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The brink of war - overview and details

Solidarity with China? Division on the left... and the Syria debate continues too

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

Reports and analyses from everywhere, as the world churns

Photos from the international upsurge, in Europe and Asia - and more

Organized democracy in Rojava, Polisario lives, undocumented strikers win in France, and more

The world is shaken by mass rejection of neoliberalism and corruption, and the "pink tide" returns in Latin America.

Furious mass protests in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe, election news with left parties in play, and more!

Rojava: Millions of civilians in northern Syria threatened as US green-lights Turkey’s invasion

Turkey’s incursion into Syria has roiled the Middle East and NATO countries, demonstrating one key polarizing divide on both sides of the Mediterranean. As far as I can tell, that divide is between supporters of political Islam and its opponents.