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Two meetings catch Cliff’s tradition at its best on the Iranian revolution. They also catch the one fault its framework cannot shake, the fault that wrecks it on Ukraine.

by Soumya Dutta

The catastrophic floods and debris flows in Nepal and Tibet on 26 August have exposed the growing vulnerability of the Himalayan region. The disaster comes amid rapid glacier loss, expanding glacial lakes, destabilising mountain terrain and increasing development in fragile valleys. Soumya Dutta examines how climate change is interacting with infrastructure expansion to create more complex and potentially cascading hazards. The article looks at lessons from recent disasters in Sikkim and Uttarakhand and argues for stronger transboundary monitoring, real-time early-warning systems, comprehensive hazard mapping and climate-resilient development. It calls for reconsidering infrastructure and settlements located in high-risk Himalayan corridors.

by Sunil Acharya

Nepalis and Tibetans must not pay the price – with their lives, livelihoods and money meant for education and health – for global heating caused by wealthy states.

by Jon Queally

The abuses by the Israeli government and military are “a stain on the conscience of humanity, requiring the UK and France to act.”

by Zeeshan Aleem

There is no possibility of an arrest happening for the foreseeable future. But it illustrates a sea change in the U.S.-Israeli relationship.

by Pon Chandran

The Save Silent Valley Movement remains one of India's defining environmental struggles. Faced with a proposed hydroelectric dam that threatened an ancient rainforest in Kerala, scientists, writers, activists and local communities united to protect one of the Western Ghats' richest ecosystems. Their sustained campaign led to the cancellation of the project and the declaration of Silent Valley as a National Park. This article revisits the history of the movement, the people who shaped it, and the enduring lessons it offers for balancing development with ecological conservation and protecting irreplaceable natural heritage for future generations.

by Dr. Ramzy Baroud

Dr Ramzy Baroud examines Israel’s expanding diplomatic counter-offensive as governments in Colombia, Venezuela, Slovenia and elsewhere move to reverse or weaken policies supportive of Palestine. He argues that Israel is seeking to overcome growing international isolation through changes in government, diplomatic pressure and strategic alliances. The article places these developments against the wider global response to the Gaza war and Israel’s conduct across the Middle East. It also considers the role of Arab states in preserving positions on Palestine and occupied territories, arguing that diplomatic statements alone are insufficient. The struggle over Israel’s international standing is entering a decisive phase.

by Oliver Moore

Since 2012, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has implemented a collaborative food storage programme. In this, regional reserves “allow countries to pool resources, spread fiscal burdens, collaboratively achieve efficiency gains, and reduce overall stockpile sizes.”

Mikhail Lobanov speaking at a rally in Moscow. Links IVAN DRURY ZARIN conducted this interview for Against the Current with Mikhail Lobanov, Russian democratic socialist politician in exile and one of the organizers of Radical Democracy, at the international anti-fascist conference in Porto Alegre, Brazil in March 2026. In 2018, Mikhail Lobanov won a seat… Continue reading Preparing the Left for Russia’s Future Crisis

Communes and the Venezuelan State: The Struggle for Participatory Democracy in a Time of Crisis By Anderson M. Bean Bloomsbury Publishing, New York, 2022, 172 pages. $36.85 hardcover. Venezuela in Crisis: Socialist Perspectives Edited and translated by Anderson M. Bean Haymarket Books, Chicago, 2026, 332 pages. $27.95 paperback. IN THE FIRST decade of the 21st… Continue reading Venezuela’s Process & Fall: The Legacy of Hugo Chávez

Günther Anders in California in the early 1940s. “We can make hydrogen bombs but are insuffi-ciently able to imagine the consequences of what we produce. Our capacity to feel, likewise, limps behind our deed: We can bomb hundreds of thousands into the ground but cannot sufficiently mourn them or feel remorse.” —Günther Anders (1956) LONG… Continue reading Prometheanism & Human Obsolescence

Take Back the Power: The Fall and Rise and Fall of NYC’s Transport Workers Union Local 100, 1975-2009 By Marc Kagan Brill, 2026, 452 pages, $157 hardcover (Haymarket paperback edition in 2027). JANUARY 3, 1984 was author Marc Kagan’s first day on the job as a New York City Transit worker. He begins his story… Continue reading The TWU Local 100 Experience

The Six Mile Circle A Sea Story By Syd Stapleton Marline Publishing, 2026, 233 pages, $18.99 from Amazon. A FAMILIAR STATISTIC provides the context for the literary genre that Six Mile Circle represents: Approximately 71 percent of the Earth’s surface is covered by bodies of water. For most of us, the Earth we tread is… Continue reading High Drama on the High Seas

Cero Rico, near Potosi, Bolivia. It has been mined since 1545 for silver. Extractivism is still the basis of Latin America’s economy. Mhwater at Dutch Wikipedia RECENT ELECTIONS ACROSS across Latin America appear to have placed the hard right firmly back in power. While the landscape may appear to be dim for the left, other… Continue reading Latin America: Patterns and Pendulum

Their End is Our Beginning: Cops, Capitalism, and Abolition By brian bean Haymarket Books, 2025, 280 pages, $19.95 paper. IN MAY 2006 in Oaxaca, Mexico, teachers and their families assembled for a “festive but militant protest occupation” of the city’s central square, which had become an annual fixture of contract negotiations. When the governor sent… Continue reading Ends and Beginnings: An Abolitionist Manifesto

Crucible By John Sayles Melville House Publishing, 2026, distributed by Penguin Random House, 496 pages, $32.99 hardcover, paperback available December 2026, $21.99. WHEN THE New York Times asked John Sayles if Crucible, his novel about Detroit in the early 20th century, confirmed him as a writer of “historical fiction,” his answer highlighted a defining trait… Continue reading Choosing History: A Detroit Crucible

DONALD TRUMP’s ATTACKS on worker health and safety protections are notorious, but less well known is that Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom in California has mimicked Trump in likewise understaffing and underfunding Cal/OSHA, the state’s worker safety agency. Trump has allowed the number of field compliance inspectors for federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to… Continue reading Gutting Health & Safety Protections: Gavin Newson Following Trump’s Lead

We must get beyond the numbers on nuclear tests

This summer, France again saw hellish heat waves and record-high wildfires. But the job of dealing with fires is increasingly pushed onto volunteers, as an austerity government refuses to invest in its professional firefighting force.