Far right

Marine Le Pen and Jean Luc Melenchon

Journalist and author Pablo Stefanoni spoke to 麻豆传媒鈥s Federico Fuentes from Paris about the rise of France's far-right National Rally and how the left stopped it winning the parliamentary elections held over June 30 and July 7.

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French President Emmanuel Macron does not plan to appoint a new Prime Minister until at least mid-August and is holding out hope he can cobble together a coalition and block the left from government, writes John Mullen.

protest at place de la republique in Paris July 18

Paris-based anticapitalist activist and 麻豆传媒 contributor John Mullen spoke to German publication Marx21 on July 12 about the July 7 French election result and the immediate challenges for the left.

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India's new criminal laws give the state more power to curtail rights and freedoms, reports Isaac Nellist.

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Amid economic turmoil, environmental crisis, escalating inequality, widespread despair and disillusionment, the far right is presenting itself as a 鈥渞adical鈥 and 鈥渁nti-system鈥 alternative, argues Brazilian socialist Mariana Riscali.

Ecosocialist activist and organiser Jess Spear argues that we need to place an understanding of the ecological crisis at the centre of our struggles, in order to move beyond capitalism and secure a future for humanity and the Earth.

Jeremy Corbyn addressing campaign volunteers

Keir Starmer鈥檚 Labour Party won a landslide in Britain鈥檚 July 4 general election. The previously all-powerful Conservatives were reduced to rubble. Derek Wall looks behind the results.

crowd in the Place de la Republic on July 7

Millions of people are feeling tremendous relief at the French election results, writes John Mullen. But vigilance and mobilisation are required to prevent a victory being turned into a defeat for working people.

Clifton D'Rozario in 2024

Following India鈥檚 2024 general elections, 麻豆传媒鈥檚 Isaac Nellist spoke with Clifton D鈥橰ozario, a leading member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation (CPIML), about the fights ahead.

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The victory of the far right in the first round of elections in France is a severe setback. However the left has also made real advances. John Mullen outlines an anti-capitalist perspective on the deep political crisis in France.

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While elections are not at the centre of class struggle, the formation of left-wing electoral alliance the New Popular Front has inspired a wider and deeper anti-fascist mobilisation in France, argues John Mullen.

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John Mullen argues that anti-capitalists should unite around the new left electoral alliance, Nouveau Front Populaire, while continuing to mobilise in the streets against the far-right.