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Trotsky in Tijuana

18 hours 37 minutes ago

Books about historical topics can sometimes be a bit difficult. Often, the list of names, facts, anecdotes, and dates is so long that the reader risks getting lost. Moreover, the reasons behind events are not always very clear, nor always explained in a way that is easy to understand.

- Reviews section / Mexico, Reviews, Historical events and figures
Peter Veltmans

Is Trump Preparing a Military Coup?

23 hours 46 minutes ago

The current debate in much of American society is about whether or not President Donald Trump is preparing a coup. It's everywhere, from popular TV talk shows to sophisticated political journals.

- IVP609 - October 2025 / United States (USA)
Dan La Botz

Against state repression and TU leaderships silence: youth movement needs support of working class

1 day 18 hours ago

The youth movement in Morocco continues to defend its main demands for a decent health and education system, for dignity, freedom, social justice, the right to work and against corruption. Young people showed remarkable resistance for three consecutive days, 27-29 September 2025, in the face of the repression and arrests that affected hundreds of people in different cities. The state is preparing to take many of them to court.

- IVP609 - October 2025 / Morocco, Youth and student movements
Marwan

A New Step in the Radicalisation of the Far Right in the Netherlands

2 days 18 hours ago

“What was new was that on 20 September violent far-right activists—fascists, that is—not only reacted but chose the moment themselves and did so under their own flag. This marks the increased self-confidence of these people.”

- IVP609 - October 2025 / Netherlands, Far Right
Alex de Jong

22 September: a day of hope, a day of possibility

3 days 22 hours ago

A second general strike in solidarity with Palestine has been called in Italy for 3 October, we publish the assessment by Sinistra Anticapitalista of the first one on 22 September.

- IVP609 - October 2025 / Palestine, Italy
Sinistra Anticapitalista

Free Nisar Shar and his colleagues!

4 days 9 hours ago

Senior lawyer Nisar Shah from Islamabad was arrested while demonstrating along with his 13 colleagues in a rally in solidarity with the protests in Kashmir against high wages for politicians organised by the lawyers association

- News from around the world / Pakistan
Farooq Tariq

Sailing for Palestine

4 days 12 hours ago

The Global Sumud Flotilla set out in the vital attempt to break the Gaza blockade, the Israel navy has now intercepted almost all the boats as they neared Gaza. This has provoked worldwide protests. Jennifer Debs interviewed Nico Calabrese who joined the flotilla.

- IVP609 - October 2025 / Palestine
Jennifer Debs, Nico Calabrese

Brazil Will Take to the Streets in Defense of Palestine and the Global Sumud Flotilla!

5 days 1 hour ago

Israel has decided to continue its attacks on the Palestinian people and those fighting for a Free Palestine, by illegally seizing, in international waters, the boats participating in the Global Sumud Flotilla, in which Thiago Ávila and Greta Thunberg are involved.

- News from around the world / Palestine, Brazil
Movimento Esquerda Socialista

Between Macron's Crisis and Le Pen's Threat: France's Left Seeks a Way Forward

5 days 20 hours ago

France finds itself in the grip of overlapping crises as Emmanuel Macron's government collapses and mass protests sweep the country. Following the ousting of Prime Minister François Bayrou in September, France operates without stable government whilst facing its most severe social unrest since the yellow vest movement.

- IVP609 - October 2025 / France
Léon Crémieux

All eyes on the flotilla - vigilance!

5 days 22 hours ago

Activists on the Gaza flotilla believe it could be attacked at any moment and are asking people to share the link to the live feed below to help protect the flotilla. And, of course, to be ready to protest if it is attacked.

- News from around the world / Palestine
Collective

“A left-wing, grassroots orientation allows you to score points in times of polarization”

1 week ago

Our comrade Violetta Bock presents the situation in Germany and her work as a Member of Parliament for Die Linke, which consists of making a link between the working classes and the contesting of an increasingly unstable power. She spoke to Antoine Larrache.

