Tens of thousands of working people across the United States joined the May Day Strong protests in 3,500 cities demanding “Workers over billionaires,” “No ICE” (immigration police) and “No War.”
Iran Between the Russian and Chinese Models
4 May, byDonald Trump claimed to pursue “regime change” in Iran, but in a manner distinct from the George W. Bush administration’s use of the term to justify the 2003 invasion of Iraq, which was framed as bringing democracy after Saddam Hussein’s overthrow. As we have repeatedly argued in these pages, even before the joint U.S.-Israeli aggression against Iran (see, for example, “Washington Will Not Bring Democracy to Iran” [Arabic], 10 February 2026), Trump’s objective was – and remains – to replicate his Venezuelan strategy: abducting the president to pave the way for a successor willing to cooperate with Washington and its oil interests. In other words, his aim was to “change the regime’s behaviour”, not to change the regime itself.
The Need for New Leadership for the Working Class in South Africa
3 May, byOur comrade Madoda Cuphe discusses current social issues in South Africa, ongoing protests, and the need for political reorganization thirty years after the fall of apartheid.
Theses for an ecosocialist critique of artificial intelligence
2 May, byThis text focuses on generative AI. The formulation in theses (unevenly developed) is not intended to establish certainties, but to facilitate debate by the conciseness of the presentation.
"It is essential to break the encirclement: let’s not stop talking about Palestine, Gaza is not far from our home."
1 May, by ,In the night of 29-30 May, as was foreseen by Ramiro Giganti, Israeli forces illegally detained some twenty boats of the flotilla and arrested nearly 200 activists - trade-unionists, healthworkers, solidarity activists, electd representatives. They rendered the boats unusable.
Demonstrations in many countries of the evening of 30 April called for the liberation of all these activists and for the flotilla to continue its mission of bring even symbolic material aid to Gaza and breaking the blockade.
