Who Should Socialists Vote for in the Upcoming German Elections?

Polls predict a major shift to the right. Should socialists hold their noses and try to keep Die Linke in parliament? Or support independent, working-class, revolutionary socialist candidacies?

Why Trump Blamed a Plane Crash on D. E. I.

Trump has made a tragic plane crash incident into a political battle. Plus: OpenAI accuses DeepSeek of robbery; and Rory Stewart gets into a flame war with JD Vance. With Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani.

Palestinian Justice Won’t Wait for the West

The formation of the Hague Group ensures that the world won’t forget Israel’s crimes in Gaza — nor can Israeli war criminals evading justice, writes Ronnie Kasrils.

As the gold rush surges in Nicaragua, Indigenous communities pay the price

Gold mining has exploded in Nicaragua over the past few years, bringing in billions of dollars and becoming the country’s top export, surpassing even coffee and beef. International sanctions against the industry have done little to slow it down, with companies from China, Canada, the U. K.

An Anarchist Spy Story: Reviewing Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty

Highlighting the anarchist themes present in Cyberpunk 2077's new expansion.

The warming Arctic is now a carbon source, report finds

The Arctic region has shifted from storing carbon dioxide to releasing it into the atmosphere, according to the 2024 Arctic Report Card released by the U. S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The report, authored by 97 scientists from 11 countries, documents widespread changes across the Arctic, from declining caribou populations to record-breaking temperatures.

Trump’s New Europe Policy Shows that Unilateralism is the Order of the Day

Trump delivered a speech in Davos which clarified that he will engage with Europe in a drastically different way than the United States has for decades. This will open up space for new crises and class struggle.

Court decision to stop Tren Maya comes too late for ecosystems, critics say

MEXICO CITY — A court in Mexico has halted the construction of two controversial train lines that critics said could damage the environment. But the decision comes so late that the lines are already built and surrounding ecosystems are feeling the impact, critics say.

As global genetic diversity declines, conservation efforts offer some hope

Genetic diversity within many species is declining globally, according to a recently published study.

Trump’s EPA Has Deleted All Web References to Climate Change

Reflecting the Trump administration’s priorities, the Environmental Protection Agency has now removed all information about climate change from its home page and other prominent areas of its website.

Back to Blackrock

Labour’s plan for growth — with deregulation and corporate-driven projects at its core — runs the risk of deepening inequality and handing over national infrastructure to private profit.

Native trees, local wildlife thrive under Philippine tribes’ ‘rainforestation’

“Rainforestation” projects led by Indigenous communities in the southern Philippines are reaping benefits for both native trees and local wildlife, reports Mongabay’s Keith Anthony Fabro. On the island of Mindanao lies Mount Kalatungan Range Natural Park, a protected area that’s two-thirds primary forest and is home to Manobo tribespeople.

Kenyan court orders two community wildlife conservancies shut down

A Kenyan court dealt a blow to the conservation group Northern Rangelands Trust (NRT) when a three-judge panel ruled that two of its community conservancy affiliates were set up illegally. The decision, issued by the Environment and Land Court of Isiolo county in northern Kenya, ordered the conservancies to shut down their operations effective immediately.

Latin American Leaders Are Putting Up Resistance to Trump

Donald Trump’s belligerence toward Latin American leaders raises the prospect of a more concerted regional resistance, one its popular left bloc is well positioned to lead.

Camera traps capture first glimpse of genetically distinct chimps in southwestern Nigeria

In a win for Nigeria’s only Indigenous grassroots conservation organization, camera traps installed in Ise Conservation Area have captured the first known video of a resident Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzee.

Amazon’s Quebec Exit May Be a Strategic Miscalculation

Amazon may be closing its warehouses in Quebec to send a warning to unions, but it still has to get packages to customers. For a company that thrives on controlling warehouses, this retreat may be more costly than it seems.

Trump Has Found a Way to Blame Minorities for the Washington DC Plane Crash

The embers were still burning at the crash that killed 67 people on Wednesday when the president took to the podium to name the culprit: affirmative action.

Mike Leigh’s Hard Truths Is Powerful and Tormenting

Mike Leigh’s Hard Truths is another triumph by that legendary dramatist of working-class British life. But films like Leigh’s are a rare breed these days.

The Return of Genocide Denial

One of the most shocking features of Israel’s 15-month campaign of violence against Gaza’s population was the US political class’s refusal, even in the face of mounting evidence, to call what was happening a genocide.

