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Destruction in Lebanon and inset photo of Gilbert Achcar

Lebanese activist and University of London professor Gilbert Achcar discusses Israel's escalating violence in Lebanon, analysing the broader regional dynamics, histories, allegiances and the need for international solidarity.

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Israel has faced little condemnation from Western political elites and mainstream media for its genocidal war on the Palestinians because they uncritically accept the Zionist myths used to justify Israel’s ongoing colonisation and genocide. Ben Radford reviews Ilan Pappe's 10 Myths About Israel.

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Malik Miah and Barry Sheppard look behind the hype around Kamala Harris' presidential nomination in the United States.

The 25th anniversary of the successful vote for independence by Timor-Leste was marked on August 30. Leo Earle took these photos for Green Left.

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Marxist humanist and political scientist Kevin B Anderson speaks to Federico Fuentes about Karl Marx’s ideas on colonialism and imperialism.

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In Latin America, trade unions, students and Indigenous groups are standing in solidarity with Palestinians and drawing attention to Israel’s nefarious role in the region, reports Ben Radford.

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Derek Wall reviews Tad DeLay’s new book, Future of Denial: The ideologies of climate change, a Freudian Marxist take on the climate crisis that touches on how the far right is accelerating fossil fuel emissions and attacking minorities.

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From Earth’s history to global heating, water crises and socialist strategy — Climate and Capitalism editor Ian Angus presents eight new books for radical readers.

Clifton D'Rozario in 2024

Clifton D’Rozario, a leading member of the Communist Party of India Marxist-Leninist (Liberation) (CPIML) recently spoke to Green Left's Isaac Nellist about the parallels between Zionism and the ideology of Hindu supremacy.

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Alex Salmon reviews James Boyce's 2020 work, which traces the Indigenous people of the wetland areas of eastern England known as the Fens, who fought to preserve their lands, culture and community in the face of attempts to displace them by enclosure.

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Peter Boyle reviews David Marr's Killing for Country: A Family History, a chronicle of his forebears who were deployed from 1849 to the 1920s to carry out systematic massacres of First Nations peoples in the frontier wars in Queensland and the Northern Territory.

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Malik Miah argues that racism lives on in California, echoing its history as a 'free state' during slavery.