The Liberal Democratic Party's landslide in the 8 February lower house elections masks a fragile consensus: barely one in five eligible voters backed the LDP, real wages have fallen for four consecutive years, and the geopolitical gamble with Beijing and Seoul carries escalating risks. The 8 February elections for the Japanese lower house delivered Sanae Takaichi a result without precedent in the history of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). The LDP won 316 seats out of 465, surpassing (…)

À vouloir « faire bloc », coûte que coûte, sans jamais baisser les yeux ni se remettre en question, les insoumis ne jouent pas seulement leur survie : c'est l'affaiblissement de la gauche et l'existence d'une gauche radicale française qui est en jeu. Depuis des mois, La France insoumise est sous le feu roulant des critiques. Elles sont souvent le fait de ses adversaires politiques de droite et d'extrême droite ; elles viennent aussi désormais, de façon plus forte, de la gauche. Ces (…)

Once again, the Islamic Republic of Iran has soaked itself in the blood of the massive popular uprising that began on December 28, 2025. From January 8 onward, for more than ten days, the regime imposed an almost complete shutdown of communications and the internet, carrying out one of the most brutal crackdowns in its history. From Tehran to cities in the provinces of Lorestan and Ilam—home especially to Kurdish and Lor minorities— the Revolutionary Guards and regime militias massacred (…)