This is the text (with sources added) of a December 4 presentation kicking off the third installment of Solidarity's online study group dealing with “Problems of Socialist Organization.” Russia's revolution of 1917 resulted from the blend of terrible catastrophes and profound hopes. The First World War was going very badly for the Tsar's army and for the Russian people, adding new grievances to old, and generating a new wave of working-class radicalization. The tsarist system of (…)

On 12 June 2025, China Labour Bulletin closed its doors after thirty years of operation. The Hong Kong-based organisation had documented strikes, labour disputes, and worker organising across China since 1994, building the most comprehensive database of Chinese labour unrest available anywhere. Its closure marked not an isolated setback but the endpoint of a decade-long destruction of progressive Chinese-language media infrastructure. The systematic elimination of Chinese progressive (…)

Chaque hiver, la Région de la capitale nationale (NCR) accueille ses habitants avec une situation sinistre désormais familière. Le ciel s'assombrit, la visibilité chute, et l'air lui-même semble se retourner contre ses habitants. Les écoles ferment, les hôpitaux sont submergés, et l'on conseille aux gens de rester chez eux, comme si la ville était devenue inhabitable. Cette crise annuelle est souvent présentée comme un phénomène saisonnier, quelque chose d'inévitable, un produit de la (…)

Every winter, India's National Capital Region (NCR) greets its citizens with a familiar grim situation. The sky dims, visibility plummets, and the very air seems to turn against its inhabitants. Schools close, hospitals become overwhelmed, and people are advised to stay indoors, as if the city has become uninhabitable. This annual crisis is frequently dismissed as a seasonal occurrence, something unavoidable, a product of the region's geography, or the whims of the weather. However, a (…)

DONALD TRUMP'S GIANT back hoes have knocked down the east wing of the White House to construct a ballroom in his own honor. The second president of United States, the learned and thoughtful John Adams, lived in “the peoples house” as it became known. Alone in the newly constructed building in 1800, he walked up the stairs to his bedroom lighting the way by a candle to write letters back to his wife Abigail, who stayed at home in Massachusetts attending their farm. Trump said he loved the (…)

“Belgium is about to endure an austerity budget backed by a policy that considers the sick are not really sick, that the unemployed are not really unemployed, and that they must therefore be monitored and, if possible, stripped of their rights.” The mobilisation, which swept across the entire country over three days of trade union action, was a great success. Belgium experienced a crescendo of strikes on Monday 24 November in public transport (trains, buses, trams, metros), Tuesday 25 (…)

15 December 2025. On the 13-year anniversary of the enforced disappearance of Lao civil society leader Sombath Somphone, we, the undersigned civil society organizations and individuals worldwide, urge once again United Nations (UN) member states and Laos' development and international cooperation partners to demand the Lao government promptly resolve Sombath's enforced disappearance and deliver justice and an effective remedy and reparations to him and his family. Despite calls by civil (…)

Trump a fini par tomber le masque. Il décrète un blocus naval contre le Venezuela et revendique la propriété du pétrole et de toutes les richesses du pays. Aujourd'hui, il s'arroge également des droits sur notre territoire, comme s'il était un conquistador. Il prouve que son opération de piraterie dans les Caraïbes n'a rien à voir avec la lutte contre la drogue, la démocratie au Venezuela ou Maduro : il veut nos richesses et notre territoire. Il veut les richesses de toute l'Amérique (…)

L'accord entre Emmanuel Grégoire et David Belliard dans la capitale finit de sceller l'alliance entre le Parti socialiste et Les Écologistes dans les grandes villes. Ces unions locales, réalisées sans La France insoumise, laissent entrevoir une reconfiguration à gauche, dans la perspective de la présidentielle. L'annonce est tombée mercredi 17 décembre, après plusieurs mois de suspense et de négociations. Pour la première fois, le Parti socialiste (PS) et Les Écologistes s'apprêtent à (…)

« Faire politiquement de la littérature » plutôt que faire de la littérature politique : la reprise de Godard n'est pas qu'un bon mot concernant Leslie Kaplan. En témoigne Les Armes de la fiction. Ce recueil de vingt ans d'articles, entretiens, conférences, c'est toute son élégante liberté, son « œil », ses émerveillements : le monde du travail, la psychanalyse, le politique, le cinéma, la littérature, le langage – les armes dont nous avons besoin. Le nouveau livre de Leslie Kaplan, Les (…)

Des dizaines de milliers de personnes sont descendues dans les rues de Dacca ce samedi après-midi 20 décembre pour les funérailles d'une figure de l'opposition étudiante. Au premier plan au moment de la chute de l'ancienne Première ministre Sheikh Hasina en août 2024, Sharif Osman Hadi a été attaqué par balles par des personnes masquées à la sortie d'une mosquée il y a quelques jours. Le candidat aux législatives a succombé à ses blessures. Des fidèles rendent hommage à Sharif Osman Hadi, (…)

Le Parti communiste du Bangladesh (marxiste-léniniste) – CPBML exprime sa profonde affliction, sa colère et sa vive protestation face à l'assassinat de Sharif Osman Hadi, jeune militant conscient politiquement, porte-parole d'Inquilab Mancha et probable candidat indépendant dans la circonscription de Dhaka-8. Il a été délibérément abattu en plein jour le 12 décembre 2025 dans le quartier de Paltan à Dacca, un acte qui constitue une attaque grave et sanguinaire dirigée contre la vie (…)

