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On the initiative of CADTM International, over 230 prominent individuals from around 50 countries across all continents have signed an international appeal calling for intensified anti-fascist and anti-imperialist action. This appeal expresses alarm over the global surge of far-right, neo-fascist movements and imperialist aggression. To sign the call, click here.
The manifesto has garnered support from a diverse array of notable figures, including parliamentarians, academics, activists, (…)

- News from around the world / Antifascism, Anti-imperialism

20 January by Eric Toussaint, CADTM International, Walden Bello, Sushovan Dhar, Jeremy Corbyn, Yanis Varoufakis, Rafael Bernabe, Zoe Konstantopoulou, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, Gilbert Achcar, Tithi Bhattacharya, Nancy Fraser, Michael Roberts, Vijay Prashad, Achin Vanaik, Zarah Sultana, Manon Aubry, Annie Ernaux, Ada Colau, Bhaskar Sunkara.

- News from around the world / Antifascism, Anti-imperialism

“The reduction in the electoral strength of the left is an invitation for activists to reflect on the fragmentation of this camp. In the downward spiral of the last three years, the only time the left has made its mark on the public debate to contest popular opinion was during last December's general strike, called jointly by the CGTP and UGT against the new labour laws that the government wants to impose.”

- IVP612 - January 2026 / Portugal, Far Right

Folkedrabet i Gaza har radikaliseret zionismens koloniprojekt. De israelske lederes åbne afvisning af enhver fremtidig mulighed for en palæstinensisk stat har imidlertid undermineret deres egen internationale legitimitet.

Intensive use of social networks, more than other forms of Internet presence, with the possible exception of games, generates behaviours comparable to other forms of drug addiction, such as excessive consumption and psychological, or even physical, hangovers. This article argues that this is the product sold by this new oligarchy.

- IVP612 - January 2026 / Economy

”Græsrøddernes parti” fortæller om de store linjer og om hverdagen i VS. Her fandt bevægelsernes folk en organisatorisk og et politisk grundlag, men ikke en fælles politisk retning.

The year 2026 began with devastating Russian shelling of Kyiv's infrastructure, which, in freezing conditions, brought the population to the brink of survival. The city, home to 3 million people, is experiencing an acute shortage of heat and water, and electricity is being supplied on a short-term basis. It has become clear that the authorities had no plan B in case of a catastrophic deterioration in the security and weather situation.

- IVP612 - January 2026 / Ukraine, Public services

“We will miss Eleni very much, because what emanated from her was her deep appreciation of human connections, friendship and life.”

- In Memoriam - Obituaries and appreciations / Greece, Obituary, Fourth International

Væbnede grupper tilknyttet Damaskus-regeringen indledte den 6. januar et angreb mod de overvejende kurdiske kvarterer Sheikh Maqsoud og Ashrafieh i Aleppo i det nordlige Syrien. Mange hundrede er dræbt, og omkring 150.000 civile er evakueret.

Det aktuelle oprør i Iran er kulminationen på årtiers modstand mod landets dybt undertrykkende præstestyre. Det afgørende er nu, at den folkelige selvorganisering kan udvikle sig maksimalt, så revolutionen mod regimet ikke bliver afsporet og ender med et blodbad a lá Syrien eller en genindsættelse af et USA-støttet autoritært monarki.

“There are now more ICE agents in Minneapolis than there are police in the metropolitan area. The majority of the inhabitants see this as an occupation that is bringing fear and more violence into their city.”

- IVP612 - January 2026 / United States (USA), Migration

“The political situation in Europe is very bad.”

- IVP612 - January 2026 / Europe

Selskabet for Arbejderhistorie (SFAH) byder igen velkommen til en hel dag i arbejderhistoriens navn og favn. Det foregår lørdag den 24. januar på Arbejdermuseet, Rømersgade 22 i København.

Når venstrefløjens kritik bliver et valg mellem to former for militarisme. En replik til Per Clausen fra Enhedslisten.

The announcements of coup attempts, whether real or imagined, are evidence of the junta's weakness, as it is unable to curb the advance of the jihadists.

- IVP612 - January 2026 / Burkina Faso

“[Harbi's] death on the first day of 2026 means the passing of one of the last eyewitnesses of one of the great anticolonial struggles and the loss of an incisive historian.”

- In Memoriam - Obituaries and appreciations / France, Obituary, Algeria

Jean Malifaud was for many years a member of the leadership of the LCR in France. Until the end of his life he was active in international solidarity and a committed trade-unionist.

- In Memoriam - Obituaries and appreciations / France, Obituary

“Kellner offers the following critical appreciation: “One hopes that many more people will be inspired by Mandel's verve and let themselves be motivated to live his kind of life, yet without succumbing to ungrounded political confidence or to some of his more questionable ideas.””

- Reviews section / Marxism, Fourth International, Ernest Mandel, Reviews

Growing attacks on academic freedom are an aspect of the rise of the far right and authoritarianism that does not always get enough attention outside the university sector. What are the various ways this threat plays out?

- IVP612 - January 2026 / United States (USA), Britain, Far Right

The International Trade Union Network of Solidarity and Struggles is passing on information received from trade union comrades in Venezuela. With Venezuela, as with Palestine, as with Ukraine, as with Sudan, as everywhere else in the world, nothing can replace direct contact between workers. For our social class, it is the best source of information and the best way to build common struggles.

- News from around the world / Venezuela, Trade unions/workplace organizing