People aren't born cruel; they become so. Palestinian cruelty toward Israelis is widely covered, while our cruelty, that of Israeli society, is getting ever more sophisticated to protect our spoils Optimists say that, ultimately, Israelis will grasp the scope of the atrocity they committed in the Gaza Strip. The truth will seep into their consciousness. The old videos of infants who were blown to bits by our bombs will at some point reach Israelis' hearts and pierce them. They will (…)

L'association Addameer pour le soutien aux prisonniers·e et les droits humains a suivi de près la libération des prisonnier·es palestiniens détenus dans les prisons de l'occupation israélienne, lundi 13 octobre 2025. Dans le cadre de la première phase de l'accord visant à mettre fin à la guerre à Gaza, 1 968 Palestiniens ont été libérés, dont 250 condamnés à la prison à perpétuité ou à de lourdes peines, et 1 718 Palestiniens de la bande de Gaza, parmi lesquels deux femmes et 15 enfants. Les (…)

On 29 September 1935, the Workers' Party of Marxist Unification (Partido Obrero de Unificación Marxista, POUM) was founded as a fusion of two dissident communist organisations, the Workers' and Peasants' Bloc (Bloque Obrero y Campesino, BOC) and the Communist Left of Spain (Izquierda Comunista de España, ICE). Dissident communism The BOC, the most important component of the new party, had its origins in a group of CNT militants at the beginning of the 1920s. This group, known as the « (…)

Post-budget news reports highlighted PM Anwar Ibrahim's announcement that Malaysia has reduced its hardcore poverty rate to 0.09%, proclaiming that the government has successfully eradicated poverty. Whilst most governments refer to absolute or relative poverty lines, Malaysia has additionally used hardcore poverty as an indicator for its anti-poverty programmes' successes. Hardcore poverty, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia, is defined as when a household's gross monthly (…)

In the end, the world's most unpopular president fell. Dina Boluarte's average approval rating throughout her term was 9%. In 2025, it was just 4%. She came to the presidency in 2022 following the ousting of Pedro Castillo. Her mandate began with massacres that left 50 protesters dead and more than 1,000 injured. In coalition with the congressional majority, she eroded democracy and state capacity. One consequence was the unstoppable growth of criminality. Given this record and the (…)

On Tuesday 14 October, a human tide once again flooded the streets of Brussels. No planes departing or arriving at the airports, schools closed, businesses at a standstill, public transport paralysed; only the trains were running, with increased traffic to transport demonstrators to Brussels. The mobilisation called by the united trade union front (FGTB socialist, CSC Christian and CGSLB liberal) and numerous associations (OXFAM, Greenpeace, Network for the Fight Against Poverty, development (…)

With 98.6 per cent approval ratings and 8.3 million YouTube subscribers, West Java Governor Dedi Mulyadi has become Indonesia's most popular politician. His devoted followers call him bapak aing - “my father” - and some believe he is the reincarnation of a mediaeval Sundanese king prophesied to end an age of crisis. He speaks of socialism and communal land ownership, opposes mining on spiritual grounds, and positions himself as defender of indigenous tradition against ecological destruction. (…)

Addameer for Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association has been closely following the release of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli occupation prisons on Monday, 13 October 2025. As part of the first phase of the agreement to end the war on Gaza, 1,968 Palestinians were released, including 250 prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment or high sentences, and 1,718 Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, among them two women and 15 children. The occupation authorities forcibly deported 154 of (…)

The Indonesian National Police's response to the August 2025 protests was one of overwhelming force. They arrested more than three thousand individuals across the country accused of involvement in or inciting riots. According to colleagues I reached out to, this crackdown continues quietly. Surveillance has yet to stop. Moreover, this crackdown extended beyond physical detention into the realm of ideas. In a move that perfectly encapsulates panic over thought, the police conducted a (…)

Shialbari residents urged to evacuate; blaze under control after 27hrs Firefighters spraying water on the still-burning chemical warehouse in Mirpur. The photo was taken at 8:00am yesterday. Photo: Palash Khan The massive fire that swept through a chemical warehouse and an adjacent garment factory in Shialbari of the capital's Mirpur was brought under control yesterday — 27 hours after it broke out. However, with toxic fumes still billowing from the site, the area remains highly (…)

