Daily Digest

The current uprising in Iran represents a convergence of internal economic collapse and external imperial maneuvering, with Iranian workers and small merchants caught between a theocratic state incapable of resolving its contradictions and a United States seeking to exploit popular grievances for...

The election of Zohran Mamdani as New York City's mayor represents a significant moment in American urban politics, emerging directly from the material conditions of extreme inequality that define contemporary metropolitan life. His explicit rejection of billionaire wealth and commitment to...

The deadly fire at Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana that killed approximately 40 people and injured 100 reveals the material contradictions embedded in the luxury tourism industry. This tragedy occurred in a space designed to maximize capacity and profit—a venue accommodating over 300 people...

A coalition of progressive politicians, labor unions, and tenant organizations is attempting to resolve a fundamental contradiction in American climate politics: the historical framing of environmental action as requiring working-class sacrifice while capital accumulates profits. This strategic...

The death of Australian Russell Allan Wilson fighting in Ukraine reveals a stark pattern in modern proxy warfare: working-class individuals from allied nations bear the ultimate costs of geopolitical conflicts while their governments maintain official distance through travel advisories. Wilson...

The inauguration of Zohran Mamdani as New York City's mayor represents a significant moment in American municipal politics—the election of a self-identified Democratic Socialist to lead the nation's largest city. His campaign mobilized over 10,000 volunteers on a platform of rent freezes, free...

This account of paludiculture on the Somerset Levels illustrates the complex intersection of ecological crisis, agricultural transformation, and emerging green commodity markets. On its surface, the story presents an optimistic narrative: farmers adapting to climate reality by cultivating bulrush...

The Trump administration's final actions of 2025 reveal the contradictory nature of capitalist state power navigating competing pressures from different class fractions. The withdrawal of federal troops from Democratic cities represents a tactical retreat from overt authoritarian measures that...

The Ukraine conflict's potential resolution reveals the complex interplay of inter-imperialist competition, resource control, and the subordination of working-class interests to capital accumulation. Zelenskyy's assertion that peace is '90% ready' while rejecting terms that would cede the Donbas...