Enzo Traverso analyses “Fascism: a Theory with a History ”, Ashley Smith considers “Faultlines in a new epoch of crisis: Imperial rivalry, authoritarianism, and resistance”, Adam Hanieh, Simon Pirani and Denys Gorbach discuss “Justice for the Middle East Is Also About Climate”
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- 11 May – Strategic questions
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Madagascar
The struggle of Gen Z hijacked in Madagascar
11 May, byThe record is hardly a glowing one for the Malagasy military, who seized power by presenting themselves as the protectors of the people against the former repressive regime.
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Brazil
The PSOL and the Anti-Fascist Struggle
10 May, by“We need not only an electoral and party alliance, but also one rooted in the grassroots and social movements. We believe that PSOL is fundamental to this process—combining the re-election of our combative legislators with increasing our seats in Congress and state assemblies, while simultaneously driving social struggles forward.”
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USA
Supreme Court Guts 1965 Voting Rights Act
9 May, by“I dissent because the Court betrays its duty to faithfully implement the great statute Congress wrote,” she stated. “I dissent because the Court’s decision will set back the foundational right Congress granted of racial equality in electoral opportunity.”
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Algeria
The other 8 May, 1945: a mass colonial massacre in Algeria
8 May, byWhile VE (Victory in Europe) is celebrated on 8 May, a huge massacre began on that day in 1945 in Algeria. Fabrice Riceputi, historian and author of several books, looks back at the events which occurred 81 years ago.
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Guinea
Guinea in the spiral of dictatorship
7 May, byThe latest measure to dissolve political parties in Guinea reinforces a dictatorship that prefers to adopt an extractivist policy at all costs rather than respond to the social needs of the population. Forty political parties were dissolved on the night of Friday 6 to Saturday 7 March by the Guinean government, on the eve of the legislative elections scheduled for May 2026.
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Recently posted Features
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Ecosocialist Manifesto
Ecosocialism or barbarism
21 April, byread article...“The danger of a great catastrophe … is imminent. All the newspapers have written about this time and again. Everybody says this. Everybody admits it. Everybody has decided it is so. Yet nothing is being done.”
This isn’t Greta Thunberg speaking truth to power. This was Lenin.
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Ecology in Palestine
War Ecology
21 April, byread article...The Palestinian Olive Council estimates that approximately one million olive trees have been destroyed in Gaza.The World Bank estimates that the war on Lebanon generated approximately 22 million tonnes of waste.
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Women and Fascism
The Gender(ed) Politics of Fascism: How Women Came to Lead the Contemporary Far-Right
12 April, byread article...During the last decade, far-right women leaders have played an essential role in contributing to the growing acceptance of fascism. Although the globally thriving far-right is anti-feminist and male-dominated, it is increasingly led by women. Marine Le Pen (National Rally), Riikka Purra (Finns Party), Alice Weidel (Alternative for Germany), Giorgia Meloni (Brothers of Italy), Pia Kjærsgaard (Danish People’s Party), Siv Jensen (Progress Party), Beata Szydło (Law and Justice) are only a few of the latest examples of influential far-right women leaders.
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Anti-fascism and Anti-Imperialism
The Anti-Fascist and Anti-Imperialist Conference in Porto Alegre: Great achievements, challenges and opportunities
12 April, by , , , , , ,read article...“It is through all these events that the alliances necessary to counter fascism and imperialism are being forged. It is up to us to involve the trade unions, human rights organizations, feminist and LGBTQI+ movements, anti-racist organizations, those campaigning for Palestine, and those standing in solidarity with the Ukrainian and the Iranian people. It is in this way – and by defending our eco-socialist revolutionary perspectives – that we will build the movement needed to change the world.”
