The recent NATO summit in Warsaw, earlier this month, was full of contradictions and tensions between members of the alliance. Ben Gliniecki and Hamid Alizadeh discuss the fragility of NATO’s power and the instability of world relations, which were on display for all to see at this latest summit.

Over the last few weeks, the southern African country of Zimbabwe has experienced escalating protests that have shaken the Mugabe regime to its core. Ben Morken reports on the strikes and militant protests that demonstrate the pent up anger in the depths of Zimbabwean society.

The new French labour law will be adopted in the National Assembly by 22 July, after final feedback from the Senate. The “Socialist” government has won this battle. Jérôme Métellus of the French Marxists, Révolution, analyses the strengths and weakness of the massive movement against this law seen in France over the past months.