- IVP608 - September 2025 / Germany
Antoine Larrache, Violetta Bock

Lessons of the Defeat in Indonesia

1 week ago

Sixty years ago, on October 1, 1965 the Indonesian army set in motion its plans to seize power from president Sukarno and to destroy the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI), one of the main forces supporting the president. In the article below, dated November 1965, Mandel criticized the political approach of the PKI in the preceding period.


- Features / Indonesia, Historical events and figures
Alex de Jong, Ernest Mandel

Trump Increases Repression Against Political Enemies and the Left

1 week ago

President Donald Trump, breaking with U.S. norms, is using the Justice Department to pursue his political enemies, going after liberal and progressive foundations and NGOs, and sending more troops to another American city to intimidate protestors. He has fired Justice Department attorneys who are unwilling to put his orders above the law and replaced them with flunkeys who will carry out his demands. He has promised “retribution” to his high-level political opponents and is now meting it out. And he is also targeting the political left, saying he will designate Antifa, that is the anti-fascist movement as a domestic terrorist organization, though there is no antifa organization and no legal designation for domestic terrorism. To carry out his campaign against Antifa he is sending troops to Portland, Oregon.

- IVP608 - September 2025 / United States (USA)
Dan La Botz

II Latin American and Caribbean Ecosocialist Meeting: Free Territories and Convergence for Action

1 week 1 day ago

The current times, with the rise of the far right and genocidal wars, mark an era where the contradictions of the current system of production, distribution, and consumption demonstrate that we are in a higher stage of the already characterised civilisational crisis. However, this is not just another of Capitalism's cyclical crises. The metabolic rupture, this irreparable breach in the natural cycle of exchange between human society and nature, challenges human beings' ability to provide responses compatible with the acceleration of socio-environmental destruction.

- IVP608 - September 2025 / Brazil, Ecosocialism
Vanessa Dourado

The Nepalese paroxysmal crisis and its regional context

1 week 2 days ago

It only took a few days for the situation in Nepal to abruptly shift, leading to violent riots, before the resignation of the Oli government and the appointment of lawyer Sushila Karki as interim Prime Minister allowed a return to calm, with de facto power returning to the hands of the army. The explosion of the Nepalese powder keg was preceded and followed by popular movements of a scale rare in the region. Revolted by the arrogance of the oligarchies, they often have the fight against corruption as their banner.

- IVP608 - September 2025 / Nepal
Pierre Rousset

Flotilla approaches Gaza

1 week 3 days ago

The Global Sumud flotilla is on its way to Gaza. Several dozen boats will try to break the blockade and open a humanitarian corridor. Some thoughts from those on board.

- IVP608 - September 2025 / Palestine
Mariana Mortágua, Paul Murphy

War of drones or war of nerves

1 week 4 days ago

Russian president Vladimir Putin is increasing incursions and threats while intensifying his attacks on Ukraine. The use of “low-cost” drones, marked by rapid innovations, has its origins in Ukrainian popular resistance. It is now also a central part of the Russian war economy.

- IVP608 - September 2025 / Russia, Ukraine
Catherine Samary

Hundreds of thousands protest against amnesty for Bolsonaro

1 week 5 days ago

SÃO PAULO - Spring in the Southern Hemisphere began a day early in Brazil. On Sunday, 21 September, around 100 cities across the country – including the capitals São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte, Salvador, Porto Alegre, Recife and Brasília – witnessed something unprecedented in the last three years: activism, the left and social movements took to the streets and squares, alongside a broader popular sector, equally outraged by two measures voted on by the Chamber of Deputies. The demonstrations in São Paulo and Rio were the strongest since the mobilizations for Fora Bolsonaro (Bolsonaro Out) between 2021 and 2022, and the celebration of Lula's victory on Paulista Avenue in October 2022.

- IVP608 - September 2025 / Brazil, Protest movements
Ana C. Carvalhaes
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