Capitalism is in deep crisis, with extremely low growth rates. This is the basis for resolutely anti-social policies, increasingly authoritarian and predatory, as seen in the first months of the Trump presidency.

The capture of Goma and Bukavu, the regional capitals of North and South Kivu respectively in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) by the 23 March Movement (M23), strongly supported by the Rwandan Defence Forces (RDF), is certainly a turning point for the DRC.

Uraz Aydin answers questions from Antoine Larrache about the mobilization currently building in Turkey after the arrest of the mayor of Istanbul, who is seen as Erdogan's main rival in the race for the next presidential election.

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Promise Li, a socialist from Hong Kong now based in Los Angeles, interviews Jakob Schäfer for Borderless. Jacob is a retired steelworker, having served on the steering committee of the Network for Fighting Trade Unions (VKG). He is also a member of the International Sozialistische Organization (ISO) and the editor of the magazine Die Internationale. Promise is is a member of Tempest Collective and Solidarity, and has been active in higher education rank-and-file union work, international solidarity and antiwar campaigns, and Chinatown tenant organizing.. The interview was conducted on 25 February 2025 and appeared in Borderless on February 2025.

The scale and intensity of this movement is unprecedented in Serbia's recent history – and in the entire history of student movements in Europe. The students have gained widespread support in academia and beyond. Around 5,000 university professors signed an online letter of solidarity, and by the end of December 2024, 85 universities – 74 per cent of the country's universities – had joined the protests. Farmers blocked Serbia's main highway in December, and artists, high school students, teachers , education unions, lawyers , and media associations have also expressed their support, with 73 schools suspending classes in solidarity with the students .

The European Parliament has voted on the resolution that sets the line on defence and rearmament. The harshest criticism of the European Commission's resolution on defence and rearmament comes from the Left political group. Among them is Manon Aubry (France Insoumise), who denounces, “You find money for tanks but not for hospitals.” She sarcastically remarked, “It's as if, all of a sudden, there was no longer any global warming or poverty, and the only priority was armoured vehicles.” Similarly, Benedetta Scuderi of the Greens argues that “this arms race” undermines growth and public finances. Other voices have joined the chorus, including the Left co-chair Martin Schirdewan and Danilo Della Valle of the Five Star Movement. During Della Valle's speech, a group of representatives of the Five Star Movement held a protest waving placards such as "No more guns" or "More jobs, less guns".

Although with little media coverage, the war in Sudan remains the most costly conflict in the world from a humanitarian point of view: 11 million people have been displaced and half the population is in a situation of food insecurity. The creation of a parallel government has broken the unity of the Taqaddum coalition led by former minister Abdallah Hamdok from the transitional government which emerged from the Sudanese revolution.

As socialists we must espouse a truly internationalist politics, one that supports democratic and working-class movements around the world. We support such movements in their struggles against tyrannical governments and the ruling classes of all countries, just as we welcome their solidarity with us. As U.S. socialists we oppose the imperialism of the United States, but as internationalists we must also oppose the authoritarianism and imperialism of other states, regardless of what those who run those states call themselves. That is, we must oppose “campism.”

Israel has a vested interest in keeping Syria weak and fragmented, especially now that the people can openly show support for Palestine, says Joseph Daher.

The fall of Assad in December 2024 raised hopes for a brighter future in Syria. But as the country looks to rebuild its economy, enormous challenges remain.

Now that Trump has returned to the White House with far greater arrogance than during his first term, the possibility of re-escalating the war in Yemen with direct US involvement has become very real.

Kamala Harris' loss to Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential elections was due in large part to declining support for the Democratic candidate from union members, African Americans, and Latino/a s suggesting a decline in class consciousness, working class solidarity, and the strengthening of masculinist and white racial identities. These are shocking not only because of Trump's hostility to unions, working class problems, and his overt racism and sexism, but because these groups have long been part of the Democratic party voting bloc.

Jean-Michel Apathie, a well-known French mainstream columnist, was suspended from the RTL television channel on 5 March after pointing out that France had committed massacres during the colonisation of Algeria.

In the past few days, thousands of people across the United States have demonstrated in support of Mahmoud Khalil, an individual who has come to symbolize President Donald Trump's attacks on immigrants, on Palestinians, on the Palestine solidarity movement, on universities, and on academic freedom and freedom of speech.

Following the appeal by Abudllah Öcalan, leader of the Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK), for his movement to lay down its arms, what are the prospects for the Kurdish people? L'Anticapitaliste spoke with Salih Azad, head of the Kurdish Democratic Centre in Marseille.

On January 28, the ongoing mass protest movement in Serbia toppled the government, ushering in the biggest challenge to Aleksandar Vučić's authoritarian rule, which has been in place for more than a decade

Rent levels have been on everyone's lips in recent months, and not for nothing. Not only because it's a problem that affects hundreds of thousands of people, but also because the housing rights movement has succeeded in getting tens of thousands of people onto the streets of Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Seville, Gijón, Burgos, Zaragoza, Salamanca and other cities.

The 41st Congress of the Partido Socialista Obrero Español (PSOE – Spanish Socialist Workers' Party), held from 29 November to 1 December 2024, took place against an increasingly unstable international and geopolitical backdrop, and at a time when the media and the judiciary are focusing on corruption, the new shadow hanging over ‘Sanchismo', the method of government of the current prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, who is also the party's general secretary, in particular the affair involving the party's former number two, José Luis Ábalos.

The situation in France is marked by the general crisis of capitalism and its place in the international balance of forces. It is currently in a very unstable equilibrium and, like many other countries, could tip over into the domination of the extreme right.