On International Women's Day, 8 March 2026, the Indonesian Women's Alliance (Aliansi Perempuan Indonesia, API) — a coalition of more than 50 organisations — convened a Women's Stage (Panggung Perempuan), drawing over 500 participants. Testimonies covered abortion access, LBQ workers facing layered discrimination, survivors of domestic violence failed by the state, a political prisoner charged under Indonesia's notorious Electronic Information and Transaction Law, and communities dispossessed (…)

In the aftermath of January 2026's crackdown, voices within and close to the Islamic Republic renewed calls for Iran to complete a nuclear deterrent, claiming the bomb would have prevented the current existential crisis. Houshang Sepehr, exiled Iranian Marxist and editor of Solidarité Socialiste avec les Travailleurs en Iran, challenges this on structural grounds. Drawing on the cases of India, Pakistan, and North Korea, he argues that nuclear deterrence only functions within security (…)