Crises of capital accumulation, from the 1970s to the 2008 financial crisis, combined with the emergence of new powers, shape capitalist and imperialist policies.

We are reprinting an important text that Ernest Mandel wrote in late 1963 to contribute to the public debate that had begun in Cuba a few months earlier. The main participants in the debate were, on the one hand, Ernesto Che Guevara (Minister of Industry) and Luis Álvarez Rom (Minister of Finance) and, on the other, Alberto Mora (Minister of Foreign Trade) and Marcelo Fernández Font (President of the National Bank of Cuba).
At the Cubans' request, two foreign Marxist economists joined the (…)

From July 16 to 19, 2026, the headquarters of the newspaper Almounadila socialiste hosted the first edition of “Socialist Days”, a space for political education, strategic reflection and activist exchanges dedicated to the deepening of the revolutionary socialist project.

“The youth of 1976 understood that freedom is indivisible. They risked everything, not for statues or hollow commemorations, but for a world in which human beings are no longer reduced to commodities, ethnic labels or disposable labour. Their legacy demands nothing less from us today: to see our struggles as linked, to reject the divisions that power imposes, and to build a genuine liberation for all.”

Contemporary capitalism is shifting into a war conjuncture: as the world market fractures, rivalries among geo-economic powers intensify, often to the point of outright military confrontation, while militarization spills beyond the battlefield into political governance and everyday life. In this context, the historical necessity of renewing an internationalism becomes ever clearer, especially as local conditions are increasingly mediated by globalized processes and absorbed into the vortex of the global war regime.

The death of Abderrahim Fakir in a working-class neighborhood of Bologna on Sunday, July 20, sparked outrage, leading thousands of people to demonstrate to demand “Truth and Justice”; this death is reminiscent of that of George Floyd in Minneapolis in 2020…

Farooq Sulehria made this podcast for Struggle TV about events in Kashmir. International Viewpoint brings you the transcript. Farooq Tariq wrote on the same subject, his article follows. An appeal for solidarity has already been published “Jammu-Kashmir progressive organisations call for global solidarity”.

India's “Cockroach” youth movement has now forced the resignation of the country's education minister. What began as a single-issue protest mobilization has broadened into one of the biggest challenges Narendra Modi has faced in power.

“An ally of Senator Bernie Sanders, whom she accompanied on his “Fighting Oligarchy” national tour, and of Zohran Mamdani, the DSA member who is now mayor of New York City, she has become the standard-bearer of progressives. So now everyone left of center asks: Will she run? Could she win?”

All over the world, austerity programmes are following one after another, amounting to a privatization of the sphere of social reproduction. This neoliberal phase of capitalism raises strategic questions for the feminist movement.

The discussion continues on the nature of imperialisms and their functions in international relations. Interview with Benjamin Bürbaumer, economist specialist in globalisation and international political economy, by Juan Tortosa.

A banner at the World Cup reopened a debate that goes beyond the Malvinas/Falklands issue. Faced with an internationalism that underestimates imperial hierarchies and an anti-imperialism that erases the class struggle, the left needs to recover a democratic conception of nation, sovereignty, and internationalism.

“Whilst ecosocialism has made great strides in its ability to offer a comprehensive alternative for society, its supporters must still prove that they are capable of engaging in politics – that is, of fighting for power.”

Andy Burnham became British Prime Minister on 20 July 2026. The former Mayor of Manchester had served in the Labour governments of Tony Blair and of Gordon Brown and in the opposition teams of Ed Milliband and Jeremy Corbyn. He stood twice previously to be Labour leader but this time was the only candidate with active support from people earlier expected to stand themselves. His predecessor Keir Starmer was forced to resign on 22 June after Burnham won an impressive by-election victory in Makerfielld inthe north west of England where Nigel Farage's far right party Reform had hoped the prize might be theirs. This was in stark contrast to Labour - and Starmer's - disastrous showing in elections in May. It was clear that Burnham's success partly came from people supporting him precisely to get rid of Starmer.

Since the article below was written Burnham has appointed his Cabinet retaining many of those who served with Starmer and made a number of announcements of policies to assist with the biting cost of living crisis, while sticking to the fiscal rules. Only 5 days in, it is too early to draw a substantive balance sheet, On the other hand there is no doubt that Burnham is opening up a number of key political discussions - on devolution, on electoral reform and on reindustrialisation, for example, which it will be essential for the radical left to engage with.[TC]

The mobilisation in the streets forced a backdown on Zelensky.

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.

“To confront the climate catastrophe—accelerated by neo-fascist denialism—the emergency brake lies in the struggle and mobilization of the social majority”

“Overcoming the social and environmental problems that afflict us and reversing the reversible effects of the climate crisis is impossible under the rules of this economic system. The climate crisis is perhaps the most dramatic example. It is not possible to address the climate crisis without making the energy sector—as well as water management—public property and administering it democratically with the dual objective of satisfying our needs and reducing environmental impact. ”

“On July 4, our 250th birthday as a nation, we should celebrate the underdogs, the dissidents, the rebellious who fought and continue to fight against exploitation and oppression, and stand for equality, democracy, and justice.”

In a half-hour, prime-time national speech, President Donald Trump claimed that U.S. elections are vulnerable to foreign interference, to massive non-citizen voting, and to fraud. He called upon Congress to pass what he calls the SAVE America Act, though its actual name is the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act.