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The political economy of Ukraine's war and the politics of a coming bad peace

Adam Novak — 2026-05-29T13:32:13Z

What Moscow expected to be a war of weeks is now into its fifth year. Ukrainian railway workers, miners and energy crews keep the country running under Russian bombardment while Ukraine's oligarchic state will not ask the rich to pay for defence. This article documents the price the Ukrainian working class is paying, the feminised volunteer infrastructure carrying what the state will not, the mass anti-corruption mobilisations, and the stakes of a reconstruction now being designed in donor conferences.

- Features / Economy, Ukraine

The impact of colonization and international cooperation on the feminist movement in Palestine

Leila Serra Badran — 2026-05-29T13:26:05Z

“Feminism is not a Western invention: authenticity versus tradition, imported feminisms versus local feminisms.”

- Feminism / Palestine, Women, Features

What is emancipatory about 21st century feminism?

Justa Montero — 2026-05-29T13:25:50Z

Feminism is pluralistic, with significant political and ideological differences, sometimes even antagonistic ones. Therefore, in this text I will always refer to the feminism that, with a global perspective, addresses the full range of conflicts generated by the system, which it considers its responsibility, and which expresses its desire to change everything through struggles that look toward an emancipatory horizon for everyone.
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- Feminism / Women, Features

Code of Conduct against abuses: Two-Day Safeguarding Training Held by Bangladesh Krishok Federation

Badrul Alam — 2026-05-29T13:25:30Z

“An important outcome of the two-day training was the drafting of a preliminary Safeguarding Policy and a Code of Conduct for the Bangladesh Krishok Federation. The main objective of this policy is to ensure safety, dignity, and non-discriminatory behavior in the organization's work with staff members, activists, volunteers, women, children, and marginalized communities.”

- Feminism / Women, Bangladesh

Affordability or Crisis of Social Reproduction?

Kim Moody — 2026-05-29T13:24:55Z

“Right now, we are seeing an upswing in left and progressive movement activity in the fight against Trump, with No Kings Day, May Day Strong, and Anti-ICE activity, as well as significant union growth, tenants' unions, and the proliferation of union reform caucuses (among others). But there is the danger that—like the short-lived upsurge around Occupy Wall Street, Black Lives Matter, and the resistance during Trump's first term in office—much of this activity will burn out for lack of solid grassroots organization, only to leave another trail of undemocratic advocacy NGOs and a tiny number of socialist “electeds” swimming against the current in the Democratic Party.”

- Features / United States (USA), Marxism, Women, Economy

Power and urgency in the ecological crisis

Júlia Martí, Martín Lallana — 2026-05-20T11:43:12Z

The urgency of the global crisis of capitalism, particularly because of the ecological crisis, is undeniable. Answering this question requires a clear vision of the question of power and the transition to another society.

- Features / Ecology and the Environment, Strategy

Learning & Advancing from Setbacks

Against the Current Editors — 2026-05-20T07:13:31Z

“Fighting for race and gender equality and justice is part of the process of uniting the working class.”

- Features / United States (USA), Trade unions/workplace organizing

The Self-Emancipation of Workers and the Oppressed: Lessons from the German and Spanish Revolutions

Uraz Aydin — 2026-05-20T07:13:13Z

“‘The emancipation of the working class will be the work of the workers themselves'. I consider this proposal to be the most fundamental rupture, the most decisive turning point between the conception of socialism borne by Marxism and all the revolutionary thought that preceded it.”

- Features / Marxism, Turkey, Kurdistan

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

Relaunching the Battle of Ideas on the Italian Left

Salvatore Cannavò, Stéfanie Prezioso — 2026-05-20T07:12:26Z

Italy's hard right lost its March 2026 judicial-reform referendum — yet Fratelli d'Italia remains the country's leading party, and sovereigntism the dominant ideological vector. Salvatore Cannavò argues that the Italian left is structured around three distinct tendencies (liberal, radical-democratic, socialist) and that only the socialist or class-based component is in genuine disarray. He proposes recombining socialist ideas — ecosocialism, self-management, the Paris Commune legacy — with (…)

- Features / Italy, Marxism