The victory of Pedro Castillo in the Peruvian presidential election is a major political earthquake, which reflects the enormous social and political polarisation in the Andean country. The ruling class has been dealt a massive defeat by the masses, who have rallied behind a militant teacher trade unionist at the head of a party, Perú Libre, which calls itself Marxist, Leninist and Mariateguist (after Mariátegui, the founder of the Peruvian labour and socialist movement).

World capitalism is lurching from one crisis to another. Growing numbers of workers and youth are desperately seeking a way out. An era of revolutionary eruptions on a world scale is in preparation.

Although Israel has finally agreed to a ceasefire for now, the brutal oppression of Palestinians will continue. The Palestinian general strike indicates the way forward for the movement – to fight the reactionary Israeli regime along class lines.