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, by SCHOLL Frederick
Signal is in the news because of a security failure, but the app itself is quite secure. AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato
When top White House defense and national security leaders discussed plans for an attack on targets in Yemen over the messaging app Signal, it raised many questions about operational (…)
, by MAJMUREK Jakub (PL)
After Pope Francis’s relatively “open” and “reformist” pontificate, will the Catholic Church face a traditionalist backlash, like American democracy in Trump’s second term?
The Catholic Church is, of course, an institution much older than modern divisions of right-left, (…)
, by FUENTES Pedro
The death of the first Jesuit and Latin American pope made headlines worldwide. He was viewed as opposed to the far-right thinking of leaders such as Trump and Netanyahu. The neo-fascist right threatens with racism, wars, misogyny, persecution of immigrants, totalitarian measures, (…)
, by NOVAK Adam
Pope Francis was better than his predecessors. He integrated climate change into the Church’s concerns and widened space for discussion of social justice. His reign as Pope left the Catholic Church a marginally better place for the poor and the weak. He named more Cardinals from the Global (…)
, by LÖWY Michael
With the death of Jorge Bergoglio, Pope Francis, a rare figure has passed away. In an Italy ruled by neo-fascists and an increasingly reactionary Europe, he distinguished himself with a surprising ethical, social, and ecological commitment.
Ever since Pius XII excommunicated the communists, (…)
, by McEWAN Tracy, McPHILLIPS Kathleen
“Throughout his papacy, Pope Francis highlighted the struggles of women in society. He took important steps to expand opportunities for women in the church and address its patriarchal structure. However, these changes barely scratched the surface of securing full equality for women in the (…)
, by HODGE Joel, PIZZEY Antonia
Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, a day after greeting crowds at St Peter’s Square. From the very start of his papacy, he seemed determined to do things differently.
Pope Francis has died on Easter Monday, aged 88, the Vatican announced. The head of the Catholic Church had recently survived (…)
, by SCHMALZ Mathew
Cardinals attend Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica, before they enter the conclave to decide who the next pope will be, on March 12, 2013, in Vatican City.
With the death of Pope Francis, attention now turns to the selection of his successor. The next pope will be chosen in what is called a (…)
, by LÖWY Michael
Marxist scholar Michael Löwy, responding to Samuel Farber’s “In Defense of Progress” from the new issue of Jacobin, defends philosopher Walter Benjamin and argues that “progress,” as defined under capitalism, has come to threaten humanity’s very survival.
Samuel Farber’s article “In Defense of (…)
, by CARRINGTON Damian
Action urgently needed to save the conditions under which markets – and civilisation itself – can operate, says senior Allianz figure
Some companies were ending home insurance in California due to wildfires, says Allianz SE board member. He says that without insurance, many other financial (…)
, by BRINK Debra, MARTIN-HUGUES Rowan , SCOTT Nick
In January, the Trump administration ordered a broad pause on all US funding for foreign aid.
Among other issues, this has significant effects on US funding for HIV. The United States has been the world’s biggest donor to international HIV assistance, providing 73% of funding in 2023.
A (…)
, by HOLGERSEN Ståle
Stark binaries obscure the real problems we face in building a movement against capitalist ecocide
I was invited to speak about ecosocialism, at Marxism 2025 in Dublin. There was a lot I wanted to say, so I decided to write down some key points I wanted to share. Here’s the presentation.
1. (…)
, by AFONSO Manuel
2024 was the hottest year on record. Consequently, it was marked by extreme climate phenomena which, in the first weeks of 2025, have already demonstrated that they will not disappear. Consider the brutal fires that swept through Los Angeles in the middle of winter, whilst Donald Trump took (…)
, by HUMMEL Thomas
Thomas Hummel argues that because the rise of the global far right defines our historical moment, revolutionary socialists must revive the strategy of the united front to challenge the new authoritarianism.
The defining characteristic of mass politics in the present period is the stunning and (…)
, by SHEKHOVTSOV Anton
The glitch
State-sponsored celebrations in today’s Russia are rarely apolitical, and last month’s 270th anniversary of the country’s leading educational institution, Moscow State University (MSU), was no exception.
The pompous gala concert devoted to the MSU’s anniversary featured lengthy (…)
, by Haaretz
American multibillionaire Jeff Bezos, the founder and chairman of Amazon as well as the owner of the Washington Post, decided this week on a new policy for running op-eds in the paper. The focus will be on “personal liberties and free markets,” and pieces that contradict these values won’t be (…)
, by Fourth International
The invitation to COP 30 in Belem, Brazil, in the heart of Amazon rainforest, calls for a leap in quality in the mass struggle, the only way to unlock the ecological, social, anti-imperialist, ecosocialist battles.
Social, environmental, and anti-imperialist movements everywhere face the (…)
, by PÉREZ COLOMÉ Jordi
One of the major alternatives to the old Twitter continues to grow, but a new analysis shows that its activity is still far from being an information hub. One notable difference to X and Facebook is that less misinformation circulates on Bluesky.
“Bluesky users are exiles from Twitter, mostly left-wing, which means there is little conversation between different ideological positions,” says Dorian Quelle, researcher at the University of Zurich (Switzerland) and co-author of a new scientific paper published today, about the users and (…)
, by IMSD
“No God, gods, goddesses, prophets or saints may be invoked to justify the killing and/or terrorising of fellow human beings”.
Indian Muslims for Secular Democracy (IMSD) strongly condemns the assassination of the South African Imam Muhsin Hendricks, a man widely regarded as the world’s first (…)
, by AKHMEDOV Ilias
In my previous article, I’ve described in a detailed way the shortcomings of the mainstream left politicians and activists in regulating technology, its failures to challenge the status quo and the policies that must be embraced. It covered things such as advertising, surveillance capitalism, (…)
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