Snehal Shingavi explains.

  • A yellow-filtered photo of a winding dirt road.

    2025, An uneven year for a labor movement still in trouble

    Kim Moody analyzes union growth in 2025, noting that while union coverage was up, strikes were down.

  • A pink-filtered image of a field.

    Wars on the people: Repression and resistance at home and abroad

    On April 9, 2026, United Left Platform will host a panel on the Trump wars at home and abroad.

  • A crowd waves flags of Lebanon and Hezbollah.

    Lebanon and Hezbollah in the wake of empire

    The U.S.-Israel war has expanded into Lebanon. Joseph Daher analyses its impact on Lebanon and on Iran’s ally Hezbollah.