Dans une remarquable démonstration de solidarité entre mouvements, la Serbie est témoin d'une alliance sans précédent entre les étudiants occupant les universités et les cinq principales fédérations syndicales. Après des mois de luttes séparées, ces forces convergent pour des manifestations du Premier Mai qui pourraient remodeler le paysage politique du pays. La manifestation conjointe, prévue le 1er mai à 14h devant le bâtiment du Gouvernement à Belgrade, représente une évolution (…)

FORMER SUNFLOWER MOVEMENT participant Johanne Liou is to be deported from the US next month, facing charges related to drug trafficking and fraud. The arrest was conducted by ICE, with Taiwanese authorities stating that they requested Liou's extradition. Liou did not appear at the New Taipei District Prosecutors' Office in 2023, which resulted in charges against her. This is not Liou's first run-in with the law, as Liou faced charges related to introducing women in the US to sex work in (…)

The federal election result was a disaster for the NDP, but it was also a catastrophe for the entire labour movement. There is something terribly wrong with the messaging that unions are delivering to their membership. Surely, on this day, the alarm bells must be going off in the Canadian Labour Congress and in every other labour federation across the country. How can it be that Conservatives won every seat in the Hamilton-Windsor corridor—the industrial heartland of the nation? Clearly, it (…)

Comment expliquer que les conservateurs aient remporté tous les sièges dans le corridor Hamilton-Windsor — le cœur industriel du pays ? Manifestement, soit les syndiqués n'écoutent plus du tout leurs dirigeants syndicaux, à tous les niveaux du mouvement, soit les syndicats ont perdu la capacité de communiquer efficacement avec leur propre base. Le résultat de l'élection fédérale a été un désastre pour le NPD, mais aussi une catastrophe pour l'ensemble du mouvement syndical. Il y a (…)

Moscou réprime de plus en plus cette communauté minoritaire, forçant certains à fuir. Dans la vingtaine, Mikhail* (ce n'est pas son vrai nom), un homme gay de la ville d'Oufa en Russie, faisait ce qu'il aimait : des spectacles de drag. « Je partais en tournée, à des compétitions ; je rencontrais de nouveaux artistes et je prévoyais que le drag serait le grand-père de ma vie », a-t-il confié à Al Jazeera. À ce moment-là, Mikhail a déclaré qu'il vivait sa vie ouvertement et n'avait pas (…)

Moscow is increasingly cracking down on the minority community, forcing some to flee. In his early 20s, Mikhail* (not his real name), a gay man from the city of Ufa in Russia, was doing what he loved: drag performances. “I was going on tour, to competitions; I met new artists and planned that drag would be the grandfather to my life,” he told Al Jazeera. At this point, Mikhail said, he lived his life openly and had not experienced much overt hostility from the day-to-day public. But in (…)

I would like to start off by inviting everyone to reflect on the term “Food Security”. What should this mean to the planning departments in government agencies? How should national planners evaluate the status of our “security” with respect to food supply in our country? Is it by listing the self-sufficiency levels (SSLs) of the common food items consumed by our population? And then somehow summating them to give an aggregate over-all SSL? Should we give weightage to any of the food items? (…)

The British centre- left newspaper The Guardian is not quite spelling it out. Michael Rosen in 2022 As we amble along in our [North West] corner of Europe and our wing of the crumbling 'western alliance', it's not always clear how the economic system that has grown up over the last 200 years or so, is one that inevitably means competition, conflict and often war. For example, it's hard to show or prove that Britain invading Iraq was something to do with capitalism or imperialism when (…)

The regional conference “Without Borders: LGBTI Rights and Democracy in the Western Balkans” was held in Skopje from 28th February to 2nd March. This traditional annual gathering brought together representatives of progressive political parties from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia, as well as representatives from academia, civil sector, MPs and journalists. The conference served as a platform for discussing the previous year and planning activities for 2025. (…)

What drives Russia's persistent imperial ambitions? This fascinating analysis traces Russia's centuries-long pattern of territorial expansion and colonial domination, from the medieval Grand Duchy of Moscow through the Soviet era to today's actions in Ukraine. Drawing on insights from Russian philosophers, historians, and social scientists, Zbigniew Kowalewski reveals how imperialism became deeply embedded in Russian state policy and national identity. He traces how Russia's distinct form (…)

Sauver le pays, pas les oligarques. Un appel à des changements qui empêcheront la défaite de l'Ukraine L'Anticapitaliste publie la déclaration du groupe de la gauche ukrainienne Sotsialniy Rukh (Mouvement social) du 3 mars 2025. Les politiques prédatrices du président américain nouvellement élu rendent impossible une paix durable pour les UkrainienNEs. Le refus de l'Ukraine de signer un accord minier élaboré en fonction des intérêts des capitaux américains a démontré la volonté de l'État (…)

