Left history in Hong Kong, Russia, Italy, globalization and a tribute to Daniel Bensaïd.

Activists remember “50 years after Baodiao: How Hong Kong struggled against all nationalisms”, Ilya Budraitskis explains “How the Russian Left Survived in a Post‑Soviet World”, Dave Kellaway reviews David Broder’s "Rescued from history, Rome’s dissident Communist partisans”. Eric Toussaint charts “Globalization from Christopher Columbus, Vasco da Gama and Ferdinand Magellan until today” and “Tribute to Daniel Bensaïd - a “distant comrade” ” by Alain Badiou.