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World in trouble — Cuba, Tunisia, Iran, Myanmar

The continuing battles in Palestine and Colombia — and major wins in Chile

The global left has suffered an irreparable loss with the passing of Leo Panitch this weekend. He was incredibly warm, inviting, and generous to others. And he remained committed to the end to the cause of socialism and human emancipation.

The Arab revolution, South African nation-building, peasants unite in India, Amazon workers strike, and much more

Furious farmers storm India and Peru, and more news and analysis from four continents

The old instrumental notion of the state, that it’s a machine, and you grab it and use it for your own purposes, or even more stupidly, that you smash it, are wrong. What does it mean to smash the state? This is our great challenge.