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Left takes on tech, and developments in Asia's Communist parties

Today marks a decade since the death of Japanese communist Toshiko Karasawa. Her courageous life is a testament to the revolutionary potential of anti-imperialism, but also the difficult choices faced by the Left in US client states.

Palestinian voices and news from around Asia

News and analysis from, and about, left social movements and parties around the world

The summer of the flying lawsuits, and more dystopian drama

“We need to have a grown-up conversation about what kind of system do we need, that will stop this ridiculous, outrageous harming that we're doing to ourselves and the planet.” - Gail Bradbrook

Historian Tsuyoshi Hasegawa, a US citizen born in Japan, challenges the prevailing American view that the US decision to drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was necessary or justified as a means of compelling Japan's surrender.

Labor is busting out all over

Movements and parties grapple with democracy, cost-of-living and shifting power arrangements