The world is rapidly changing—2025 has provided us with the strongest signs in years that the space for socialist politics is opening. Now is the time to seize the moment.
A perfect level of consciousness about oppression is not actually a precondition for resistance. A far-reaching and nuanced understanding of oppression is of course desirable, but what really makes a difference is having a sense of what side you are on, and our side being organised.
The term “new world order” (not the conspiracy version) generally refers to a major shift in world politics, in which the old economic, political and social structures are reshaped to fit the demands of a new era. 2025 is shaping up to produce precisely this.
For two years, millions of workers, students, the poor and oppressed around the world have counterposed their decency to their governments’ complicity in relation to the unspeakable horror inflicted on Gaza.
Why would the US government destroy the country’s research capability, sabotage its economy, and put crackpots and incompetents in charge of some of its most essential functions?
