The “Deklarasi Solidaritas Merauke” (Merauke Solidarity Declaration, see below) has been collectively written by participants of the “Konsolidasi Solidaritas Merauke” (Merauke Solidarity Consolidation Meeting), a people's gathering that took place in the town of Merauke, South Papua Province in March, 2025. The declaration calls for an immediate halt of the National Strategic Project (PSN) Merauke. In 2023, the President at the time, President Jokowi designated Merauke in South Papua as (…)

This declaration is the result of our collective work in the Solidaritas Merauke Movement. It is the result from the shared stories of our collective suffering and trauma caused by state-corporate crimes, especially in the name of National Strategic Projects (PSN), which occupy and dispossess our living space and defile what we hold sacred. The destruction and extinction of our indigenous life, knowledge and spirituality continues to expand. We are losing our identity, our historical (…)

Solidarity Merauke once again held a protest demanding that the Indonesian government stop the Merauke National Strategic Project (PSN Merauke) in South Papua. The project is accused of seizing the customary lands of the Malind Anim, Makleuw, Khimahima, and Yei peoples in Merauke Regency, as well as the Wambon Kenemopte and Awyu peoples in Boven Digoel Regency. Moreover, the project is rife with human rights violations, as it involves the military and police in its implementation. The (…)

Du 12 au 14 septembre, une rencontre extraordinaire s'est tenue à Breza, petite ville minière de Bosnie. Quatre-vingts personnes – mineurs, écologistes, syndicalistes – venues de toute l'ex-Yougoslavie se sont réunies pour un « Zbor », assemblée populaire traditionnelle, afin de confronter un ennemi commun : la soi-disant « transition verte » imposée par l'Union européenne et le capital étranger. Loin d'opposer défenseurs de l'environnement et travailleurs du charbon, cette rencontre a (…)

Turbulence on the left is giving rise to various new initiatives. Alex Fuentes of Internationalen spoke with Mesir Taki from the newly formed Folkets Röst (People's Voice), which is conducting a petition campaign for left-wing demands ahead of the upcoming election. Image: Representatives from People's Voice: on the left Mesir Taki, in the middle Fayyad Assali and on the right Dina Shnino What kind of organisation is People's Voice and in which towns does it exist? — People's Voice (…)

President Donald Trump is trying to reassert U.S. global dominance, leading to a greater threat of wars that could endanger what little stability remains in international relations. The United States was from its founding always making war and expanding its territory. It warred against the native American peoples, against Mexico (taking half its territory), then against Spain, taking Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines. The United States had become a great power by the outbreak of (…)