Indonesia's May Day 2025 celebration at Jakarta's National Monument became a stage for class betrayal rather than worker solidarity. Author Miswanto reveals how trade union leaders transformed what should have been a day of resistance into a sycophantic display of support for President Prabowo Subianto—a former military officer with a history of human rights abuses and current capitalist interests. Rather than demanding real change like repealing the anti-worker Omnibus Law, these elite (…)

Where did the “global neofascist axis” come from, and where is it going? What destabilizing effects might Russia's war in Ukraine have? Ilya Budraitskis and Gilbert Achcar discuss the current conjuncture Ilya Budraitskis: With the beginning of Trump's second term, the world is experiencing a tremendous geopolitical shift, and I would like to start discussing it with the question of NATO's future. Today, it is obvious that the alliance is in a situation of strategic and ideological crisis. (…)

Since Trump's return, Israel has dropped all pretenses of self-defense. But even as it evades accountability, it has cemented its legacy as a global pariah. A Palestinian mother mourns over the body of her 15-year-old daughter Raghad Abu Amra at Al-Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, April 3, 2025. (Doaa Albaz/Activestills) Since October 7, Israeli cabinet ministers, political figures, military officers and media pundits have openly and endlessly incited for the (…)