featured the americas AND Editorial – The Failure of Imperialism’s General Counterrevolutionary Offensive We hereby share an unofficial translation of an editorial published by A Nova Democracia (AND) on the 26th of June. “What we are experiencing is no longer a test of the post-Cold War order: it is the end of it.”...
Read MoreBurnham’s “Manchesterism” and “Productive State” agenda: Austerity, privatisation and war by another name Robert Stevens, Chris Marsden Labour MP Andy Burnham delivered his first major policy speech at Manchester’s People’s History Museum Monday, three weeks ahead of his expected coronation as successor to Sir Keir Starmer as Labour leader and...
Read MoreTurkish cinema great Kadir İnanır (1949-2026) Barış Demir Kadir İnanır, one of Turkish cinema’s best-known actors, died in Istanbul on the evening of June 26, at the age of 77, of multiple organ failure caused by advanced-stage lung cancer. He was hospitalized in mid-May with pneumonia and treated in intensive...
Read MoreAlbania’s “Flamingo Revolution” shakes the government Markus Salzmann Protesters take part in a rally against a coastal development project in western Albania linked to President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, in Tirana, Albania, Saturday, June 27, 2026. [AP Photo/Hameraldi Agolli] Since late May, Albania has been convulsed by its largest...
Read MoreThe New York elections and the political role of the Democratic Socialists of America Joseph Kishore Democratic congressional candidate Brad Lander arrives with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani for an election night watch party Tuesday, June 23, 2026, in New York. [AP Photo/Ryan Murphy] The victory in last week’s...
Read MoreViolent attack in Stade, Germany, the product of a brutal society Peter Schwarz In this image taken from a video, emergency responders, residents and police in Stade, Germany, Monday, June 29, 2026 after five people were killed in a shooting on Monday at a youth welfare facility in the northern...
Read MoreFaced with unbearable imperialist pressure, Cuba moves towards capitalist restoration We are talking about nothing less than the complete restoration of a capitalist market economy in Cuba. Jorge Martín Faced with unbearable pressure from US imperialism, during an extraordinary session on 18 June, the Cuban National Assembly adopted a series...
Read MoreOn the eve of the NATO summit in Ankara: European powers drive Ukraine war toward direct conflict with Russia Johannes Stern Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk, center, French President Emmanuel Macron, right, and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz attend a press conference at the E5 NATO Summit in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday,...
Read MoreEurope’s record heatwave: Climate catastrophe or world socialism Thomas Scripps A person cools off at Trocadero fountain near the Eiffel Tower during a heat wave in Paris, on June 24, 2026. [AP Photo/Christophe Ena] The worst European heatwave on record is sweeping across the continent, burning through records in country...
Read MoreTrump religion commission attacks separation of church and state Patrick Martin A Religious Liberty Commission appointed by President Trump issued its 224-page draft report Friday, June 26, denouncing the separation of church and state and recommending dozens of actions to force fundamentalist Christian dogma into public schools and other government...
Read MoreFinland amends laws to allow deployment of nuclear weapons Jordan Shilton Finland’s parliament voted 17 June to repeal the country’s ban on nuclear weapons to remove any obstacles to the deployment of NATO bombs and missiles to the country, which has a 1,300-kilometre border with Russia. Overturning decades of official...
Read MoreThe earthquake disaster in Venezuela: A crime of US imperialism Andrea Lobo Rescue efforts in Venezuela with the participation of the Urban Search and Rescue Team from Fairfax County, VA [Photo: @StateDep] The double earthquakes that struck Venezuela on June 24 have exposed a massive crime by US imperialism. Six...
Read MoreCOB betrayal paves way for “state of exception” in Bolivia: strategic lessons of the workers’ uprising Part 2 Tomas Castanheira This is the second of a two-part series. Part one was published here. The Bolivian crisis as a “laboratory of class struggle” Mario Argollo, leader of the COB announces an indefinite...
Read MoreUS sends troops under cover of Venezuelan earthquake, as death toll surges Andrea Lobo Venezuelans pull earthquake survivor from the rubble [Photo: Policia Nacional Bolivariana] Forty-eight hours after the most powerful earthquakes to strike Venezuela in 125 years, the United States has seized upon the humanitarian catastrophe to accelerate its...
Read MoreWhy are the Democrats silent? Crushing Prairieland sentences mark new stage in U.S. ruling class’ war on political opposition Jacob Crosse The extraordinary prison sentences handed down this week in the Prairieland Detention Center case mark a new stage in the war being waged by the US ruling class against...
Read MoreThe SW View Monarchy is used to back class rule This article is over 3 years, 1 months old Class war and struggle can abolish the monarchy Tomas Castanheira Abolish King Charles, and the entire monarchy (Wikicommons/ Dan Marsh) Justifying hierarchies, encouraging deference, pushing a myth of national unity. Validating...
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