The Bangladesh Krishok Federation (BKF) expresses deep sorrow, strong condemnation, and outrage over the tragic fire and explosion at a chemical factory in Mirpur, Dhaka, on 15 October, which claimed the lives of 19 workers. Workers' organizations and civil society across the country have joined in mourning and protest. They have stated, “This is not a sudden accident, but the outcome of mismanagement, impunity, and an exploitative industrial system.” In a joint statement, BKF said, “Every (…)

Logically, feminist and LGBT movements in Indonesia should be allies as they have much in common. Both fight for gender and sexual equality, and face a common enemy, patriarchy. Both are considered Western imports and greatly disturb religious conservatives who view them as toxic and incompatible with Indonesian values. In 2016 several high ranking government officials, from Vice President Jusuf Kalla to Bandung Mayor Ridwan Kamil, spewed out inflammatory, hate-filled statements against (…)

Dhaka, 16 October 2025 : A rally and human chain were held today in front of the National Press Club, Dhaka, jointly organized by the Bangladesh Krishok Federation (BKF), the Asian Peoples' Movement on Debt and Development (APMDD), and UBINIG, to mark “World Food Day vs. World Food-less Day. The central theme of the event was : “To ensure the right to food, climate justice, and sovereign agriculture, unjust tax systems, debt-driven policies, and corporate capture must be stopped.” The (…)

Ce Français a participé à la flottille Global Sumud, opération de solidarité avec le peuple palestinien organisée par Waves of Freedom. Après une enquête de Mediapart et StreetPress sur les publications de son porte-parole, le collectif se dit « catastrophé » et annonce l'exclusion du militant. Mustafa Çakici était l'un des porte-parole de la délégation française de la flottille Global Sumud. Après son expulsion par Israël, le 7 octobre, il est rentré en France dans le même avion que (…)

Résultat électoral important pour Antonella Bundu et la liste « Toscana rossa ». le système électoral toscan, voulu par le Parti démocrate (PD) , empêche l'entrée de la gauche au conseil régional. Les cercles toscans de la Gauche Anticapitaliste (Sinistra anticapitalista) expriment leur vive satisfaction pour le résultat électoral obtenu par Antonella Bundu, candidate à la présidence régionale pour la liste « Toscana a Sinistra ». Il s'agit là d'un événement significatif qui ne revêt pas (…)

Imaginez le Premier ministre indien en Père Noël : récemment, à la veille de Navratri, un festival d'une semaine qui précède les grandes fêtes hindoues de Dussehra et Diwali, Narendra Modi a annoncé une réduction de la taxe sur la valeur ajoutée (TVA) sur une longue liste de produits de consommation courante. Désormais, le beurre, le ketchup, les pizzas végétariennes, le dentifrice, l'après-rasage, les lave-vaisselle, le ciment et d'autres produits sont entre 3 et 12 % moins chers. « Vous (…)

Lorsque plus de 50 syndicats indonésiens se sont réunis à Jakarta le 5 octobre 2021 pour créer le Partai Buruh (Parti du Travail), cela semblait marquer un moment historique : des travailleurs organisant leur propre véhicule politique pour défier un système oligarchique qui avait supprimé leurs droits. Pourtant, dès sa création, le parti incarnait une contradiction. Dirigé par des bureaucrates syndicaux ayant des antécédents de collaboration avec les élites, le Parti du Travail promettait (…)

When more than 50 Indonesian labour unions gathered in Jakarta on 5 October 2021 to establish the Partai Buruh (Labour Party), it appeared to mark a historic moment: workers organising their own political vehicle to challenge an oligarchic system that had stripped away their rights. Yet from its inception, the party embodied a contradiction. Led by union bureaucrats with histories of elite collaboration, the Labour Party promised working-class independence whilst its president courted the (…)

In late August, the smouldering protests that have flared up across Indonesia for most of the year reached a new crescendo. Thousands took to the streets, both in Jakarta and other cities across the island archipelago, calling for social justice and institutional reform. Indonesia's popular uprising began with a mobilisation on 25 August in response to the government's decision to grant parliamentarians a housing allowance amounting to ten times the country's minimum wage — at a time when (…)

