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Oppose the Takaichi Administration's Military Expansion and Constitutional Revision

Toshizo Omori — 2026-09-12T08:31:14Z

“These struggles for anti-war peace, the defense of working people's livelihoods, and the fight for climate justice in the face of a deepening climate crisis are unfolding in response to the multifaceted crises of the capitalist system. As these crises converge into a single unified front, our movements and struggles must likewise interconnect to form a powerful, single stream. The current situation demands nothing less.”

- IVP620 - September 2026 / United States (USA), Russia, Japan, China, North Korea

The crisis in Nepal: climate crisis capitalism and the political economy of the Himalayas

Kunal Chattopadhyay — 2026-08-30T19:26:09Z

On 26th August part of a glacier and the stone layers beneath it on the northern slope of Langtang Lirung in the Nepal-Tibet border [Tibet is today an “autonomous region” of China] collapsed. The ice and rock avalanche falling down from this nearly 7200 metre mountain was so powerful that its impact created a seismic signal equivalent to a 5.2 Richter scale earthquake. The debris flow then traversed nearly 100 kilometres via Lende Khola river to the Bhote Koshi- Trishuli river system. Villages have been destroyed, the principal road connecting Nepal with China has been isolated, and at least 6 hydel power centres have been damaged according to the news received till now over 500 deaths have been reported from Nepal and Tibet and nearly 2000 people are still untraced.

- IVP619 - August 2026 / China, Nepal, Climate

China Hit by “Deadly Weather Events”

Pierre Rousset — 2026-07-23T07:39:04Z

During the first ten days of July, cyclones (typhoons), tornadoes, storms, severe weather, floods, and landslides wreaked havoc in the central and southern parts of the country—and beyond. China is facing extreme weather events intensified by the climate crisis.

- IVP618 - July 2026 / China, Climate

Iran's shockwave in Asia

Pierre Rousset — 2026-05-27T06:24:27Z

By dint of dragging on, the United States' war against Iran seems to be becoming a real international tipping point whose scope varies according to the region. Its consequences are expected to be major in Asia. On the geopolitical terrain, of course, as illustrated by the Xi-Trump summit in Beijing on 14-15 May. But it will also aggravate the social crisis in many countries as well as boosting the global climate and ecological crisis. It is the beginning of multiple upheavals that will only be fully measured with hindsight.

- IVP616 - May 2026 / United States (USA), China, Iran, Taiwan

Leftist studies in China and the United States

Paul Le Blanc, Shi Yongqin — 2026-05-20T07:12:40Z

“Shi's experiences reflect the latent dissatisfaction of Chinese intellectuals with mainstream ideology.”

- Features / United States (USA), China, Trotsky

BRICS media are not an alternative for anti-imperial resistance

Farooq Sulehria — 2026-05-17T13:31:37Z

Farooq Sulehria is a member of CADTM-Pakistan. He was in Brazil to attend the First Anti-Fascist Conference in Porto Alegre (March 26-29, 2026). He is the author of the recently published Media Subimperialisms and the Rise of the Global South (Palgrave Macmillan).

- IVP616 - May 2026 / Brazil, South Korea, China, India

Iran Between the Russian and Chinese Models

Gilbert Achcar — 2026-05-04T09:32:37Z

Donald 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.

- IVP616 - May 2026 / Russia, China, Iran

Purges and Regime Crisis in China

Pierre Rousset — 2026-02-09T21:15:33Z

The dismissal of General Zhang Youxia was officially announced on January 24. This is another step in the purges that have been taking place within the Chinese army's general staff. Zhang was considered “untouchable” given his supposed closeness to Xi Jinping. As for the Central Military Commission (CMC), it is now a hollow shell, having lost five of its seven members. Xi continues to clear the field around him, contrary to any form of collegiality.

- IVP613 - February 2026 / China

What is left of the Chinese Left?

Au Loong-Yu — 2025-12-26T10:48:24Z

With Trump in power, many parts of the world are swinging to the far right. This is the most pressing challenge we currently face. But what is the situation of the Left in China? And where is the Chinese far right?

- IVP611 - December 2025 / China, Far Right

The Crisis of Social Reproduction, Women's Agency, and Feminism in China

Ralf Ruckus, Yige Dong — 2025-11-30T11:44:06Z

Dramatically falling birthrates and a skyrocketing number of divorces as the number of marriages collapsing increases all point toward the erosion of the capitalist family unit in the People's Republic of China (PRC). Such trends, furthermore, represent an existential crisis for the nation, as the deepening crisis of social reproduction in the post-socialist country also threatens the reproduction of its necessary supply of labor power. But what exactly is this crisis of social reproduction, and what, if anything, is specific about the situation in the PRC? What role does the feminist movement in the PRC play in all of this?

- Feminism / Women, China