Six months after the October 2025 parliamentary elections brought Andrej Babiš's ANO back to power in coalition with the far-right Motorists for Themselves (Motoristé sobě) and the xenophobic Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD), the contours of the new government's euro-trumpist project are becoming visible. Writing in Deník Alarm, Pavel Šplíchal examines what is happening inside the Ministry of the Environment now that the Motorists control it. The dismantling under way --- arbitrary (…)

A hunger strike by Lithuanian television workers outside the broadcasting headquarters occupied by Soviet troops in January 1991 becomes, in Karolis Kaupinis's second feature Hunger Strike Breakfast, an anatomy of selfishness, cowardice and the limits of solidarity. Czech film critic Martin Pleštil contrasts the film works to Jiří Mádl's 2024 Czech blockbuster Vlny (Waves), which turned the 1968 occupation of Czechoslovak Radio into a story of collective heroism. Where Mádl reaches for (…)

La Chambre des représentants indonésienne (DPR) a adopté la loi sur la protection des travailleuses domestiques, au terme d'une campagne de 22 ans menée par le Réseau national de plaidoyer pour les travailleuses domestiques (JALA PRT) et par la Coalition civile pour l'adoption de la loi PPRT, qui rassemble près de mille organisations. La nouvelle loi reconnaît les travailleuses domestiques comme une main-d'œuvre formelle, garantit les horaires, les salaires, les congés, la sécurité sociale (…)