Au nom du CPBML, nous exprimons notre profonde tristesse, notre ferme condamnation et notre vive indignation face au meurtre de Dipu Chandra Das à Bhaluka Upazila, dans le district de Mymensingh. Hier soir, Dipu Chandra Das, un ouvrier employé dans une usine, a été brutalement assassiné par des terroristes extrémistes sous prétexte de « blasphème religieux ». L'acte inhumain et barbare consistant à incendier son corps après le meurtre est plus qu'un simple assassinat : c'est une attaque (…)

The Arctic is transforming faster and with more far-reaching consequences than scientists expected just 20 years ago, when the first Arctic Report Card assessed the state of Earth's far northern environment. The snow season is dramatically shorter today, sea ice is thinning and melting earlier, and wildfire seasons are getting worse. Increasing ocean heat is reshaping ecosystems as non-Arctic marine species move northward. Thawing permafrost is releasing iron and other minerals into (…)

While Hanukkah celebrations this year were tragically overshadowed by the terror attack in Australia, and your casual racist Eastern European commentators on social media once again engaged in competing in both antisemitism and Islamophobia, a smaller-scale hate-driven attack occurred in Moscow Oblast. An openly nazi teenager with numerous neo-fascist and misanthropic (“No Lives Matter”) inscriptions on his stuff, taking inspiration from the infamous far-right mass murderers who massacred (…)

We condemn the rampant corruption and patronage that have hollowed out the Philippines' social‑protection system, denying vulnerable citizens the timely, adequate assistance they deserve. The recent revelation that the Department of Social Welfare and Development filed a 47‑page complaint with the Office of the Ombudsman, accusing fourteen local officials and two city‑hall employees of siphoning ₱8,000–₱9,000 from the ₱10,000 cash assistance earmarked for each beneficiary of the (…)

Il y a un an, le 14 décembre 2024, le cyclone tropical intense Chido frappait de plein fouet l'ensemble de l'île de Mayotte, avec des conséquences dévastatrices pour le territoire et la population. Les rafales observées ont dépassé les 200 km/h. Un cyclone comme l'île n'en avait pas connu depuis plus de 90 ans. Cet évènement nous rappelle la vulnérabilité de nos territoires face à ces événements climatiques. Chido, un cyclone hors-norme Le cyclone Chido est un épisode exceptionnel pour (…)

The hundreds of thousands of people who turned up at Shangshad Bhaban, for the state funeral of Shaheed Sharif Osman Hadi, a co-founder and spokesperson of Inquilab Moncho and an independent candidate for Dhaka 8 in the upcoming national elections, speaks volumes of the extent of his influence and the depth of the grief he has left behind. An important figure of the student-led July uprising of 2024, he became prominent as a unique, fearless voice speaking for the ordinary people of (…)

Hundreds of thousands of people attended the namaz-e-janaza of Sharif Osman Hadi, spokesperson of Inqilab Moncho and one of the frontliners of the July uprising, at Manik Mia Avenue this afternoon. Massive Public Gathering at Hadi Namaz-e-janaza at Manik Mia Avenue. Photo: Star The janaza was held after Zuhr prayers amid tight security, with members of law enforcement agencies deployed across Manik Mia Avenue and nearby areas to manage the crowd and ensure safety. Photo: Star People (…)

Journalists across the country staged protests and strongly condemned recent arson attacks and vandalism at the offices of Prothom Alo and The Daily Star, demanding immediate arrest and exemplary punishment of those responsible. Photo : Collected They warned that continued impunity would pose a serious threat to press freedom and public safety. Gazipur Hundreds of journalists formed a human chain in Gazipur in the afternoon, protesting the attacks on the offices and the assault on (…)

On 18 December 2025, a shocking incident occurred in Dhaka, and we, on behalf of CPEML, express our deep concern and strong condemnation. On this day, attacks were carried out on the independent newspapers The Daily Star and Prothom Alo, as well as on the national cultural organizations Chayanat and Udichi, inflicting a severe blow to the country's democracy, freedom of expression, and cultural independence. Media outlets and cultural institutions are the pillars that uphold a society's (…)

In the political history of Bangladesh, some deaths are not merely the end of an individual life—they shake an entire generation, permanently alter a family, and expose the true character of the state. Sharif Osman Hadi, known in political circles as Osman Hadi, was one such name. Introduction: A Name, a Family, and a State Responsibility Hadi was young. Hadi was a husband. Hadi was the father of a two-year-old child. He left behind a young wife and a two-year-old son—a child who will (…)

« La Belgique va subir un budget d'austérité adossé à une politique qui considère que les malades ne sont pas vraiment malades, que les chômeurs ne sont pas vraiment chômeurs et qu'ils doivent donc être contrôlés et si possible privés de leurs droits. » La mobilisation, qui a embrasé tout le pays durant trois jours d'actions syndicales, a été une grande réussite. La Belgique a connu un crescendo de grèves lundi 24 dans les transports publics (trains, bus, trams, métros), mardi 25 dans (…)

The December 1995 strikes marked a resurgence of popular mobilizations—following the 1980s, those “winter years” of which Félix Guattari spoke—and constituted a moment of debate and realignment, both within trade unionism and social movements, among intellectuals, and within left-wing political parties. Hélène Adam, formerly a leading member of SUD-PTT, reflects on the dynamics that fuelled this series of strikes. Thirty years ago, the largest mass mobilization since May 68 thwarted the (…)