Since the collapse of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s, Serbia has been going through a permanent structural crisis. The destruction of the Yugoslav state not only produced new nation-states: it paved the way for accelerated capitalist development, imposed under imperialist pressure, which profoundly reconfigured class relations in the region. Inserted into the capitalist world economy, Serbia is in a typical position of a semi-peripheral country. Its strategic geographical position in the (…)

Today's Democratic Party has no recognized leaders, no coherent program to address today's multiplying problems, never had actual members, depends on the kindness of well-to-do donors, has, despite significant gains in a handful of elections in 2025, lost working-class voters of all races, and is stuck in the status quo. Many of its own advisers, officials, candidates, and office holders describe it as chaotic, leaderless, its brand “toxic,” and its broader message muddled. Voters, even (…)

Resistance to President Donald Trump is growing, taking the form of massive, peaceful protest marches, small local rebellions against ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement), Democratic Party election victories, and a gradually changing public opinion. One could even talk about a growing class consciousness. The growth of the resistance comes in reaction to Trump's attacks on public services, on higher education, on freedom of speech, on public employees and their unions, and the cruelty (…)

La flambée des prix de l'électricité en Syrie aggrave les difficultés quotidiennes et révèle à quel point la politique économique du gouvernement ne répond pas aux besoins de la population, écrit Joseph Daher. Une femme brandit une pancarte lors d'une manifestation contre la flambée des prix de l'électricité, devant le ministère de l'Énergie à Damas, le 29 janvier 2026. [GETTY] Suite à l'annonce faite en octobre dernier par le gouvernement syrien d'une augmentation des prix de (…)

The radical and democratic experiment of Rojava has been confronted for several weeks with a new military offensive led by the Syrian Transitional Government (STG), supported by Turkey, and is now threatened in its very existence. Rojava, sometimes also called the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES), emerged from the 2011 uprising against the brutal and repressive regime of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad and the withdrawal and concentration of his troops in western (…)

Le gouvernement israélien a pratiquement paralysé l'agence chargée des réfugié.e.s palestinien.ne.s, et les sanctions ont entraîné d'importantes coupes budgétaires. Mais l'UNRWA reste l'organisation humanitaire la plus importante en activité à Gaza. Dans une interview accordée à Haaretz, ses dirigeants donnent leur version des faits. Une école de l'UNRWA cadenassée à Jérusalem-Est, en février dernier. Les dispositions législatives israéliennes dirigées contre l'UNRWA sont entrées en (…)

Lorsque j'ai déménagé à Jérusalem en août, je me suis inscrite à des groupes Signal destinés à organiser mes premières permanences de présence protectrice (c'est-à-dire le fait de rester aux côtés des communautés palestiniennes dans l'espoir de dissuader les violences commises par l'État israélien et les colons). Je me sentais intimidée. Je n'étais allée qu'une seule fois en Israël et en Cisjordanie occupée auparavant, je ne parlais pas hébreu et je suivais les informations qui faisaient (…)

Darshi Thoradeniya's book, A Critical History of Women's Health in Modern Sri Lanka, unearths the submerged and complicated history behind Sri Lanka's much-touted successes in “population control”, which enabled the country to reach replacement-level fertility six years ahead of schedule in 1994 One side to the story, the upbeat and positive, is well known: Sri Lanka has been a poster-child in United Nations development circles for many years for its near-miraculous achievements in the (…)

The election marks a new phase in the junta's attempt to legitimise repression at home while stabilising its authority across borders. Photo: Far from signalling a return to civilian rule, the election marks a new phase in the junta's attempt to legitimise repression at home while stabilising its authority across borders. This Sunday marks the final round of Myanmar's three-phase general election, yet it hardly resembles a democratic contest. Held amidst a brutal civil war, the process (…)

An estimated 658 abortions occur daily in Sri Lanka. The procedure is illegal except to save the pregnant person's life. Unsafe abortions account for ten to thirteen percent of maternal deaths. In December 2024, a thirteen-year-old girl from Mullaitivu died from an unsafe abortion after allegedly being raped by a family member. The National People's Power (NPP) government won election with pledges to implement the 2012 Law Commission's recommendations on abortion reform. It has proposed (…)