The Russian state has forced many antiwar leftists into exile, cutting them off from ordinary Russians. But activists are well aware that change in Russia must come from within, mobilizing ordinary people around their own interests.
Why Russia’s ruling class is obsessed with the West
12 February, byVladimir Putin and his ruling elite are obsessed with the West “which is simultaneously seen as both the main adversary and the only potential partner”, […] that obsession has “its roots in the reactionary legacy of the Russian Empire”.
Latin America Is the Prime Target for Trump’s Warmongering
12 February, by ,While Donald Trump fires off threats of military action against countries from Greenland to Iran, Latin America is the main focus for his strategy of imperial retrenchment. The Latin American left will have to build new alliances against US aggression.
Ruptures: The New Manifesto of the Fourth International
22 January, byThe new Manifesto of the Fourth International is available in English from Resistance Books London or the IIRE, Amsterdam. This “Manifesto for an ecosocialist revolution - Break with capitalist growth”, is a document that marks a new stage in the history of the movement founded in 1938 by Leon Trotsky and his comrades.
Since Babeuf’s Manifesto of the Equals (1796) and the Communist Manifesto (1848), many documents of this kind have emerged throughout the history of the workers’ movement. (…)
We fight, we have rights: How soldiers’ democracy powers Ukraine’s resistance
19 November 2025, by“For nearly four years, Ukrainian defenders have fought not only Russian imperialism but also their own state’s failures in mobilisation, welfare, and accountability.”
Free public transport in Ukraine
19 November 2025, by ,The common weal versus capitalist modernity.
Free public transport can open cities to all. It combats social injustice and can also help to tackle climate change, by moving away from car-centred urban transport systems.
Public transport has been made free in more than 130 municipalities in Brazil – and, in Europe, Luxembourg; Tallinn, Estonia; Belgrade, Serbia and several French cities.
In this interview, the writer and activist Denys Gorbach talks with Dr Simon Pirani about Kryvyi (…)
No concessions to any imperialism! The Zapatistas’ Clear Stand on Ukraine
19 November 2025, by“The Zapatista Army of National Liberation chose differently. From the mountains of Chiapas, Mexico’s Indigenous revolutionaries issued an uncompromising condemnation of the invasion that prioritised solidarity with grassroots resistance over geopolitical convenience. Their position—supporting Ukrainian resistance and Russian anti-war movements whilst rejecting both Putin and NATO—offered a radical alternative to the campist logic that dominated leftist discourse across Latin America and in Spain. When Israel launched its assault on Gaza in October 2023, the Zapatistas applied the same ethical framework, condemning those who "justified Putin’s invasion of Ukraine citing ’self-defense’ but now invalidate that argument against Israel, and vice versa."”
Anarchists in wartime. The experience of Solidarity Collectives in Ukraine
19 November 2025, byWhat does it mean to be left-wing and find yourself facing an invasion that you didn’t choose or want, that forces you to revise your principles, while continuing to defend a more just society? A Discussion with the Ukrainian anti-authoritarian group Solidarity Collectives.
Raging Against Vladimir Putin’s War Machine
19 November 2025, by“In Russia and occupied Ukraine, many thousands of civilians have been jailed or forcibly disappeared for speaking out against the invasion. The numbers reflect a crackdown on dissent worse than at any point since the 1950s.”
Iran’s regime in a predicament of its own making
19 November 2025, byOne of the most famous sayings about revolutions is attributed to Louis Antoine de Saint-Just (1767-1794): “Those who make revolution halfway only dig their own graves.” This saying also applies to armed conflicts ...
