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Thirty years since the death of Ernest Mandel

1 day 3 hours ago

Sunday, 20 July 1995, marks three decades since the death of Ernest Mandel (1923-1995) "the most creative economist of our time," in the words of the Pakistani socialist Tariq Ali. Thus ended a whole life informed by the passion of revolutionary militancy and an intense activity in the construction of Marxist organizations and of the international itself.

- Ernest Mandel Archive / Obituary, Fourth International, Ernest Mandel
Eduardo Lucita

A Major Change - The Anti-Imperialist Struggle Gains Strength Against Attacks from Trump and His Far-Right Allies on Brazil

1 day 4 hours ago

In recent hours, Bolsonaro's legal situation has worsened, with a warrant authorizing searches of his properties, the imposition of an electronic ankle monitor, a ban on social media access, and other precautionary measures in response to his alleged conspiracy with Trump. (Revista Movimento)

- IVP606 - July 2025 / Brazil
Israel Dutra

Two Dead Americans—Two Americas

3 days ago

Last week, the nation's attention focused on two dead Americans, two men who couldn't be more different, two men who seem to embody the nation's divided politics, culture, and morality. One was John Lewis, the African American civil rights leader and legislator who died five years ago. The other was Jeffrey Epstein, the wealthy socialite and convicted pedophile who provided elite businessmen and politicians access to underage girls.

- IVP606 - July 2025 / United States (USA)
Dan La Botz

Starmer's first year – things can only get worse

4 days 12 hours ago

Sitting in number 10 Downing Street after the government's debacle and U turn over the welfare, Prime Minister Keir Starmer's Chief of Staff Morgan McSweeney must have thought: these people are so ungrateful.
“Here they are taking a wrecking ball to Reeves and Kendall's project to save £5 billion with welfare cuts. But I made these MPs. I ensured nearly every left wing candidate had been eliminated early from any selection process. My team assiduously sifted through thousands of social (…)

- IVP606 - July 2025 / Britain
Dave Kellaway

Let Vlad stay

5 days 12 hours ago

A Riga-based social-centre project called “Maiznica” is facing repression from state security services and the expulsion of one of their members from the country. In this press release from the Collective they aim to spread the news to a wider audience.

- IVP606 - July 2025 / Latvia, Russia, European Union
Maiznica

Syria and the Dangers of Playing with Fire

6 days 7 hours ago

Whatever is the origin of the recent bloody clashes in the Suwayda Governorate—whether they were merely the result of the chaos prevailing in post-Assad Syria, or a manoeuvre by Israel in order to escalate its hypocritical intervention in the region, or a manoeuvre by Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) to extend its control over southern Syria—what is unmistakable is that the first factor, the prevailing chaos, provided the conditions for the explosion.

- IVP606 - July 2025 / Syria
Gilbert Achcar

Remembering Srebrenica 30 Years On

1 week ago

11 July marked the 30th anniversary of the genocide in July 1995 of over 8,000 largely Bosniak men and male children by Bosnian Serb forces under the command of Ratko Mladic. They were buried in mass graves. Many thousand more fled into the forest and embarked on a harrowing journey lasting up to 7 days before reaching the eastern Bosnia village of Nezuk. What led up to the massacre and how it has been treated compared to two other wars: Russia's invasion of Ukraine and Israel's genocide against the Palestinians..

- IVP606 - July 2025 / Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo
Geoff Ryan

Communist Party triumph and opportunity in an adverse electoral scenario in Chile

1 week 1 day ago

Jeannette Jara swept the country, displacing the former Concertación and Frente Amplio (Broad Front or FA) parties. If she were to win the November 16, 2025 presidential elections, it would be a milestone that would run counter to the current political climate in Latin America.

- IVP606 - July 2025 / Chile
Javiera Manzi, Karina Nohales

Islamic Republic and state racism: we must put an end to this regime!

1 week 2 days ago

Since 1 June 2025, nearly 450,000 Afghans have left Iranian territory. This estimate, provided by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), is staggering. For the whole of 2025, the number rises to 906,326 according to the UN agency.

- IVP606 - July 2025 / Iran
Babak Kia

Cracks in Trump's MAGA Movement

1 week 3 days ago

A few months ago, President Donald Trump's Make America Great Again or MAGA movement seemed to be a solid monolith from Republican Party legislators at the top to rank-and-file activists at its base. Today MAGA is riven with fissures caused by personal rivalries, and the increasingly visible incompetence of cabinet members, and while MAGA is not yet splitting or crumbling, it is clearly cracking.

- IVP606 - July 2025 / United States (USA)
Dan La Botz

A wave of bloody repression hit the demonstrations in Togo

1 week 4 days ago

A wave of bloody repression hit the demonstrations on 26, 27 and 28 June. It was sparked by the arrest of a young rapper who was critical of the regime. Faced with a dynastic government locked in by the army, Togo's young people are expressing a desire for change that the regime is trying to extinguish with terror.

- IVP606 - July 2025 / Youth and student movements, Togo
Paul Martial

Renewed protests in Kenya

1 week 5 days ago

One year after the major demonstrations against the budget, Kenyan youths are taking to the streets again, despite increased repression.

- IVP606 - July 2025 / Kenya
Paul Martial

Anti-racist festival in Athens a great success against a backdrop of state racism

1 week 6 days ago

Thousands of participants, numerous debates and strong international solidarity: the Athens Anti-Racist Festival 2025 bears witness to the vitality of the anti-racist movement, despite the alarming political situation in Greece.

- IVP606 - July 2025 / Greece, Anti-racism and Islamophobia
Andreas Sartzekis

Free the Children! End the Starvation and Genocide!

2 weeks 1 day ago

INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN's DAY is June 1 in Ukraine, Russia, and 47 other countries. This Children's Day, the Ukraine Solidarity Network (US) calls for the freedom and return of the tens of thousands of Ukrainian children whom Russia has kidnapped and for ending the mass starvation of millions of children in Palestine, Sudan, and other sites of widespread child hunger such as Haiti, South Sudan, and Mali.

- IVP606 - July 2025 / Palestine, Ukraine
Collective

Trump's “Big Beautiful Bill” Passes with Ugly Results for the Country

2 weeks 2 days ago

By just a few votes in both houses, the Republicans passed President Donald Trump's 940-page “Big Beautiful Bill,” a $3.4 trillion package, cutting taxes for the rich and slashing social programs for the working class and the poor, while at the same time increasing the national debts by $3 trillion or more.

- IVP606 - July 2025 / United States (USA)
Dan La Botz

On the present left political situation in Bangladesh

2 weeks 3 days ago

“Nonetheless, the political ground has shifted. What once seemed impossible—the return of Marxist politics, the reorganization of underground parties, the convergence of student and worker struggles—is now a living process.”

- IVP606 - July 2025 / Bangladesh
Badrul Alam
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