Resistance to President Donald Trump is growing, taking the form of massive, peaceful protest marches, small local rebellions against ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement), Democratic Party election victories, and a gradually changing public opinion. One could even talk about a growing class consciousness. The growth of the resistance comes in reaction to Trump's attacks on public services, on higher education, on freedom of speech, on public employees and their unions, and the cruelty (…)

La flambée des prix de l'électricité en Syrie aggrave les difficultés quotidiennes et révèle à quel point la politique économique du gouvernement ne répond pas aux besoins de la population, écrit Joseph Daher. Une femme brandit une pancarte lors d'une manifestation contre la flambée des prix de l'électricité, devant le ministère de l'Énergie à Damas, le 29 janvier 2026. [GETTY] Suite à l'annonce faite en octobre dernier par le gouvernement syrien d'une augmentation des prix de (…)

The radical and democratic experiment of Rojava has been confronted for several weeks with a new military offensive led by the Syrian Transitional Government (STG), supported by Turkey, and is now threatened in its very existence. Rojava, sometimes also called the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES), emerged from the 2011 uprising against the brutal and repressive regime of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad and the withdrawal and concentration of his troops in western (…)