Rampant populism, identity politics, widespread disinformation, xenophobia and Islamophobia that fuel growing far right extremist violence around the world have created one of the most complex security challenges in recent years. The US considers white supremacist violent extremism a major (...)

The Left’s advocacy for ’multipolarity’ against a US-led unipolar order has, in effect, defended authoritarianism across the world. The Left must reflect on how its language enables such regimes.
Multipolarity is the compass orienting the Left’s understanding of international relations. All (...)

An interview with Ismat Shahjahan on the dynamics and contestations in Pakistan’s growing feminist movement.
Ismat Shahjahan is the founding Federal President of Women’s Democratic Front (WDF), a Pakistan-based socialist-feminist collective. WDF’s activities include bringing together the (...)

After an economic collapse and political upheaval, Sri Lankans have become resigned to leaner meals and reduced horizons.
On the surface, calm has returned to Sri Lanka since the South Asian nation plunged into political chaos and virtual bankruptcy last summer. Gone are the fuel lines that (...)

The rise of far-right movements and parties certainly is one of the most worrying recent developments. In many of the world’s countries, they are having amazing successes. Just think of several European countries, such as Italy where a post-fascist party is now in government, a Scandinavian (...)

Two important figures - Condoleezza Rice US secretary of state from 2005 to 2009, and Robert M. Gates, secretary of defense from 2006 to 2011 - argue that time is not on the side of Ukraine in the war with Russia. Their proposed solution : rapidly send much more armament. Their analysis of the (...)

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For thirty years, the digital revolution has been breaking down the walls that have somehow kept contemporary economy in balance with rights and social justice. From inequalities, predation and new forms of dependency on network intelligence to the contradictions between (...)

This NY Times article analyses the impact of US President Biden’s recent decision to prohibit the sale of certain classes of micro-processors to China. The decision is broad, prohibing Amercans from working in China in the field of advanced micro-processors, or for companies that use US origin (...)

A NY Times article on the transition of the conservative right through out the world, to a "national conservative" viewpoint, exemplified by Trump-Orban-Bolsonaro, and to some extent other extreme right political leaders such Giorgia Meloni. This national conservative viewpoint is described as (...)

September 21 is the day the dictator Ferdinand Marcos declared Martial Law in the Philippines. For 49 years, it has been a day of mourning for Filipinos. This year, the 50th anniversary of Martial Law will be taking place under the regime of his son, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., who was elected (...)

The media keep silent about the violence of the Venezuelan opposition and the prevailing repression by the right-wing governments of Latin America. The Right’s strategy of an institutional coup faces serious limits, but the Left must address this new threat, supporting anti-imperialist decisions and making a distinction between the capitalist boycott and the government’s ineffectiveness.

Adhering to social-democratic standards, the post-progressive “critical left” objects to Chavismo, dismissing the danger of a coup, and mistakenly identifying authoritarianism as the main danger. The dogmatists overlook the main enemy and converge with the conservatives or slip toward passive neutrality.

The Right only wants elections it is sure it will win. In these very adverse conditions, the Constituent Assembly re-opens opportunities and points to a re-encounter with radical intellectual thought.

In Brazil, fighting the spread of Covid-19 also means fighting President Jair Bolsonaro, who continues to deny the seriousness of the virus. In this context, Brazil’s vulnerable populations - including indigenous peoples - are even more affected.

Rampant populism, identity politics, widespread disinformation, xenophobia and Islamophobia that fuel growing far right extremist violence around the world have created one of the most complex security challenges in recent years. The US considers white supremacist violent extremism a major (...)

Colombia is going through a cycle of protests, led mainly by urban youth. Although it is too early to pronounce on the changes and continuities, with an almost non-existent left and an ultra-right against the ropes, this wave could end up strengthening new figures of the progressive center.