- Gilbert Achcar reflects on “Neofascism, Imperialism, War, and Revolution in the Middle East” and advocates with Ilya Budraitskis ““For the Neofascists, the Law of the Jungle is the Only One That Makes Sense””. Enzo Traverso discusses “Authoritarianism and Democracy in the 21st Century ”.
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- 7 August – Special feature: Fascism
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Fourth International
Fighting side by side from Kyiv to Panama: A look back at the 2025 International Youth Camp
12 August, by Collective“The last bus awaits in the camp’s parking lot. Young people, most of whom didn’t know each other a week before, exchange phone numbers, social media, and hugs. Here and there, tears flow, as if to prolong the downpours that punctuated the week.”
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South Africa
Free State – a province in crisis, and Botshabelo – the symbol of broken promises
11 August, by Thandiwe Tess TshakaThe recent findings by the Auditor-General confirming the Free State as the worst-performing province in South Africa are not just shocking, they are a painful reminder of how deeply broken our systems of governance and service delivery have become. For many residents, especially those in Botshabelo, this is not news. This is daily life.
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Bangladesh
One year of the Bangladesh interim government: crisis and possibility of resistance on the stage of exploitation
10 August, by Badrul AlamOver the past one year, the interim government has been part of a difficult chapter in the country’s politics. They came to power amid political instability and economic crisis, but from a Marxist analysis, it is clear that this government does not represent the liberation of the working people; rather, it wields state power to protect the interests of the capitalists.
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Palestine solidarity - Britain
Palestine Action ban is an attack on fundamental freedoms
9 August, by CollectiveA letter signed by 52 academics and writers, including Tariq Ali, Judith Butler, Angela Davis, Naomi Klein and Avi Shlaim.
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Britain
Building grassroots trade unionism – Troublemakers
8 August, by Liz Lawrence, Terry ConwayTroublemakers at Work is a network of union activists who organise an annual conference and meetings about union organising, focussed on grassroots organising by lay union activists. It explores areas such as how to get started building a union in a workplace.
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...and the rest of the current issue
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Palestine/Israel
Our Genocide — Executive Summary
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Hiroshima
A warning from history: ‘This is what is going to happen to you’
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Lebanon
Georges has returned, Ziad has left us!
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Panama
Protests follow arrest of union leaders in Panama
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Ukraine
Corruption (Ukraine): a victory
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Fourth International
Thirty years since the death of Ernest Mandel
22 July, by Eduardo Lucitaread article...Sunday, 20 July 1995, marks three decades since the death of Ernest Mandel (1923-1995) "the most creative economist of our time," in the words of the Pakistani socialist Tariq Ali. Thus ended a whole life informed by the passion of revolutionary militancy and an intense activity in the construction of Marxist organizations and of the international itself.
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Britain
A new left party emerges?
22 July, by Simon Hannahread article...A new left party is on the cards in Britain, but it is unclear what is going on behind the scenes. A look at the bigger issues a new party needs to address.
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Iran
A Terrifying Abyss for the Iranian People and the Region
6 July, by Houshang Sepehrread article...“In the end, the fall of the Islamic Republic, if it is to occur, must in no way be the result of foreign intervention, but that of a popular uprising organized and led by the people themselves.”
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Far right
The imperial engine of fascism
18 June, by Antoine Dubiauread article...The far right is on the rise all over the world. Faced with this dynamic, the left is particularly at loggerheads over the right way to describe it: some fringes use the term fascism, while others consider that such a characterisation lacks lucidity. In a number of countries, the far right is now installed in government – at its head or in a coalition. When it has not formally acceded to power, its ideological hegemony over public debate pulls (even more) to the right a ruling class radicalized by the generalized crisis of capitalism. On the left, a lively debate has then opened up concerning the right way to characterise this dynamic: is it relevant to speak of fascisation, or even fascism?
Ukraine
You give us corruption, we give you revolution!
Statement by Sotsialnyi Rukh
July 2025
Despite the war, despite the risks, people are taking to the streets. Because they have had enough. On 22 July, in the streets of Kyiv and most cities across Ukraine, hundreds of people took to the streets to protest against the adoption of Law 12414.
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Call for the 1st International Antifascist Conference
July 2025
“we call on international antifascist forces to open a dialogue capable of confronting the destruction being carried out by ultraliberal conservatism – placing unity in the streets against the far right as our top priority.”
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Faced with the Iran-Israel war, a third way is possible!
June 2025
While the skies over the Middle East are once again ablaze with smoke and flames, and the media are inundated with talk of ‘Israeli precision strikes’ and the ‘promise of token vengeance of the Islamic Republic’, what is once again left out is the fate of those who do not take decisions in command rooms or hide in underground bunkers.
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Opposing War and Warmongering Policies
Joint Statement by Independent Organizations in Iran
June 2025
The Syndicate of Workers of Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company, a member of the International Trade Union Solidarity and Struggle Network, is transmitting this text, signed with other independent organisations in Iran:
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On the illegal Israeli aggression against Iran
Radical Socialist Statement
June 2025
Radical Socialist endorses the statement of the Fourth International issued on 13th June on the current Israeli war of aggression against Iran. Hence, we are reproducing the statement below. At the same time, we want our readers, especially in India, to note strongly certain concerns, some briefly mentioned in the FI statement, others specific to the Indian context.
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