How Finland’s Left Is Beating the Far Right

Finland’s Left Alliance is countering the far right by rejecting austerity and championing workers’ rights and climate action. Grace Blakeley sits down with its leader, Li Andersson, to discuss the lessons for the European left.

The Crypto President Has Arrived, and the Grift Is Booming

With Donald Trump back in the White House, the floodgates for cryptocurrency scams have been flung wide open.

Over 1, 100 dead olive ridley turtles wash ashore in southern India

More than 1, 100 dead olive ridley turtles have washed ashore on the beaches of Tamil Nadu state in southern India this month. Most were found near the state capital, Chennai. “I never heard [of] such large numbers of turtles stranded at any beaches of Tamil Nadu at least in the last three decades, ” K.

‘We won’t let them sabotage this’: Hostage families fight to keep ceasefire alive

Amid fears that Netanyahu will torpedo the deal, hostage families are escalating their protests — even appealing to the ICC to intervene.

Trump Escalates Attack on Pro-Palestine Movement with Plans to Deport Students and Workers

Trump signed an executive order promising to deport foreign students who mobilized for Palestine. Amid an anti-immigrant offensive and attempts to curtail the right to protest, students and workers need to unite and fight back.

The deadly cost of Israel’s restrictions on foreign doctors in Gaza

Denied entry or medical supplies after Israel's takeover of Rafah, volunteer physicians describe a policy purposely designed to prevent live-saving work.

Along the Death Road

After a plant in Israel was closed for allowing grave levels of pollution, it was moved to the occupied West Bank — where it ruins the land, spoils crops, and poisons Palestinian workers today.

Socialism at the Milk Bar

The authoritarian socialist regimes of the twentieth century tried to rescue people from ‘kitchen slavery’ through communal eateries. In Poland, they survive and thrive.

To the Lifehouse

A new book rediscovers lessons from Black Panther survival programmes, solidarity networks of crisis-era Greece and the Occupy Sandy disaster relief efforts — and asks whether impending climate catastrophe means we should stop waiting and start doing.

In With the In Crowd

The Left tends to celebrate the crowd only in limited and conditional ways. A new book by Dan Hancox aims to reclaim the mass gathering for the 2020s.

Communism’s Forgotten Radicals

A new book traces a group of forgotten militants whose disparate lives collided in 1920s Moscow, culminating in a queer love story against the backdrop of the nascent communist state.

Who Should Socialists Vote for in the Upcoming German Elections?

Polls predict a major shift to the right. Should socialists hold their noses and try to keep Die Linke in parliament? Or support independent, working-class, revolutionary socialist candidacies?

Why Trump Blamed a Plane Crash on D. E. I.

Trump has made a tragic plane crash incident into a political battle. Plus: OpenAI accuses DeepSeek of robbery; and Rory Stewart gets into a flame war with JD Vance. With Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani.

Palestinian Justice Won’t Wait for the West

The formation of the Hague Group ensures that the world won’t forget Israel’s crimes in Gaza — nor can Israeli war criminals evading justice, writes Ronnie Kasrils.

As the gold rush surges in Nicaragua, Indigenous communities pay the price

Gold mining has exploded in Nicaragua over the past few years, bringing in billions of dollars and becoming the country’s top export, surpassing even coffee and beef. International sanctions against the industry have done little to slow it down, with companies from China, Canada, the U. K.

An Anarchist Spy Story: Reviewing Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty

Highlighting the anarchist themes present in Cyberpunk 2077's new expansion.

The warming Arctic is now a carbon source, report finds

The Arctic region has shifted from storing carbon dioxide to releasing it into the atmosphere, according to the 2024 Arctic Report Card released by the U. S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The report, authored by 97 scientists from 11 countries, documents widespread changes across the Arctic, from declining caribou populations to record-breaking temperatures.

Trump’s New Europe Policy Shows that Unilateralism is the Order of the Day

Trump delivered a speech in Davos which clarified that he will engage with Europe in a drastically different way than the United States has for decades. This will open up space for new crises and class struggle.

Court decision to stop Tren Maya comes too late for ecosystems, critics say

MEXICO CITY — A court in Mexico has halted the construction of two controversial train lines that critics said could damage the environment. But the decision comes so late that the lines are already built and surrounding ecosystems are feeling the impact, critics say.

As global genetic diversity declines, conservation efforts offer some hope

Genetic diversity within many species is declining globally, according to a recently published study.

Trump’s EPA Has Deleted All Web References to Climate Change

Reflecting the Trump administration’s priorities, the Environmental Protection Agency has now removed all information about climate change from its home page and other prominent areas of its website.

