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  • 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.

  • A purple-tinted photo of Iranian government officials sitting in a line.

    Iran’s “bleak scenario”

    The brutal Islamic Republic has been prone to recurring—and growing—crisis, even before the current U.S./Israeli assault, writes Nasser Asgary. The regime’s fall could give rise, at least for some time, to something worse.

Recent Articles

  • A pencil drawing of a man in glasses reading a book.

    Ernst Meyer, Leninist

    Understanding the revolutionary process in Germany, over the first half of the twentieth century, and especially in the period from 1917 to 1928, is critically important for all revolutionaries. John Marot reviews Florian Wilde’s contribution to this understanding in his biography of one of the leaders of the German revolutionary movement, Ernst Mayer.

  • A photo of the backs of two people looking toward a building with Ukranian flags flying in front.

    Four years of resistance in Ukraine

    Ukrainian socialists Maryna Mykhalova and Snizhana Oleksun address the International Committee of the Fourth International.

  • An orange-tinted collage of an oil tanker on the ocean and a gas sign to its right.

    A crisis everywhere, shared unequally

    The Iran war is spreading misery around the world, starting with the most vulnerable places. Sirantos Fotopoulos argues that the source of the war—and the misery—is the system of energy-for-profit.

  • Venezuela después del golpe

    Ashley Smith conversa con Federico Fuentes sobre la Doctrina Donroe, la crisis del chavismo y la resistencia antiimperialista. 

  • A close-up of a globe against a pink background.

    The Revolutionary Development of Global Marxism

    Paul Le Blanc reviews books on global Marxism by Simin Fadaee and Kevin Anderson.

  • 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.