The 2024 Day Against Violence Against Women (HAKTP) serves as a reminder of the importance of highlighting issues that are often marginalised, not prioritised, and even ignored by the state, including violence and discrimination against communities with diverse gender and sexuality. This is especially pertinent amidst a new government that has not yet reached 100 days in office but, rather than addressing the urgent needs of female workers and those with diverse gender and sexuality, has (…)

L'indépendance du Vietnam a été proclamée une première fois en août 1945, et nous pourrions bientôt fêter son 80e anniversaire. De Gaulle en a décidé autrement, envoyant un corps expéditionnaire reconquérir sa colonie perdue. L'Indochine a dû subir deux dévastatrices guerres impériales successives, française, puis étatsunienne. Washington a mobilisé tous les moyens à sa disposition pour briser la révolution vietnamienne, certain qu'il l'emporterait – et a été vaincus. L'image est entrée dans (…)

The Anticapitalistas, a socialist project in the Spanish state, issued the following [statement->https://www.anticapitalistas.org/comunicados/apagar-el-beneficio-privado-para-impulsar-una-transicion-ecosocialista in the wake of the giant blackout throughout the Iberian peninsula this week. I think this is a useful guide to outlining the ecosocialist response to the energy crisis. Here is a machine translation, slightly edited for clarity. – Richard Fidler Last Monday, the entire Iberian (…)

In an era of increasing global uncertainty, Slovakia's political landscape has been reshaped by a rightward shift that offers working-class men a poisoned chalice: the promise of superiority in exchange for political loyalty. This analysis examines how the social democratic ruling Smer party has crafted a nationalist narrative that positions traditional masculinity as a bulwark against economic precarity and social change. By fostering resentment against Roma communities, migrants, women, (…)

We, the representatives from Mindanao Fisherfolk Network, express our profound concern and firm opposition to the Supreme Court decision issued on December 11, 2023, permitting commercial fishing within municipal waters. This ruling compromises the rights and livelihoods of small-scale fisherfolks and threatens the sustainability of our marine ecosystems. We are deeply concerned about the worsening erosion of local livelihoods, as the entry of commercial fishing operations into municipal (…)

On this International Workers' Day, the Pakistan Kissan Rabita Committee (PKRC) stands in solidarity with the millions of workers across Pakistan — particularly those in agriculture, who remain among the most invisible, underpaid, and exploited segments of the working class. Agricultural workers — including Women, youth, landless peasants, tenant farmers, sharecroppers, and wage laborers — face some of the harshest working and living conditions in Pakistan. With agriculture employing (…)

On 29th April, the construction workers' strike began, and on 23rd April, the powerful strike of Panama's education workers commenced. The two strongest unions in the country are in the streets demanding the immediate repeal of Law 462, which reformed social security. The legislation ends the solidarity pension system, transfers the pensions of thousands of workers to bankers, and increases the minimum retirement age. Workers are also against the return of operations by the mining company (…)

Kuala Lumpur: More than 1,500 people gathered outside Pasar Seni [market] today to take part in a Labour Day rally, calling for better workers' rights and reforms. The rally carried the theme ‘Workers are the pillars of the country: Raise salaries, not burdens'. Dressed largely in black, white and red, the crowd began assembling at about 9.30am before marching towards Dataran Merdeka [square]. Along the way, they chanted slogans like “Youths want paid internships” and “Wages to live, not (…)

Since taking office 100 days ago, President Donald Trump has been engaged in destroying America's liberal, democratic state and its social welfare systems, taking away citizens' and non-citizens' rights, and attacking the institutions of civil society such as universities and the media. Trump's attack on our government and our society has shocked, disoriented, and disconcerted the American people. The resistance has been growing, but is still too divided, small, and weak to stop Trump. (…)

We are tottering on the edge of dictatorship. Powerful voices across institutions, from politics to academia and religion, must speak out ‘Trump wants total power, even at the cost of our democracy and economy.' Photograph: Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters We have witnessed the first 100 days of the odious Trump regime. The US constitution is in peril. Civil and human rights are being trampled upon. The economy is in disarray. At this rate, we will not make it through the second 100 days. (…)

Le ministre de l'Intérieur a annoncé hier déclencher la procédure de dissolution de la Jeune Garde antifasciste. Crédit Photo. Photothèque Rouge / Martin Noda / Hans Lucas. Alors qu'Aboubakar Cissé a été victime d'un attentat islamophobe dans une mosquée, Bruno Retailleau s'est illustré par son absence de réaction et de fermeté face à cet acte terroriste. Il tente de changer de séquence politique en annonçant cette dissolution lors d'une session de questions au gouvernement, à la suite à (…)

