#OnThisDay in 1944 Angela Davis was born in Birmingham, Alabama. A leading voice of Black liberation, feminism, and prison abolition, she continues to shape debates on racism, capitalism, and intersectional justice worldwide.

The first round of Portugal’s presidential elections saw historic gains for the far right. The centre may still hold for now, but the next wave of reactionary authoritarianism is just around the corner.

Can Nordic socialism point the way to a democratic economy? In a new essay, @pelledragsted.bsky.social of Denmark’s @enhedslisten.bsky.social argues that real socialist alternatives already exist in Nordic welfare states — and are key to countering the far right.

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Happy Birthday, Antonio Gramsci. #OnThisDay in 1891, the Sardinian Marxist was born. From Turin’s workers’ councils to founding the Communist Party of Italy, his Prison Notebooks - written under fascist imprisonment - reshaped Marxist thought on power and hegemony.

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Solidarity Cities shows how European municipalities are pushing back against deterrence and exclusion. From Palermo to Berlin, cities are proving that a humane, rights-based migration policy is not only necessary, but possible.

Appeasing Trump won’t protect Greenland. After the illegal attack on Venezuela, silence only invites the next takeover. Europe must defend self-determination and international law — or accept a world ruled by force.

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Russia is often derisively referred to as a “gas station masquerading as a country”. Yet this derision obscures a crucial point: namely, Russia’s ruling class is no different than any other in its utter refusal to tackle our planetary crisis.

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Trump is back — and this time the project runs deeper. Backed by Big Tech and fossil capital, his second term signals an entrenched oligarchy at home and aggression abroad. Our latest dossier examines what’s changed and what alternatives exist: rosalux.de/en/dossiers/trump-empire

Beyond identity and nostalgia, @leaypi.bsky.social argues for belonging as moral socialism: a future-oriented project of political solidarity built through struggle, criticism and hope. 👉 Watch the full talk, featuring Lea Ypi, Jagoda Marinić and Britta Steffenhagen: youtube.com/watch?v=xt3iqvOKaaA

Rosa Luxemburg is remembered as a martyr, but too often her ideas are sidelined. Our dossier revisits her life and legacy, asking what Luxemburg can still teach us about crisis, gender, socialist strategy, and the struggle beyond capitalism: rosalux.de/en/dossiers/rosa-luxemburgs-life-and-legacy

#OnThisDay in 1919, the Spartacist uprising in Berlin was crushed by Freikorps forces. Today, tens of thousands will march through Berlin in commemoration of that grim anniversary, resolving to fight for a socialist future.

#OnThisDay in 1908, Simone de Beauvoir was born. A pioneering feminist and socialist intellectual, she shaped existentialism, resisted fascism, and transformed feminist theory with The Second Sex — a materialist analysis of women’s oppression that still resonates today.

The formation of a new socialist party in the UK, Your Party, sparked an outpouring of enthusiasm last year. But after its tumultuous founding in November, fundamental strategic questions remain unanswered.

“After just over a year in office as Mexico’s president, Sheinbaum ended the year with a strong push. With little protest from the business sector, she announced a 13% increase in the minimum wage, to take effect on 1 January 2026.”

Trump’s strike against Venezuelan president Maduro last weekend may not have constituted regime change per se, but it marks the ugly return of old-school imperialism to Latin America.

must-read on @rosaluxglobal.bsky.social "Trump’s effort to reduce 🇨🇳 economic infl. in the region has less to do w/ any “spheres of infl.” geopolitical strategy & more to w/ the pres.’s desire to reduce US dependency — & by extension, hemispheric dependency — on 🇨🇳." www.rosalux.de/en/news/id/5...

“Although the Republican Party does not have a majority in parliament, Kast benefits from a united right wing, as he has been able to rally both libertarian and centrist forces behind him.”

#OnThisDay in 2021, the US Capitol was attacked by an organized mob. The violence grew from years of far-right mobilization, disinformation, and impunity for the powerful. Democracy without accountability is hollow.

Trump’s escalating pressure on Venezuela is not just about Maduro but about reasserting US dominance in Latin America and pushing China out of the region, as @johnfeffer.bsky.social argued just last month.

Italian guest workers in post-war Germany created new communities through unions, churches, parties and regional clubs. Migration was not just labour mobility but a political and social force that reshaped solidarity, identity and power north of the Alps.

Three years after the formal end to the war in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, tensions are once again escalating. Any provocation could tip the already fragile stability into open violence.

This year’s UN Climate Conference is both a challenge and an opportunity — especially for social movements write David Williams, Tetet Lauron and Katja Voigt over at @rosaluxglobal.bsky.social: www.rosalux.de/en/news/id/5...

David Williams, from the International Climate Justice Program of the @rosaluxglobal.bsky.social, lays out the core of the debate on climate finance at @cop30brazil.bsky.social

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.

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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. progressive.international/wire/2025-08...

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.