The Palestinian escape from Gaza and attack on their occupiers on October 7 was a desperate attempt to alter the status quo, and one of the greatest asymmetric warfare victories of our time. The operation galvanized unprecedented levels of support for the Palestinian struggle and brought it to the global forefront. As Marxists, we give unconditional, but critical support to this and all national liberation struggles.

Over the month since Charlie Kirk’s death, nearly all political stripes have condemned political violence. Meanwhile, Trump has declared war. But while many believe political violence is alien or a threat to capitalist democracy, both state and extra-state violence are baked into this system — and most often committed by the right.

Birth rates are decreasing around the world, and the ruling classes in capitalist countries have begun to see it as a crisis. Socialists should reject this view — falling fertility results from the mounting crises of capitalism itself and is nothing to panic over. Instead we must objectively analyze the causes and take a class-struggle approach to the issue.