On 16 October 2025, a devastating fire in Mirpur, Dhaka, claimed the lives of 19 workers and left 12 others injured, totaling 31 affected workers. These workers, who had migrated from rural areas to work in a chemical factory, were the primary earners for their families. The tragedy has left their families in immediate and desperate need of support. Dear Friends, The Bangladesh Krishok Federation (BKF), in collaboration with the Ready Made Garments Workers Federation, urgently seeks (…)

Le NPA-l'Anticapitaliste soutient l'exclusion de Mustafa Çakici des cadres de mobilisation en solidarité avec la Palestine, en raison de ses nombreuses publications explicitement homophobes, transphobes, antisémites, anti-kurdes et négationnistes du génocide des Arménien·nes, largement relayées par la presse ces derniers jours. Crédit Photo. Photothèque Rouge / Alexandre Le comité NPA-l'Anticapitaliste de Besançon s'est mis à l'écart depuis plus d'un an de ce militant du Doubs et du (…)

We are on an inexorable trajectory of escalation. As President Donald Trump's authoritarian attacks are increasing, working people are defying his abuses of power, refusing to live under the yoke of a wannabe strongman who seeks to bend society to the dictatorship of the privately owned Trump Organization. It's not simply that Trump has the typical bossman's bullying streak. He's stranded the country somewhere between the bedlam of his whims and the corruption of a modern-day Gomorrah, (…)

There are some women in Bengal's history whose very names make history tremble. Ila Mitra is one of them. She was not only a woman-she was a militant leader, the voice of peasants and workers, a fearless revolutionary who stood firm against injustice. On her birth anniversary, we do not simply remember an individual; we recall an era of protest, the defiance of a nation, and the indomitable courage of a woman who became a symbol of resistance. Ila Mitra's life was like a living chronicle. (…)

Witkoff and Kushner are in Israel to ensure it stays aligned with Washington. They sided with Hamas on key cease-fire disputes, and their own deal's paradox – negotiating with Hamas now only to erase it later – will also soon test Netanyahu's ties with his far-right allies Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu walks with U.S. President Donald Trump at Ben Gurion International Airport, in Lod, Israel, October 13, 2025. Credit: Evelyn Hockstein/ REUTERS Instead of airing the opening (…)

Kalfon, who was released after 738 days in Gaza, described in an interview with Yediot Aharonot how bombardments came so close that hostages said goodbye to each other, surviving on scraps of food and drops of filtered water. 'When Ben-Gvir spoke about Palestinian prisoners, we knew the beatings were coming,' he said Segev Kalfon at a meeting with IDF representatives at the hostage exchange on the Gaza border, a week ago Credit: the IDF Spokesperson's Unit Released hostage Segev Kalfon, (…)

En partenariat avec Scotland for Palestine, The National a publié des [traductions anglaises des] citations de personnalités israéliennes de premier plan, mettant en évidence le sentiment génocidaire qui a alimenté deux années d'atrocités. Bezalel Smotrich (ministre des Finances et leader du parti sioniste religieux, d'extrême-droite) : Lors d'une « Conférence des colonies », il a déclaré : « D'ici quelques mois, nous pourrons déclarer que nous avons gagné. Gaza sera totalement détruite. (…)

Through their corruption and ethnicist politics, the country's elites are plunging South Sudan into a new abyss of violence. Since its separation from Sudan in July 2011, the country has only experienced civil wars, of varying intensity. For the past eight months, Riek Machar, the vice-president, has been appearing in court on several charges such as crimes against humanity, rebellion and treason. A permanent war He is accused of inciting the “white” Army, a militia reputed to be close (…)

Par leur corruption et leur politique ethniciste, les élites du pays plongent le Sud-Soudan dans un nouvel abîme de violence. Depuis sa séparation avec le Soudan en juillet 2011, le pays n'a connu que des guerres civiles, d'intensité plus ou moins forte. Depuis huit mois, Riek Machar, vice-président, comparaît devant un tribunal sous plusieurs chefs d'inculpation tels que crimes contre l'humanité, rébellion et trahison. Une guerre permanente Il est accusé notamment d'avoir incité (…)

Stéphanie Balme a mené pour France Universités une étude intitulée « Défendre et promouvoir la liberté académique : un enjeu mondial, une urgence pour la France et l'Europe. Constats et 65 propositions d'action ». Elle en livre ici quelques enseignements. « Défendre la liberté académique n'est pas un geste corporatiste, c'est tout le contraire : c'est protéger un bien commun rare », estime Stéphanie Balme. Matthieu Rondel/AFP Dévoilé officieusement le 2 octobre 2025, le Compact for (…)

On Thursday 16 October, with the rejection of the motion of censure from La France insoumise (by 18 votes) against the Lecornu government reappointed after an initial failure, Macron succeeded in establishing for a time a new government whose foundation will be even weaker than the last two (Barnier and Bayrou) which have managed affairs since the legislative elections of June 2024, and which each lasted only a few months. In recent weeks, from 8 September to 15 October, a waltz of (…)

C'est à quitte ou double que se jouera le budget de la France dans les prochaines semaines. Sur le papier, le Parti socialiste (PS) a certes la main : le Rassemblement national (RN) ayant cette fois renoncé à sauver le gouvernement, c'est bien vers le groupe dirigé par Boris Vallaud que Sébastien Lecornu doit désormais se tourner s'il veut survivre aux débats budgétaires et éviter une nouvelle dissolution. La semaine dernière, le PS a donné l'illusion de remporter une première manche en (…)

Alors que Macron veut imposer le dégel du corps électoral, les Kanak dénoncent une remise en cause du processus de décolonisation et des acquis de l'accord de Nouméa. En plus du corps électoral ordinaire, qui permet de voter aux élections présidentielles, législatives, européennes et aux référendums nationaux, les accords de Nouméa de 1998 ont créé un corps électoral spécial. Il a été inscrit dans la Constitution et permet de voter aux élections provinciales (Province Sud, Province Nord et (…)

Mobilisée depuis près de deux semaines, la jeunesse qui se baptise elle-même « GenZ », en référence aux mobilisations qui se déroulent aux quatre coins du monde, a gagné sa lutte contre le régime du président Rajoelina. Crédit Photo DR Cette jeunesse a dû faire face à une répression féroce : au moins une vingtaine de morts et des dizaines d'arrestations ont frappé les jeunes manifestantEs, mais aussi les syndicalistes qui se sont ralliéEs à cette bataille. Si, au départ, la mobilisation (…)

Lettre ouverte du FLNKS aux parlementaires de la République française. Le 12 octobre, le président du FLNKS, Christian Tein, a écrit aux parlementaires français pour leur demander de rejeter la loi organique relative au report des élections provinciales et la modification du corps électoral provincial. Nous en publions de larges extraits. À lire en intégralité en document attaché [sur le site l'Anticapitaliste.]. Crédit Photo. Martin Noda / Hans Lucas - Photothèque Rouge « Mesdames et (…)

Trump tente de réaffirmer la domination mondiale des États-Unis, ce qui met en péril le peu de stabilité qui subsiste dans les relations internationales et accroît le risque de nouvelles guerres. Crédit Photo. Charmag Les États-Unis ont toujours fait la guerre et étendu leur territoire. Ils ont fait la guerre aux peuples amérindiens, au Mexique (dont ils ont pris la moitié du territoire), puis à l'Espagne, s'emparant de Cuba, de Porto Rico et des Philippines. Les États-Unis sont devenus (…)

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 (…)