The Ayacucho Commune: A Fishing Community on the Orinoco
In this next article of this series of articles on Venezuela’s communes, fisherfolk discuss the challenges of building a commune in a country under siege.
Capitalism | Online Blog | USA
The Mass Deportation Handoff, Biden to Trump, and the Booming Border-Industrial Complex
Trump’s invasion and deportation spiels have not only proved popular with his large constituency but also with private prison companies like GEO Group and others building the present and future nightmarish infrastructure for a world of deportation.
Sher Singh (1950-2025): A Quiet Labour Rights Revolutionary Who Touched Many Lives with Joy
The activist and publisher of the scrappy ‘Faridabad Majdoor Samachar’ believed that workers could do things themselves – they didn’t need leaders or saviours.
Indian Women Struggle To Get Even A Legal Abortion – 2 Articles
Conservative attitudes, poor awareness and misconceptions are major hurdles in getting the reproductive health procedure which is perfectly legal.
Unpacking the Paradox: Islam, Social Justice, and the Quest for Equality
The Quran offers enduring principles of justice, freedom, and equality—principles designed to challenge oppression, dismantle systemic inequalities, and inspire collective upliftment. However, fully realizing these values demands a humanist and liberation theological lens—one that reads the Quran not just as a divine text but as a manifesto for social transformation.
Viva Palestina – 3 Articles
“That Strong Spirit of Palestinian Emancipation”; “Hamas’s Strategic Survival Drives Israel Crazy”; and: “Contrasting Reality: Treatment of Israeli and Palestinian Prisoners”.
Sri Lanka’s People Have Kicked Out the Old Political Class
The progressive alliance that backs Sri Lanka’s new president, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, won a landslide victory in last week’s parliamentary election. The government has a clear mandate for change but now faces many obstacles to its reform agenda.
Quotas, Protests and Political Monsters in Bangladesh
The upheaval in Bangladesh is reminiscent of Antonio Gramsci’s thesis on political interregnums: “The old world is dying and the new world struggles to be born. Now is the time of monsters.”
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Death of Petrodollar Is a Biden Legacy
The Saudi royals never forget or forgive. They also have infinite patience and their own concept of time and space. And last Sunday, June 9, they struck. In great royal style, last Sunday, Riyadh simply let the 50-year-old petrodollar agreement between the US and Saudi Arabia to expire.
Need to Rebuild the Left to Stop the Surge of Europe’s Far Right – 2 Articles
‘Rebuilding the Left Is Crucial to Stemming the Surge of Europe’s Far Right’: Europe has been lurching further to the right to the point that the far right has now become mainstream and normalized. Also: ‘European Parliament: Only the Left Can Stop the Far-Right’.