Après l'avoir longtemps démenti, Moscou et Pyongyang ont finalement admis que des soldats nord-coréens – sans doute plus de 10 000 – combattent contre l'Ukraine aux côtés de l'armée russe. Vladimir Poutine a remercié « personnellement » le « camarade Kim Jong-un » pour ce soutien. L'Ukraine, les États-Unis et la Corée du Sud suivaient leurs traces pas à pas depuis octobre 2024, depuis les camps de transit du Sud-Est russe jusqu'aux tranchées de la région de Koursk, en Russie, à quelques (…)

Posters in Tokyo's enormous Shinjuku railway station are normally used for advertising commodities like cosmetics and food, as well as new films. But occasionally you may happen across a poster with a birthday message and a picture of a young man, often from a boy band and typically with impeccable looks. These posters are created by specialised advertising companies and are paid for by adoring fans. They are part of a phenomenon called oshikatsu, a term coined in recent years that is made (…)

In a remarkable display of cross-movement solidarity, Serbia is witnessing an unprecedented alliance between university students (in occupation-strike for more than three months) and all five major trade union federations. After months of separate struggles, these forces are converging for May Day demonstrations that could reshape the country's political landscape. Today's joint protests represents a strategic evolution in resistance against what protestors describe as a corrupt regime with (…)

Male trado, bene ad judicium teneo (“wrongly surrendered, properly held for trial”). Forgive this attempted coined Latin “maxim-ization” or alternative version of the recently oft-cited legal maxim male captus, bene detentus (“wrongly arrested, properly detained”). This maxim relevant to the issue of validity of the March 11-12, 2025 arrest and surrender of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte by the Republic of the Philippines (RP) government to the International Criminal Court (ICC) (…)

On the third anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Oleg Shein, a Russian historian and former member of the Russian State Duma (parliament), assesses the political situation in Russia both now and in the future. I entered political life on the left in 1989. It was a time of deep crisis in the Soviet Union and the beginning of a painful process of neoliberal reforms. There were no Communist Party members in my family, but my family had socialist views and I started reading Marxist (…)

In his spirited Budget speech, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake described the priority for the first Budget of the NPP Government as thus: “Mass struggles and last year's election saw people asserting their political rights. What is necessary is for economic rights to be similarly asserted. This is the philosophy of this Budget.” As the President rightly pointed out, a national Budget is not merely a technocratic exercise of allocating State funds to various ministries for the year, but it (…)

Nursery teachers from across Croatia gathered in Zagreb's main square on 12 April, issuing a symbolic “yellow card” to Education Minister Radovan Fuchs after years of frustration. Despite laws mandating equal pay with primary school colleagues and limiting class sizes to 20 children, these regulations are routinely ignored, leaving staff overworked and underpaid. The protesters aren't demanding new privileges – merely that existing legislation be enforced. Their primary demand is a (…)

Les Syndicats de Branche Unis « Nezavisnost » ont invité leurs membres à commémorer une fois de plus le Premier mai - Journée internationale du Travail - sur la place Slavija de Belgrade. Le rassemblement du Premier mai est prévu pour le jeudi 1er mai à 11h30, au monument de Dimitrije Tucović, « un combattant pour les droits des travailleurs et la justice qui a donné sa vie pour la liberté et qui inspire tous ceux qui souhaitent lutter pour des idées progressistes et le progrès de la Serbie (…)

The United Branch Unions “Nezavisnost” have invited their members to once again commemorate May Day - International Labour Day at Belgrade's Slavija Square. The May Day gathering is scheduled for Thursday, 1 May at 11:30, at the Dimitrije Tucović monument, “a fighter for workers' rights and justice who gave his life for freedom and who inspires all those who wish to fight for progressive ideas and Serbia's advancement”. As announced by the organisers, the May Day gathering will include a (…)

Amid economic hardship, workers demand higher wages, job security, and public services on Labor Day as political elites vie for power · Manila: Groups comprising National Wage Coalition will assemble along various points in España then march at 7:00 am to Mendiola for a joint program · Cebu: Various labor groups will converge at Fuente Osmeña, Cebu City at 9:00 am for a joint program · Iloilo: The coalition United Labor will assemble in the morning in front of UP (…)

The complex challenge of Zionism demands an intellectual effort to comprehend it, which can begin with the separation of three historical issues An Israeli soldier watches nationalists at Jerusalem's Western Wall commemorate the taking of East Jerusalem in 1967. (Gil Cohen-Magen/AFP via Getty Images) While conflict with Israel has been part of the collective consciousness of the Arab world for generations, the character of the Israeli state and its ideological underpinnings have rarely (…)

