The last weekend of November will see a major conference take place in the city of Liverpool in the north west of England. Fronted by former Labour MP Zara Sultana and former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and with more than 50,000 sign ups, this will formally launch a new political party. The proto-formation currently has the clumsy, name of Your Party but the membership will at some later point decide whether and how to rename it. There is no doubt that there is a desperate need and a (…)

- On the Left (UK) / SULTANA Zarah, CORBYN Jeremy, Your Party (Great Britain), Labour Party (UK), STARMER Keir, FARAGE Nigel , Fascism / Fascists (Eng), Far Right / Extreme Right, Reform Party (UK), Brexit Party, Brexit, ROBINSON Tommy, Social inequality, Palestine2023, Israel (Eng), Rights (migrants), Green Left (UK) / Green Party (Britain), POLANSKI Roman, POLANSKY Zack, Partis (conception, théorie), Climate Crisis / Climate Change (Eng), Democracy

Une catastrophe comme celle qui a frappé la vallée de l'Ahr ne se produit pas tous les cinq ans, pense peut-être le gouvernement fédéral, qui relègue la protection du climat au second plan. Photo : Wikimedia Commons/Optimi4, CC BY-SA 4.0 Les phénomènes météorologiques extrêmes sont de plus en plus fréquents en raison du réchauffement climatique. Selon le dernier indice des risques climatiquespour les années 1995 à 2024, le bilan est le suivant : 830 000 morts et des dommages économiques (…)

- Ecologie (pays, UE) / Victimes climatiques, Allemagne / RFA, Automobile / Industrie automobile, AfD (Allemagne), MERZ Friedrich, Politiques climatiques

One year after Sri Lanka's National People's Power (NPP) secured an historic two-thirds parliamentary majority, Janaka Biyanwila offers a critical assessment “from below and to the left” of this progressive coalition's achievements and compromises. Emerging from the 2022 Aragalaya uprising that disrupted the Rajapaksa regime's hegemonic bloc, the NPP has constructed a new governing alliance based on anti-corruption and efficient economic governance, whilst maintaining a militarised (…)

- Sri Lanka / JVP (Sri Lanka), Social Protections

“The contemporary political landscape of Bangladesh reflects a complex interplay of crisis and transformation. The upheavals of 2024–2025, marked by student-led uprisings, the fall of a long-standing ruling establishment, and the formation of an interim government, have opened a new phase in state restructuring and democratic possibility. Yet the transition remains incomplete and contested.” Introduction The political history of Bangladesh is inseparably intertwined with the liberation (…)

- Bangladesh

Les agences anti-corruption ukrainiennes — le Bureau national anti-corruption d'Ukraine (NABU) et le Bureau spécialisé du procureur anti-corruption (SAPO) — ont révélé un système de pots-de-vin de 100 millions de dollars (92 millions d'euros) chez Energoatom, l'entreprise publique d'énergie nucléaire. Le cerveau présumé de l'affaire est Timur Mindich, le partenaire d'affaires de longue date du président Volodymyr Zelensky. Mindich s'est enfui en Israël quelques heures avant les perquisitions (…)

- Ukraine / Sotsialniy Rukh (Social Movement / Mouvement social) Ukraine, Corruption / Détournements de fonds / Népotisme (Fr), Bilkis, Contrôle social / Control ouvrier

Ukraine's anti-corruption agencies—the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO)— have exposed a $100 million (€92m) kickback scheme at Energoatom, the state nuclear power company. The alleged ringleader is Timur Mindich, President Volodymyr Zelensky's longtime business partner. Mindich fled to Israel hours before raids on his Kyiv apartment, tipped off by an insider. The Justice Minister and Energy Minister resigned. (…)

- Ukraine / Sotsialniy Rukh (Social Movement / Mouvement social) Ukraine, Corruption/ Embezzlement (Eng), Bilkis, Workers' control