In this interview, Ukrainian Philosopher Olha Mukha discusses the war in Ukraine, the issue of Russian imperialism (or colonialism) in Western perceptions, and Ukrainian national memory. Krytyka Polityczna: Is Russia a colonial country in the Western sense? Olha Mukha: For a long time, the West refused to acknowledge Russia's colonial and imperial character, focusing instead on its own history. This blindness has given rise to the development of contemporary Russian imperial ambitions. (…)

We launch this call as the Socialist People's Forum (SPF) at a moment of immense hardship for the people of Sri Lanka. Over the past days, severe flooding and landslides—driven by cyclone 'Ditwah' and worsened by long-standing vulnerabilities—have devastated almost all the districts across the island. Many lives have been lost, and even more people are reported missing. Entire communities have been displaced, livelihoods destroyed, and thousands are now in urgent need of safe shelter, food, (…)

Le cyclone Ditwah a frappé le Sri Lanka fin novembre 2025, tuant près de 500 personnes et déplaçant plus de 1,5 million d'habitants, dans la pire catastrophe naturelle que le pays ait connue depuis le tsunami de 2004. Alors que les équipes de secours continuent de retrouver des corps dans les communautés isolées des hauts plateaux, des questions difficiles émergent concernant les défaillances de la préparation aux catastrophes, les alertes diffusées uniquement en cinghalais, et une industrie (…)

Cyclone Ditwah struck Sri Lanka in late November 2025, killing nearly 500 people and displacing over 1.5 million in the country's worst natural disaster since the 2004 tsunami. As rescue teams continue to uncover bodies in remote highland communities, difficult questions emerge about disaster preparedness failures, warnings issued only in Sinhala, and a tourism industry that downplayed the storm's severity. Balasingham Skanthakumar argues that this catastrophe must serve as a wake-up call (…)

Thailand's ruling class reproduces itself through institutionalised palace-military factions that persist across generations and reign transitions. Understanding why these networks exist — and why they prove so durable — requires examining the material interests they protect. The Thai monarchy is a major economic actor. The Crown Property Bureau (recently renamed the Privy Purse Bureau, reverting to its absolutist-era title) manages royal assets estimated anywhere between US$30 billion (…)

L'un des thèmes qui revient le plus souvent ces derniers temps est que l'évolution de l'économie espagnole est meilleure que celle enregistrée au niveau européen. L'argument avancé est que la croissance du PIB est bien supérieure à la moyenne européenne. Cette donnée est effectivement vraie, mais si l'on analyse la réalité de l'économie par classes et secteurs sociaux, en tenant compte de la répartition de cette croissance de la production, les conclusions sont différentes. Surtout si l'on (…)