Yassin al-Haj Saleh (né en 1961) est sans doute l'auteur politique progressiste et le dissident syrien le plus respecté de notre époque. Dans sa jeunesse, il a passé 16 ans, de 1980 à 1996, dans les prisons de la dictature syrienne d'Hafez al-Assad. À partir de 2011, il a accompagné, analysé et expliqué les sources du « printemps arabe » dans les médias arabes et occidentaux et est devenu une figure centrale de la résistance démocratique et de la défense des droits de l'homme en Syrie. Il (…)

Gus Horowitz died on December 13, 2024 at the age of 83. He was a central leader of the U.S. Socialist Workers Party (SWP) from the mid-1960s through the 1970s. While in Boston and then in New York and Chicago, he was part of its national leadership that hammered out a mass-action perspective that was key to the emergence of a massive movement against the Vietnam War. Gus also played a central role in the international work of the SWP and the Fourth International. Hello, everyone. It's (…)

La situation d'extrême pauvreté du peuple haïtien ne tombe pas du ciel. Elle vient du rejet par la puissance coloniale française de l'État mis en place le premier janvier 1804, par les ex­esclaves après leur victoire à Vertières. Cependant en 1825, la France impose encore à la jeune, nouvelle et isolée Haïti, un pacte néocolonial odieux. Louis-Auguste Joint Prévenir toute reconquête coloniale, et obtenir une reconnaissance internationale passe par la colossale indemnité de 150 millions (…)

In my previous article, I've described in a detailed way the shortcomings of the mainstream left politicians and activists in regulating technology, its failures to challenge the status quo and the policies that must be embraced. It covered things such as advertising, surveillance capitalism, open-source, digital governance, Artificial Intelligence, and copyright reform. But some may have noticed the one piece of technology that I didn't discuss: social media platforms. It was done (…)

Copyright / DR Marche de péons ruraux, Argentine 1921. Le 5 avril, aux États-Unis, une immense colère s'est exprimée contre Trump et son gouvernement d'extrême droite, avec 1 300 manifestations rassemblant 500 000 personnes. Ces mobilisations significatives ne sont qu'un début. Elles montrent qu'il est possible de riposter aux violentes attaques qui ont lieu partout dans le monde contre les intérêts de la classe ouvrière, des migrant·es, des victimes du racisme, des femmes et de la (…)

Copyright / DR Rural peon march, Argentina 1921. On 5 April in the United States, 1,300 demonstrations involving 500,000 people expressed broad anger against Trump and his far-right government. These mobilizations, significant but still in their early stages, show that it is possible to respond to the violent attacks carried out around the world against the interests of workers, migrants, victims of racial oppression, women, and the LGBTI community. In Serbia, Greece, South Korea, (…)

Selon le CIVICUS Monitor, un système de surveillance qui évalue l'état des libertés de la société civile dans tous les pays, le Sri Lanka est considéré comme un État « réprimé » depuis décembre 2023. Ce classement place le pays à un échelon au-dessus de la catégorie « fermé ». Quatre mois après l'arrivée au pouvoir du président Dissanayake, le harcèlement, l'intimidation et les comportements illégaux à l'égard des défenseurs et défenseuses des droits humains persistent. Contexte : (…)

Dans son discours sur le budget, le Président Anura Kumara Dissanayake a décrit la priorité du premier budget du gouvernement NPP comme suit : « Les luttes de masse et les élections de l'année dernière ont permis aux gens d'affirmer leurs droits politiques. Ce qu'il faut, c'est que les droits économiques soient également affirmés. Telle est la philosophie de ce budget. » Comme l'a souligné à juste titre le président, un budget national n'est pas simplement un exercice technocratique (…)

Alcolumbre et Hugo Motta négocient avec la Cour suprême en vue de réduire les peines des personnes condamnées pour coup d'État ; le PSOL critique la tentative d'assouplir les peines en invoquant la « modération ». Photo : X/Reproduction Dans une démarche qui alarme face au risque de régressions dans la lutte pour prévenir les coups d'État au Brésil, les présidents du Sénat, Davi Alcolumbre (União Brasil-AP), et de la Chambre, Hugo Motta (Republicanos-PB), sont en train de concocter, (…)

Mariana Mortágua considère que la panne qui a privé le Portugal d'électricité lundi montre la fragilité du réseau électrique et estime que la nationalisation de REN est une priorité. Photo par Bruno Moreira. La coordinatrice du Bloc de gauche estime que la panne qui a duré plusieurs heures hier après-midi « a révélé la fragilité du réseau électrique national » et la manière dont « elle affecte les différentes zones de notre pays ». « Nous avons tous pris conscience de l'importance du (…)