Back to Blackrock

Labour’s plan for growth — with deregulation and corporate-driven projects at its core — runs the risk of deepening inequality and handing over national infrastructure to private profit.

Native trees, local wildlife thrive under Philippine tribes’ ‘rainforestation’

“Rainforestation” projects led by Indigenous communities in the southern Philippines are reaping benefits for both native trees and local wildlife, reports Mongabay’s Keith Anthony Fabro. On the island of Mindanao lies Mount Kalatungan Range Natural Park, a protected area that’s two-thirds primary forest and is home to Manobo tribespeople.

Kenyan court orders two community wildlife conservancies shut down

A Kenyan court dealt a blow to the conservation group Northern Rangelands Trust (NRT) when a three-judge panel ruled that two of its community conservancy affiliates were set up illegally. The decision, issued by the Environment and Land Court of Isiolo county in northern Kenya, ordered the conservancies to shut down their operations effective immediately.

Latin American Leaders Are Putting Up Resistance to Trump

Donald Trump’s belligerence toward Latin American leaders raises the prospect of a more concerted regional resistance, one its popular left bloc is well positioned to lead.

Camera traps capture first glimpse of genetically distinct chimps in southwestern Nigeria

In a win for Nigeria’s only Indigenous grassroots conservation organization, camera traps installed in Ise Conservation Area have captured the first known video of a resident Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzee.

Amazon’s Quebec Exit May Be a Strategic Miscalculation

Amazon may be closing its warehouses in Quebec to send a warning to unions, but it still has to get packages to customers. For a company that thrives on controlling warehouses, this retreat may be more costly than it seems.

Trump Has Found a Way to Blame Minorities for the Washington DC Plane Crash

The embers were still burning at the crash that killed 67 people on Wednesday when the president took to the podium to name the culprit: affirmative action.

Mike Leigh’s Hard Truths Is Powerful and Tormenting

Mike Leigh’s Hard Truths is another triumph by that legendary dramatist of working-class British life. But films like Leigh’s are a rare breed these days.

The Return of Genocide Denial

One of the most shocking features of Israel’s 15-month campaign of violence against Gaza’s population was the US political class’s refusal, even in the face of mounting evidence, to call what was happening a genocide.

How Finland’s Left Is Beating the Far Right

Finland’s Left Alliance is countering the far right by rejecting austerity and championing workers’ rights and climate action. Grace Blakeley sits down with its leader, Li Andersson, to discuss the lessons for the European left.

The Crypto President Has Arrived, and the Grift Is Booming

With Donald Trump back in the White House, the floodgates for cryptocurrency scams have been flung wide open.

Over 1, 100 dead olive ridley turtles wash ashore in southern India

More than 1, 100 dead olive ridley turtles have washed ashore on the beaches of Tamil Nadu state in southern India this month. Most were found near the state capital, Chennai. “I never heard [of] such large numbers of turtles stranded at any beaches of Tamil Nadu at least in the last three decades, ” K.

‘We won’t let them sabotage this’: Hostage families fight to keep ceasefire alive

Amid fears that Netanyahu will torpedo the deal, hostage families are escalating their protests — even appealing to the ICC to intervene.

Trump Escalates Attack on Pro-Palestine Movement with Plans to Deport Students and Workers

Trump signed an executive order promising to deport foreign students who mobilized for Palestine. Amid an anti-immigrant offensive and attempts to curtail the right to protest, students and workers need to unite and fight back.

The deadly cost of Israel’s restrictions on foreign doctors in Gaza

Denied entry or medical supplies after Israel's takeover of Rafah, volunteer physicians describe a policy purposely designed to prevent live-saving work.

Along the Death Road

After a plant in Israel was closed for allowing grave levels of pollution, it was moved to the occupied West Bank — where it ruins the land, spoils crops, and poisons Palestinian workers today.

Socialism at the Milk Bar

The authoritarian socialist regimes of the twentieth century tried to rescue people from ‘kitchen slavery’ through communal eateries. In Poland, they survive and thrive.

To the Lifehouse

A new book rediscovers lessons from Black Panther survival programmes, solidarity networks of crisis-era Greece and the Occupy Sandy disaster relief efforts — and asks whether impending climate catastrophe means we should stop waiting and start doing.

In With the In Crowd

The Left tends to celebrate the crowd only in limited and conditional ways. A new book by Dan Hancox aims to reclaim the mass gathering for the 2020s.

Communism’s Forgotten Radicals

A new book traces a group of forgotten militants whose disparate lives collided in 1920s Moscow, culminating in a queer love story against the backdrop of the nascent communist state.