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The US midterm elections were a major blow to the far right. Now it’s up to democratic socialists to make the most of it, argues the Bread & Roses caucus. Plus Geovanny Tolentino and Jordan Millett look at how socialists in Salem, Oregon won by embracing the rose.

The Tempest National Committee argues that Trump’s huge defeat in the US midterm elections creates an important opening, but one that will not be met by a strategy centred on electoral politics within the Democratic Party.

Comrade Swadesh Bhattacharya, the last member of the historic three-member Central Committee founded on the second martyrdom anniversary of Comrade Charu Mazumdar, is no more, writes Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation.

Two recent elections generated opposite ideological results: while the Democrat’s blue tsunami saw it take over US Congress, South Africans voted in rising numbers for blue-led centre-right and far-right xenophobes, writes Patrick Bond.

Academic Marxism’s retreat from revolutionary politics does not diminish its necessity, argues Raju J Das.

Dmitry Pozhidaev outlines five lessons from Serbia’s Student List electoral breakthrough after two years of mass protests — and how this could be turned into lasting social change.

By targeting data centres, argues Walden Bello, we are challenging two existential threats to the planet and humanity: climate change and AI.

Bread and Roses voted at its 2026 convention to join efforts encouraging AOC to run for President. Elliot Lewis and James Hernández why.

The people built this victory with courage, hope and an extraordinary ability to mobilize, writes the Workers’ Party of Brazil.

A “third round” has begun in Brazil, albeit with contours somewhat different than expected, writes Israel Dutra. Its outcome may consolidate a new phase in the global anti-fascist struggle, in which Brazil is already playing a central role.

The arrest of former presidential candidate Luisa González is the latest in a series of judicial attacks on Ecuador’s opposition parties ahead of local elections, writes Blair Goodman.

Indonesia’s labour movement is facing a critical juncture in its contemporary political and economic history, writes Frans Ari Prasetyo.

What the struggles in Indonesia and West Papua need from Australia is clear: sever the alliance that arms the generals. That task can only be executed by the Australian working class, argues Dipo Negoro.

Karl Marx’s theory of value is relevant not only to understanding commodity exchange but why production for profit conflicts with human needs, explains Raju J Das.

The nature of the Student List’s victory in Serbia’s parliamentary elections and the country’s political future are difficult to grasp through conventional categories, writes Srđan Atanasovski.

The Socialist Left Movement offer a preliminary assessment of Lula’s historic win and outline some clear tasks for the left amid this new and acute stage of class struggle in Brazil.

Lula overturned his first-round deficit by mobilising on the streets and social media. Esquerda en Movimento argues converting this mobilisation into popular organisation will now be key given the opposition’s increased strength in Congress.

Lula’s re-election in Brazil is the most important defeat for the far right in recent times, and its impact will be felt worldwide, writes Iain Bruce.

André Singer on the pendulum swing of Brazilian elites between authoritarianism and democracy.

The PQ’s return to power raises the prospect of a right-wing alliance, renewed austerity, and difficult choices for the left, write Andrea Levy and André Frappier.