Face aux 44 milliards « d'économies » du plan Bayrou, le Parti socialiste a élaboré un contre-budget. Il cherche à rendre l'austérité plus « acceptable » avec « seulement » 22 milliards de coupes. L'une des mesures de ce projet, censée montrer la « rupture » à gauche avec le macronisme, est la baisse de la contribution sociale généralisée (CSG) pour les salaires allant jusqu'à 1,4 SMIC (1 920 €). Elle permettrait de « redonner du pouvoir d'achat » aux plus petits salaires et serait compensée (…)

The latest round of repression of leading activists of the Ladakh Apex Body (LAB)---putting them under house arrest when they sought to organize a peaceful protest march---shows once again the ugly face of the Modi government. This action was earlier preceded by the unjustified and condemnable detention of Sonam Wangchuk under the draconian National Security Act (NSA) ridiculously accusing him of conspiracy to overthrow the government. Ladakh is close to 60,000 square kilometres in size (…)

Today, the Bangladesh Krishok Federation (BKF), the Bangladesh Krishani Sabha (BKF) and the Asian Peoples' Movement on Debt and Development (APMDD) jointly observed International Rural Women's Day in front of the National Press Club, Dhaka. The theme of the event was “Building Food Sovereignty and Climate Justice through Women's Power and Leadership.” The rally was chaired by Rehana Begum, Vice President of Bangladesh Krishok Federation (BKF), and conducted by Zayed Iqbal Khan, General (…)

The president is seen to have accelerated the financial crisis, social inequalities and the rise of the far right Emmanuel Macron entered office vowing to listen to voters, end inequality and stop the rise of the far right. Photograph: Yoan Valat/AFP/Getty Images Three French governments have collapsed in less than a year, and the political crisis looks likely to continue, overshadowing Emmanuel Macron's last 18 months in power and his domestic legacy. This week, the latest minority (…)

A conversation on the deepening political crisis in France and its implications for the left and the alternative. In the nine years since its founding in 2016, La France Insoumise (LFI) has become the leading left formation in France, with its current parliamentary representation at 71, ahead of the traditional parties of the left, the Socialist Party and Communist Party. The personality most identified with it is Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who has run for president three times, the last time in (…)

Mme Cécile Kohler et M. Jacques Paris sont membres de l'organisation syndicale française Force Ouvrière. Arrêté-es en mai 2022 lors de leur voyage touristique en Iran, il/elle viennent d'être condamné-es à un total de 63 ans de prison, une peine sans précédent et injuste. Cécile Kohler est chargée des relations internationales pour la Fédération nationale de l'Enseignement, de la Culture et de la Formation Professionnelle Force Ouvrière (FNEC FP-FO) ; Jacques Paris est l'ancien secrétaire (…)

Le recul du gouvernement fédéral sur le temps de travail à l'automne 2025. Grève d'avertissement de l'IGM en 2018, photo : Thomas-Runge / IG Metall Pour contrer l'attaque des partis conservateurs et sociaux-démocrates contre la journée de huit heures, la seule solution est de passer à la défensive avec des revendications telles que : réduction du temps de travail à temps plein pour tous, semaine de quatre jours avec compensation salariale et compensation en personnel, et garantie d'une (…)

Le soulèvement de juillet 2025 et les événements qui ont suivi ont ouvert un nouveau chapitre dans l'histoire politique du Bangladesh. Les luttes menées de longue date par les étudiant.e.s et la population en général, combinées à la répression étatique, à l'autoritarisme, à la corruption et à un mode de gouvernance non démocratique, ont abouti à une formidable poussée de mobilisation populaire. À la suite de ce mouvement de masse, le gouvernement intérimaire a promulgué la « Charte de (…)

“We rose like the phoenix from the ashes”: the man behind the party's come-from-behind victory in the February 2025 Bundestag elections Janis Ehling is General Secretary of Germany's Die Linke (The Left Party). He oversaw the come-from-behind victory of the party in the elections to the Bundestag this February. He was born and raised in the former German Democratic Republic. He also sits on the Executive Board of the Party of the European Left in the European Parliament. Walden Bello is (…)

Walden Bello and Wolfgang Streeck discuss the current political and social landscape of Germany and Europe, including the rise of the AfD, immigration, the crisis of the left, and Europe's relationship with the United States and Russia Wolfgang Streeck, director emeritus of the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies in Cologne, is in the front ranks of Europe's social thinkers, having come out with some of the most penetrating analyses of the crises of neoliberal economics and the (…)

Le jeudi 16 octobre, avec le rejet da la motion de censure de la France insoumise (pour 18 voix) contre le gouvernement Lecornu renommé après un premier échec, Macron a réussi à mettre sur pied pour un temps un nouveau gouvernement dont l'assise sera encore plus faible que les deux derniers (Barnier et Bayrou) qui ont géré les affaires depuis les élections législatives de juin 2024, et n'auront chacun duré que quelques mois. Ces dernières semaines, du 8 septembre au 15 octobre, une valse (…)

Presque tous avaient eu les yeux bandés et avaient des blessures par balles entre les deux yeux, dit un membre du personnel soignant de l'hôpital Nasser à Gaza. Parmi les 90 cadavres de Palestiniens restitués à Gaza par les autorités israéliennes selon l'accord du cessez-le-feu, beaucoup présentaient, d'après les récits des médecins, des signes de torture et d'exécution, dont les yeux bandés, les mains menottées et des blessures par balle à la tête. Dans le cadre de la trêve négociée par (…)

Almost all had been blindfolded and had gunshot wounds between the eyes, says medic at Nasser hospital in Gaza Many of the 90 bodies of Palestinians returned to Gaza by Israeli authorities under the ceasefire deal showed signs of torture and execution, including blindfolds, cuffed hands and bullet wounds in the head, according to doctors' accounts. As part of the US-brokered truce, Hamas has handed over the bodies of some of the hostages who died during the course of the war, and Israel (…)

The July uprising of 2025 and the subsequent developments marked a new chapter in the political history of Bangladesh. The long-standing struggles of students and the general populace, combined with state repression, authoritarianism, corruption, and undemocratic governance, culminated in a resounding explosion of popular mobilization. Following this mass movement, the internationally noted “July Charter” was announced by the interim government, outlining a new framework for governance, (…)

Amandla! interviewed Bridgette Nkomana about Gender Based Violence (GBV) and the LGBTQIA+ community. Amandla!: GBV is not only physical violence, although far too often it is. And there are many other forms of violence that the LGBTQIA+ community faces. Tell us what GBV look likes from your perspective. Bridgette Nkomana: Firstly, we face the same challenges, including the different types of GBV that heterosexual people face. What makes it a little bit different is that you won't get a (…)

Mourners pay their respects to Bipin Joshi at Ben-Gurion International Airport on Sunday before his body is flown to Nepal for burial.Credit: Moti Milrod Dozens are paying their respects to slain hostage Bipin Joshi, whose body was returned from the Gaza Strip last week, at Israel's Ben-Gurion International Airport before his remains are flown to his native Nepal for burial. Joshi, an agricultural student from Nepal, arrived in Israel a month before the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023, (…)

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 (…)