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We spoke to political scientist Marie Gottschalk about how corporate criminals have been let off the hook as prisons have exploded and what the path to ending mass incarceration might look like.

Semiconductor workers at multinational South Korean corporation Samsung won significant contract gains after a credible strike threat this spring. Their struggle is a crucial one for the global labor movement as AI reshapes the world economy.

When Benito Mussolini was ousted in 1943, a farming family called the Cervis celebrated by serving free helpings of pasta in the village square. It’s a ritual still repeated each July, upholding the community spirit at the heart of Italian antifascism.

In EU foreign affairs chief Kaja Kallas’s homeland of Estonia, increased military spending is putting pressure on the national budget. What makes it worse is a regressive tax system, which is putting the costs of rearmament on the lowest-income households.

The recent Ukraine Recovery Conference again saw governments and financial institutions discuss the country’s postwar reconstruction. Organized labor was absent, even as Kyiv introduces a new labor code undermining workers’ protections.

Postscript: what the Ukrainian left got right about Zelensky

Postscript: what the Ukrainian left got right about Zelensky

by Laala Bechetoula

A chronicle of a century and a half, from the fall of Algiers to its rebirth on the same date — an anthem to Algeria and to all who gave their blood so that she might live.

by Aaron Kirshenbaum & Danaka Katovich

A new documentary details how the US military is destroying all forms of life—from oceans, plants, and animals to the communities it attacks and even the people who fight its wars. Documentary is available for viewing on Apple TV, Prime Video, and Watermelon Pictures: https://earthsgreatestenemy.com/

The worst radiological accident in US history

Under Joe Biden, green capitalists primarily sold commodities to help wealthier homeowners decarbonize. Real climate action will require a much more robust public-oriented politics of public investment, public goods, and public ownership.

There’s no good reason not to change the US voting age from 18 to 16. Expanding the franchise isn’t just good for democracy — it offers the Left a significant opportunity to build its forces.

Big Tech has looted humanity’s creative output to create artificial intelligence. We don’t just deserve a share of AI’s profits — we deserve control over it.

This year marks the centenary of the 1926 general strike, the biggest episode of class struggle in British history. The response of Britain’s rulers showed their iron determination to keep the working class in its social and political place.

by Joseph Lee

Indigenous lands are recognized as crucial for climate mitigation and resilience. New research shows their health is a direct result of the people who inhabit and steward them.

by Jules Boykoff

FIFA’s new prediction market partners cast a shadow over the people’s game.

by Prince Kapone

‛The Lithium Frontier: Empire, Oligarchs, and the Struggle for the Salt Flats of the Andes’; ‛Lithium Mining: A New Mineral Rush Spearheaded by the United States, Europe, and Other Major Powers

by Dr. Sonal Devesh

Dr Sonal Devesh examines the contradictions at the heart of American ocean policy and its implications for the global blue economy. While the United States leads in marine science, fisheries management, and offshore energy, it has often resisted binding international frameworks governing oceans, climate, plastics, and deep-sea mining. The article argues that this selective approach weakens global governance, creates environmental risks, and increases geopolitical instability. Drawing on recent developments, including the closure of the Strait of Hormuz in 2026, it explores why sustainable ocean governance requires consistent international cooperation and stronger commitments to shared legal and environmental responsibilities worldwide today.

by Pamela Ferdinand

Tobacco companies use global American Chambers of Commerce chapters to block taxes, sell new nicotine products, and burnish their public image, researchers say.

by Marisa Lourenço

South Africa’s migration debate often focuses on border control, documentation and xenophobia, while paying less attention to the conditions that drive migration across the African continent. This article argues that economic stagnation, political instability and limited opportunities in neighbouring countries are central to understanding migration patterns. It examines South Africa’s own social and economic challenges, the political use of anti-immigration rhetoric, and the regional dynamics that shape migration flows. The article calls for a broader conversation that addresses both the realities facing migrants and the structural conditions that compel many people to leave their homes.