The cultural boycott of Israel is gaining momentum. Artists around the world are increasingly refusing to collaborate with Israeli institutions, which they view as complicit in the occupation of Palestine. In Czechia, this movement has gained little traction.
Photo Petr Zewlakk Vrabec / Alarm
“Just as we said during apartheid that it was inappropriate for international artists to perform in South Africa, in a society founded on discriminatory laws and racial exclusivity, it would be (…)

Pro-Israel groups and Buddhist extremists are expanding Israeli influence in Sri Lanka, stoking anti-Muslim sentiment as the government maintains ambivalence around Palestine and the Gaza genocide
Mohamed Suhail, a 21-year-old student, was searching for lodgings in the Colombo suburb of Dehiwala on 23 October 2024 when a mobile police unit arrested him near Israeli consular premises. His supposed offence was not carrying his national identity card. A magistrate ordered his release after (…)

In Romania, Poland, Hungary and Czechia, far-right and populist parties are cynically using Ukrainian refugees as a political football. It mirrors what is happening in the west of the continent with non-European immigration.
Over six million Ukrainians have settled elsewhere in Europe since Russia's full-scale invasion of their country in February 2022. Approximately 4.3 million have been granted temporary protection. This allows them to reside and work freely in European Union member (…)

A military decree has brought the villages of Nabi Samwil, Beit Iksa and Khalaila under 'seam zone' rule, from which all Palestinians but local residents are banned. But actually, for 20 years a raft of edicts like this one have been harassing locals, who now fear for their fate
An Israeli army checkpoint near Nabi Samwil in the West Bank. Credit: Yahel Gazit
Piles of garbage and ruined cars with flat tires stand between new cars welcoming visitors to a small village northwest of (…)

La décision du Parti communiste sud-africain (SACP) de se présenter de manière indépendante aux prochaines élections municipales doit être saluée. Depuis des décennies, les socialistes indépendants et d'autres militants soutiennent que la subordination du SACP au sein de l'Alliance a affaibli l'indépendance politique de la classe ouvrière et lié le destin de la politique socialiste à l'ANC. Cette décision — même si elle est tardive — représente un pas potentiel vers le rétablissement de (…)