Ten years after the “summer of migration”, Europe’s walls are higher than ever. Inés Marco and Elahe Kouhestani of @de-criminalize.bsky.social expose how the EU criminalizes freedom of movement — and why decriminalization is essential.

BRICS leaders convene today to discuss a collective response to Trump's trade war. But while some on the Left view the bloc as a counterweight to Western imperialism, Patrick Bond argues that, upon closer inspection, BRICS is nothing of the sort.

Jair Bolsonaro’s failed coup in 2023 could very well see him spend the rest of his life in jail. But that doesn’t mean that Bolsonarism is defeated — or that the struggling Workers’ Party will be able to hang on to power.

What role should Germany play in a world of war and shifting power blocs? Die Linke’s co-chair Jan van Aken argues for solidarity without arms deliveries, a just peace in Ukraine, and a two-state solution for Israel-Palestine.

Trump and the MAGA movement represent a convergence of far-right forces that have been brewing in the US for at least two decades. To counter the threat they pose, the Left must fight for a broader social transformation.

Someone (not me) kindly went ahead and translated this article of mine to English. Read it for free online @rosaluxglobal.bsky.social
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"If we want real democracy, we need to extend it to the economy. That means overcoming the capitalist law of value and redirecting production toward social and ecological needs."

Thanks to @rosaluxglobal.bsky.social for this conversation.

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Germany’s role in Sudan’s war is rarely discussed — yet German rifles, Cold War politics, and today’s arms deals with Gulf states have fuelled violence for decades. While millions starve and flee, Germany profits and looks away.

Salvador Allende’s government is best remembered for attempting to establish socialism through the ballot box. But for Chile’s exploited peasants, it also meant a just redistribution of land, breaking the power of the landowners and empowering the toiling masses.

Rosa Luxemburg and Vladimir Lenin were comrades, but their relationship wasn’t always congenial. A long-lost text from 1912, published here in English for the first time, documents Luxemburg’s first stormy break with the Bolshevik leader.