The bloody winter of 2026 in Iran began with a mass uprising and its brutal repression, claiming thousands of lives. It ended in a war that devastated the conditions of life, destroying homes, schools, and hospitals. As such, an entire people found themselves trapped in a historical echo of the revolution of 1979 and its subsequent eight-year war.
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In the latest New Left Review: Anton Jäger diagnoses the polarization and incoherence of Western elites, Thea Riofrancos maps the new order of global climate politics after the Green New Deal and more
Adam Hanieh breaks down the Energy Institute's 2026 Statistical Review of World Energy, an annual report on global energy trade, production and usage.
In part II of our Future of France series, sociologist Manuel Cervera-Marzal looks at how Mélenchon fits into the French national imaginary, the radical left and far right split and other demographic specificities leading up to the 2027 presidential runoff.
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Part I of our Future of France series, where sociologist Manuel Cervera Marzal takes a deep dive into the various political fractures throughout France.