While it is doubtful whether Hamas could regain control of the Gaza Strip, it still may be capable of blocking any alternative from taking root. Despite that, the war had to end – Israeli society is exhausted and divided Israeli forces on the border with Gaza on Sunday. Credit: Ammar Awad/Reuters At some point during the early hours of Monday morning, when the long-delayed release of the final 20 living hostages is expected to take place, the right appears determined to repeat past (…)

Denys Gorbach (Kryvyi Rih, 1984) is a sociologist. The research from his doctoral thesis at Sciences Po (Paris) is contained in the book The Making and Unmaking of Ukrainian Working Class (Berghahn, 2024), which recounts how economic changes altered the values of the working class in Ukraine, focusing on his city, Kryvyi Rih, in the south-east of the country. Kryvyi Rih was considered the “iron heart of the USSR”. It has several mines and a large steelworks. It is the birthplace of President (…)

Thousands of Filipinos across the country joined the launch of the White Friday Protest, a weekly nationwide noise barrage and candle-lighting campaign organized by the Trillion Peso March Movement (TPMM) to demand accountability and transparency in government spending. The historic 10.10 launch, marked by simultaneous gatherings from Metro Manila to Cebu, Iloilo, and Bacolod, transformed streets, churches, and community spaces into hubs of peaceful protest and collective prayer. (…)

Les Palestiniens devront faire face à la plus dure des vérités : quelle que soit la voie qu'ils choisissent – la soumission silencieuse ou la résistance armée –, le monde a déjà échoué à empêcher le génocide de leur peuple. C'est un fait irréversible. « Les mots n'ont plus aucun sens. » C'est l'un des sentiments les plus courants que j'entends de mes proches, amis et collègues qui sont encore à Gaza. Deux ans après le génocide implacable perpétré par Israël, il ne nous reste plus (…)

[pétition soutenue notamment par l'Atelier féministe (Lviv) et Sphère association de femmes (Kharkiv)] Au nom des femmes ukrainiennes, nous vous proposons de soutenir l'initiative visant à instaurer le 8 décembre comme Journée du mouvement féministe ukrainien. Le 8 décembre est une date historique dans l'histoire du mouvement féministe ukrainien. Ce jour-là, en 1884, à Stanislavov (aujourd'hui Ivano-Frankivsk), à l'initiative de la fondatrice du mouvement féministe Natalia Kobrinska, la (…)

The cultural boycott of Israel is gaining momentum. Artists around the world are increasingly refusing to collaborate with Israeli institutions, which they view as complicit in the occupation of Palestine. In Czechia, this movement has gained little traction. Photo Petr Zewlakk Vrabec / Alarm “Just as we said during apartheid that it was inappropriate for international artists to perform in South Africa, in a society founded on discriminatory laws and racial exclusivity, it would be (…)