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This week: left economists cut through the baloney, rumblings of general strike, and a guide to wrecking your party

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Jayati Ghosh and João Pedro Stedile on the fierce urgency of now

It is urgent to end the war in Ukraine. But to achieve this goal, "Russia Out Now" is a better slogan than "Diplomacy Now."

Socialist politics, a displaced feature of the international scene

Economic collapse and mass action finished off the Sri Lanka regime.

The problem of mercenary operations seems unlikely to be solved without a substantial strengthening of international security institutions, among them the United Nations. Are the nations of the world willing to take this step?

World crises demand groundbreaking strategies

Only a decisive defeat of Putinism — with its toxic mix of despotism, corruption, right-wing nationalism, and devil-may-care extractivism — would offer the world some sliver of hope when it comes to restoring some measure of planetary balance.

Voters in Colombia and France put left coalitions in office, and Tunisian workers shut the country down