En août 2025, l'Indonésie a connu un soulèvement populaire d'une ampleur inédite. Des milliers de manifestants sont descendus dans les rues pour dénoncer les privilèges scandaleux accordés aux parlementaires, la violence policière et les politiques d'austérité qui appauvrissent la population. Cette révolte s'inscrit dans une vague de contestations qui secoue le pays depuis 2019, alimentée par la mainmise croissante des oligarques sur le système politique. Malgré la répression brutale qui a (…)

Les manifestations du mois dernier ont renversé le gouvernement népalais et mis en lumière la manière dont les investissements chinois ont alimenté la corruption, la dette insoutenable et la crise générationnelle. La chute du gouvernement népalais le mois dernier, déclenchée par des manifestations sans précédent de la jeunesse, a levé le voile sur des décennies d'influence chinoise qui ont étouffé les aspirations d'une génération, alimenté la corruption et réduit l'espace démocratique (…)

Western sanctions introduced on 1st October against the Serbian oil company NIS, due to majority Russian ownership and suspicion that part of the profits are being used to finance the war in Ukraine, represent a turning point in Belgrade's foreign policy. Although President Aleksandar Vučić continues to emphasise a policy of “non-alignment” through refusing for Serbia to join Western sanctions against Russia, the reality is far more complicated. Recent events show that the space for balance (…)

Amira Hass is an Israeli journalist for the left-wing daily newspaper Haaretz, who has been based in Ramallah, in the West Bank, for twenty years. She explains why no intifada broke out in this occupied and largely overlooked territory after 7 October 2023, contrary to what Hamas leaders in Gaza had imagined. Interview. Ramallah, March 11, 2025. A boy walks past graffiti depicting a Palestinian fighter in the Al-Amari camp, south of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank. Zain JAAFAR / AFP (…)

Amira Hass est une journaliste israélienne du quotidien de gauche Haaretz, installée depuis vingt ans à Ramallah, en Cisjordanie. Elle explique pourquoi aucune intifada n'a éclaté dans ce territoire occupé, et largement occulté, après le 7 octobre 2023. À l'inverse de ce qu'avaient imaginé les chefs du Hamas à Gaza. Entretien. Ramallah, le 11 mars 2025. Un garçon passe devant un graffiti représentant un combattant palestinien dans le camp d'Al-Amari, au sud de Ramallah, en Cisjordanie (…)

L'une des crises humanitaires les plus graves en Asie du Sud est certainement celle des Rohingyas. Son poids repose entièrement sur le Bangladesh, un pays déjà confronté à une forte pression démographique, à une crise économique et à la menace imminente d'une catastrophe climatique. Le Dr Muhammad Younous, chef du gouvernement intérimaire du Bangladesh, a souligné la responsabilité morale de la communauté internationale dans la résolution de la crise des Rohingyas, alors que des rumeurs (…)

Since late September, Morocco has been shaken by a large-scale social movement. Mobilising a youth advocating for social justice and an end to corruption, the demonstrations have nonetheless encountered repression. Charif Elalaoui, a doctor in political sociology and specialist in social and environmental mobilisations in France and Morocco, offers analytical insights based on localised social science research conducted in Morocco. In this interview, he shares his observations and discusses (…)

The Gaza Strip is a tortured piece of land that is about 40km long and 11km wide. Some 2.3 million souls are crammed into a space of around 360 square kilometres. This is barely larger than central Sydney. People and empires have lived in, built on, fought over and destroyed the area for thousands of years. The dire situation in Gaza The consequences of the Israel-Palestine war have been catastrophic. The human toll is immense: the United Nations estimates more than 67,000 (…)

One of the gravest humanitarian crises in South Asia is the Rohingya issue. Its burden has been entirely imposed on Bangladesh - a country already struggling with population pressure, economic crisis, and the looming threat of climate catastrophe. Dr. Muhammad Yunus, head of Bangladesh's caretaker government, highlighted the global moral responsibility to resolve the Rohingya crisis, while allegations surfaced that he was willing to allow St. Martin's Island to be leased to the United States (…)

