Portside

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

Reader Comments: Jan. 06 Coup and Congressional Hearings; Karl Marx Was Right - Capitalism Exploits; Staughton Lynd Responds to Lessons on Labor's Past; Ukraine War - Why did Portside run this article; 50th Anniversary of the Case of Puerto Rico

LGBTQ in Africa, Ecuador ablaze, and talk of stalemate in Myanmar

But if the war does not end soon, its dangers will increase. Negotiations need to begin... “To make concessions to Russia would be submitting to aggression,”... “To make none would be submitting to insanity.”

Reader Comments: Uvalde School Shootings - Ban Assault Weapons; High Rents; Latin America Summit; Medicare Advantage; 2022 Elections; Thomas Piketty; 40 Years - June 12, 1982 Anti-Nuclear War Protests; more....

In Ukrainian towns near Russia’s border, Moscow’s influence was strong and Ukrainian was rarely spoken. The war has changed that.