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  • Obituary

    In memoriam: Paul Mepschen (1976-2025)

    23 November 2025, by Alex de Jong

    
On 6 November, our friend and comrade Paul Mepschen passed away, far too young. For many years, Paul had been one of the central people in SAP, the Dutch section of the Fourth International. He was a dedicated socialist and scholar whose work and life revolved around emancipation. Paul’s warm and sympathetic personality will be missed by many.

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  • Ukraine

    We fight, we have rights: How soldiers’ democracy powers Ukraine’s resistance

    19 November 2025, by Adam Novak

    “For nearly four years, Ukrainian defenders have fought not only Russian imperialism but also their own state’s failures in mobilisation, welfare, and accountability.”

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  • Ukraine

    Free public transport in Ukraine

    19 November 2025, by Denys Gorbach, Simon Pirani

    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 (…)

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  • Ukaine-Mexico

    No concessions to any imperialism! The Zapatistas’ Clear Stand on Ukraine

    19 November 2025, by Luiza Martinez

    “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."”

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