The LGBTQIA+ social movement in Brazil has a trajectory marked by the struggle for recognition, civil rights and the fight against violence and discrimination. Since its more organised emergence in the 1970s, the movement has shifted from agendas focused on sexual liberation and customs to a more pragmatic agenda of human rights and public policies. In Jundiaí (A city in São Paulo state, southeastern Brazil, with a population of approximately 420,000), the dynamic of struggle centres on (…)

With the Israeli military withdrawing to pre-determined ceasefire lines, Hamas members are beginning to re-assert their control. However, powerful clans are also jockeying for position – some allied to Hamas' ideological rival, the West Bank-based Fatah movement, and some backed by Israel. Despite the euphoria surrounding the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel, Gaza is still wracked with violence. More than two dozen Palestinians have been killed in recent days in clashes between Hamas (…)

The world's media are currently busy recording the tales of released Israeli hostages, freed Palestinian prisoners and their families after a ceasefire came into effect for the war in Gaza. But they are doing so while still being held at a distance from the centre of the story. Foreign journalists have been banned by Israel from entering the Gaza Strip independently since the start of the war. And senior members of the international media are not optimistic that access to Gaza will change (…)

L'humanité a trop déstabilisé le climat, au point de l'avoir rapproché de « points de bascule » au potentiel cataclysmique, alertent 160 scientifiques dans un nouveau rapport. Le monde vient d'entrer « dans une nouvelle réalité ». Celle où de nombreuses composantes du système climatique menacent de basculer à tout moment vers un nouvel état qui ferait encourir « des risques catastrophiques à des milliards de personnes ». Telle est l'alerte solennelle lancée par 160 scientifiques de 23 (…)

Même si le prétendu plan de paix négocié par le président américain Donald Trump laisse de nombreuses questions importantes sans réponse et que le scepticisme est de mise, le cessez-le-feu convenu, qui doit être accompagné du retrait partiel des forces armées israéliennes, de la libération des otages israéliens et de la libération des prisonniers palestiniens des prisons israéliennes, constitue une étape importante. Nous publions les premières réactions de militants palestiniens et (…)

Even if the so-called peace plan brokered by US President Donald Trump leaves many important questions completely unanswered and scepticism is warranted, the agreed ceasefire, which is to be accompanied by the partial withdrawal of the Israeli armed forces, the release of the Israeli hostages, and the release of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli prisons, is an important step forward. We publish initial reactions from Palestinian and Israeli activists. We thank the authors for sharing (…)

This summer, Ayman Odeh, a Member of the Knesset (Israel's parliament) for the Israeli socialist party Hadash (the Democratic Front for Peace and Equality) is a left-wing Israeli political party that combines communist and socialist traditions with Arab-Jewish partnership, founded in 1977.]], went through a difficult political and personal experience: from an attempt to impeach him from the Knesset, through direct incitement from within the assembly, and a physical attack on the street. In (…)

Le ministre de la Diaspora Amichai Chikli a invité Tommy Robinson au milieu des critiques des Juifs britanniques, qui ont condamné cette visite comme « une gifle » après l'attentat meurtrier contre la synagogue de Manchester. Robinson, agitateur d'extrême droite condamné par la justice, a déclaré que la lutte du Royaume-Uni et d'Israël était « le même combat ». Le militant d'extrême droite britannique bien connu Tommy Robinson (dont le véritable nom est Stephen Yaxley-Lennon), célèbre (…)

Comme prévu, le « Parti Action et Solidarité » (PAS) au pouvoir a remporté les élections législatives moldaves le 28 septembre. Le résultat final a toutefois été surprenant : avec 50,17 % des voix, le PAS conserve la majorité absolue au Parlement. Il obtient ainsi environ 55 des 101 sièges, soit huit de moins que lors de la dernière législature, et peut continuer à désigner le Premier ministre et à gouverner avec une large majorité. Ce succès repose sur un programme résolument (…)

Cet article a été rédigé immédiatement après les élections de mi-mandat aux Philippines et avant que les résultats définitifs ne soient connus. L'analyse de l'auteur a depuis été confirmée : les candidats soutenus par Duterte ont remporté 5 sièges au Sénat, contre 6 pour Marcos Jr., les forces centristes n'obtenant que 2 sièges. L'article a été rédigé deux mois après l'arrestation spectaculaire de l'ancien président Rodrigo Duterte et son transfert à la Cour pénale internationale en mars (…)