The underlying logic and key characteristics of the 12-day Israel-Iran war.
A socialist Vermont state senator explains how the left must support Ukraine while also supporting Gaza and opposing militarism.
Afghan refugees,a population of 4-5 million who have lived,worked &raised families in Iran for decades,are being deported en
In an interview, Gilbert Achcar analyzes the grim state of affairs in the Middle East, in the age of neofascism.
The bombs fell in the Al-Tuffah neighborhood in Gaza City around 2 a.m. on July 14, killing more than two dozen people. The IDF hasn’t answered why it bombed the Arafat home or barred rescue workers.
Challenges in Rebuilding Internationalism Against the Capitalist War Machine
By: Roud Media CollectiveJuly 22, 2025
Regardless of the backgrounds and reasons behind Israel and the United States’ military aggression against Iran, it is clear that this invasion has imposed a new “state of war” on the Middle East. The fragile ceasefire established after the “12-day war” cannot conceal the gravity and severity of this imposed situation.
A living, relevant left must learn to listen to the voice of the oppressed wherever it speaks—not only when it matches familiar Western narratives. It needs to offer a true emancipatory vision and not just slogans.
Online panel with Iranian Women’s Rights Advocates
By: New PoliticsJune 25, 2025
Iranian feminists will speak about how U.S. activists can take a principled stand against the violations of human rights by all the powers involved and defend progressive, life-affirming forces inside Iran, the Middle East region, and the U.S.
On Zoom, Tues. June 24 at 7 pm Eastern.
Speakers: Yassamine Mather, Michael Karadjis, and Evan Siegel.
Opposing Netanyahu, Trump, and Khamenei
Children are in danger around the world — in Ukraine, Palestine, Sudan, and elsewhere. On International Children’s day, the Ukraine Solidarity Network calls for their protection.
Despite Rodriguez’s intentions, his actions will set back the pro-Palestine movement
“Preserving the Regime is the Foremost Obligation”
By: Nima SabouriApril 26, 2025
How Iran’s “heroic flexibility” towards its foreign enemy is accompanied by an intensified “iron fist” against the internal enemy
The feminist perspective on the death penalty in Iran reveals a complex interplay between gender, power, and the legal system
By: Elahe AmaniApril 16, 2025
The feminist perspective on the death penalty in Iran reveals a complex interplay between gender, power, and the legal system
Africa today stands at a crossroads, caught between internal crises, shifting global power dynamics, and the slow unraveling of the post-liberation political order. Across the continent, ruling parties that once commanded legitimacy as national liberators are losing their grip; yet
Death Toll Surpasses 50,000 and Repression Escalates Against Solidarity Movement
By: Kevin B. AndersonMarch 31, 2025
More terror in Gaza, an upsurge of repression in the United States
In his latest ultimatum to Hamas President Trump wrote, “Only sick and twisted people keep bodies, and you are sick and twisted!” Doesn’t he know that that his bosom allies, Israel and Saudi Arabia, keep bodies as bargaining chips and for other reasons? Isn’t this a case of the pot calling the kettle black?
Against the arbitrary decision of the UNIL rectorate
By: TempestFebruary 21, 2025
We offer our support and full solidarity to Prof. Joseph Daher who is facing the loss of his job for his Palestine activism.
Saeed Rahnema analyzes the fall of Assad from a long-term historical perspective, and warns the threats posed by religious fundamentalism and the emboldened Turkish regime.
Samuel Farber analyzes the situations and practices of Zionism in the context of Jewish politics, in the early 20th century and interwar Poland.
Hank Kennedy reviews Wilson and Keko’s Freedom Shall Prevail, a comic book on the life of Abdullah Öcalan and the Kurdish freedom struggle.