Mark Johnson
Mark Johnson is IV’s correspondent in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, and more widely in Eastern Europe, and an editor of ESSF.
Articles by this author (9)
- “We Are The Working Class”?: Indonesia’s Labour Party and the Limits of Reformist Politics
- Wave of solidarity forces regime to retreat on cyclone aid
- Apathy and confusion
- Update: ESSF/MiHANDs emergency appeal: earthquakes in Mindanao (Philippines)
- Call for donations to ESSF’s Asia 2026 Solidarity Fund - A time of youth revolts, people’s power, and ecosocialist alternatives
- The Czech communists’ road to Europe
- In this hour of great danger, in solidarity with the Ukrainian resistance, let’s rebuild the international anti-war movement
- Slovakia: panic and discipline at the edge of the EU
- Aid and Hypocrisy
Authors
- Madhu Ranath
- Socialist Solidarity with Iranian Workers
- Benjamin Opratko
- Ekabali Ghosh
- Jean Batou and Nina Potarskaya
- Joachim Becker
- Kim D. Hunter
- Mariana Carneiro
- Mary N. Taylor
- Omar Karmi
- Peter Saxtrup Nielsen
- Vinayak Chaturvedi
- Yasemin Dildar
- Abdessalem Hidouri
- Abir Mestiri and Khalil Amor
- Adam Shils
- Adel Abderezak
- Adela Gjorgjioska
- Aislinn Pulley
- Alex de Jong
Anticapitalistas on the calling of the elections: let’s continue the struggle on the streets
Pedro Sánchez has announced that he is bringing forward the date of the elections, which will now take place on 29 November. This call for elections comes against a backdrop of major protests over the housing crisis, which have sparked a significant resurgence of mobilisation amongst the left and the working class in the face of a structural problem that is becoming increasingly urgent.
- read article...Sinistra Anticapitalista Summer University: Solidarity, Partners, Ecosocialists
“AI, Anti-Capitalist Intelligence”, the third edition of Italy’s Ecosocialist Summer University – organized by Sinistra Anticapitalista and the Livio Maitan Library – ended on Sunday 6 September 2026 with a well-attended debate on the alternative to capitalist barbarism, moderated by Armando Morgia, in which Antonella Bundu (Toscana Rossa), Dario Salvetti (formerly of GKN), Eliana Como (CGIL oppositionist), Luca Scacchi (AMR Controvento), Giulio Calella (Edizioni Alegre) and Francesco Locantore (Gauche anticapitaliste) participated, among others.
- read article...Slovenian trade unions propose referendum to overturn the new government’s anti-social policies
The parliamentary elections held in early 2026 in Slovenia resulted in a narrow majority for the right, thereby enabling the formation of a radical conservative government. This government wasted no time in taking steps to undermine the welfare state.
- read article...Statement on the Pakistani State’s Attack on Free Media “Jeddojehad”
The Pakistani military establishment had launched an attack on the online Jeddojehad. Its editor, Farooq Suhleria’s, home was raided. He could not be arrested as he was not in the country. But it means he cannot return to his job. Another member of the Editorial Board was also raided. The website has been shut down.
- read article...Open Letter from Sergio Ramirez to President Lula da Silva
“Ortega has abolished elections. Do not deny Nicaragua the right to choose freely—the same right that could make you president of Brazil for a fourth time.”
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