Are south-east Asia's street vendors, “the backbone of urban food systems”, prepared for the impacts of climate change? Loan (not her real name) is a street vendor in her mid-40s selling fresh orange juice from her cart in an industrial area of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. She squeezes oranges by hand for long stretches of time, to meet the demand from workers in the nearby factories. She is overwhelmed by all the problems she faces on a daily basis: from being on her feet all day to her (…)

The recent election of 22 women to Sri Lanka's new parliament in November 2024 has sparked significant interest and enquiry. This development, representing a welcome doubling of female representation compared to previous parliaments, has naturally led many people, researchers, and organisations to seek insights into the strategies and mechanisms behind this notable increase. Whilst the numerical achievement is undoubtedly significant and a cause for optimism, our consistent response (…)

On October 21, during the Extraordinary Diet session, LDP (Liberal Democratic Party) President Sanae Takaichi was nominated as Prime Minister, establishing the Takaichi administration through a coalition between the LDP and JIP (Japan Innovation Party). This development brought to a temporary conclusion the month-and-a-half-long period of “political realignment” that began with former Prime Minister Ishiba's resignation announcement following the LDP's crushing defeat in the July Upper House (…)

This wasn't supposed to happen. When Zohran Mamdani launched his mayoral campaign in late October 2024, the candidate himself was probably the only person in the city who thought he could win. Donald Trump's election two weeks later cemented the mainstream consensus that New York City and the nation were turning decisively rightward. Pivoting to the “moderate center,” we were told, was the Democratic Party's only chance at electoral survival. Even the most optimistic of Mamdani's leftist (…)

Ce n'était pas censé se produire. Lorsque Zohran Mamdani a démarré sa campagne pour la mairie fin octobre 2024, le candidat lui-même était probablement la seule personne dans la ville à penser qu'il pouvait gagner. Photo : Le réactionnaire New York Post tente de déchiffrer le conflit socio-politique lié à la victoire électorale de Zohran Mamdani. L'élection de Donald Trump deux semaines plus tard a renforcé le consensus général selon lequel New York et le pays dans son ensemble (…)

Hier soir à Brooklyn, après sa victoire à l'élection municipale de New York, Zohran Mamdani a prononcé un discours dans lequel il a cité Eugene Debs, a directement défié Donald Trump et a présenté sa vision d'une ville de New York transformée. Nous le reproduisons ici dans son intégralité.[Jacobin] Zohran Mamdani s'exprimant lors de la soirée électorale au Brooklyn Paramount Theater après sa victoire à l'élection municipale. (Angelina Katsanis / AFP via Getty Images) Le soleil s'est (…)

Loan (nom d'emprunt), la quarantaine, vit de la vente ambulante de jus d'orange pressé. Son étal se trouve dans une zone industrielle de Hô Chi Minh-Ville, au Viêt Nam. Pour répondre à la demande des travailleuses et travailleurs des usines proches, elle doit presser les oranges à la main à longueur de journée. Elle se sent souvent accablée par la foule de problèmes auxquels elle se heurte au quotidien : que ce soit le fait de devoir passer des journées entières debout, l'irrégularité de ses (…)

Each year, more than 400 elephants and around 150 people perish in a spiral of violence that shows no sign of slowing. The numbers reflect not only a conservation crisis but also a profound failure of environmental governance Sri Lanka's worsening human–elephant conflict (HEC) — one of the deadliest on the planet — has reached what conservationists describe as a “national ecological emergency.”. For decades, successive governments have promised to “resolve” the conflict, yet the problem (…)

Environmental Activist Vincent Kwipalo Files Criminal Complaint Against PT Murni Nusantara Mandiri Over Plantation Crimes at National Police Headquarters Since 2024, an environmental activist and leader of the Kwipalo clan, Vincent Kwipalo, from Blandin Kakayo Village, Jagebob District, Merauke Regency, has refused to allow the sugarcane plantation company PT Murni Nusantara Mandiri (PT MNM) to operate in his customary territory. His reason is that the land, groves and customary forests (…)

Le mois d'octobre 2025 a été le théâtre d'une augmentation conséquente des violences coloniales en Cisjordanie. Au cœur de ces violences, les attaques à répétition contre les agriculteurs en pleine saison des olives. Parmi les 2350 attaques contre des Palestinien-nes, 340 agressions contre les cueilleurs d'olives ont été recensées depuis l'ouverture de la récolte, au début du mois d'octobre, d'après le chef de la Commission de résistance au mur et aux colonies Mu'ayyad Shaban. Ces (…)

Few things are clearer in today's world than the widespread resentment against being sidelined by forces that serve the dominance of a few. Zohran Mamdani's campaign raised near-universal demands for justice and equality. Photo: X/@ZohranKMamdani Zohran Mamdani's election as Mayor of New York is not merely a political shift but a turning point with ramifications far beyond the city's skyline. His victory can be seen as a first serious challenge to the global ascendancy of right-wing (…)

Last night in Brooklyn, after his win in New York's mayoral race, Zohran Mamdani gave a victory speech that quoted Eugene Debs, directly challenged Donald Trump, and laid out a vision for a New York City transformed. We reprint it here in full. Zohran Mamdani speaking during an election night event at the Brooklyn Paramount theater following his victory in the mayoral election. (Angelina Katsanis / AFP via Getty Images) The sun may have set over our city this evening, but as Eugene Debs (…)

Devant un parterre de journalistes, Navi Pillay n'a pas pris de gants. « L'État d'Israël est responsable de quatre actes de génocide à Gaza », a-t-elle affirmé mardi dans la salle de presse des Nations Unies, à New York. Cette ancienne juge du Tribunal pénal international pour le Rwanda, qui a longtemps dirigé le Haut-Commissariat de l'ONU aux droits de l'homme, sait ce que le mot génocide implique : l'accusation la plus grave que le droit international puisse formuler. UN News Des (…)

Après les révélations de Mediapart et de « Libération », Laurent Nuñez a demandé mercredi l'ouverture d'une enquête administrative sur le comportement des gendarmes, deux ans et demi après les faits. Interrogé sur France Inter, il a refusé de les qualifier de violences policières. Les manifestants blessés, eux, dénoncent les donneurs d'ordres. Laurent Nuñez a demandé mercredi au directeur général de la gendarmerie nationale (DGGN) d'ouvrir une enquête administrative pour « faire la lumière (…)

On 7th November, the anarchist book fair takes place in Berlin's Mehringhof. The group Anarchist Black Cross Belarus states they are not permitted to participate. Jungle World spoke with a member of the group about the reasons and about anarchist solidarity in wartime. Why are you not supposed to participate in the book fair? First came a rejection with false claims about our events and our material. After we corrected that, we were told we couldn't participate because our position on (…)

On the night of October 13th to 14th, at 2 a.m., by order of the Dean of the National Technical University of Athens, heavily armed special police forces, unprovoked and provocatively, invaded the historic site of the Polytechnic and arrested 15 students. The site was occupied, according to the democratically taken decision of the General Assembly of the Students' Association of the School of Architecture, against the introduction of disciplinary boards, student expulsions, private (…)

Your Party's founding conference will use sortition – random selection – to choose which 13,000 of its members can attend, with the wider membership relegated to a symbolic vote on the constitution. This marks an alarming departure from the organised left's traditional commitment to mass democratic participation. Whilst sortition has roots in ancient Athens and has been championed by figures like Roger Hallam and experimented with by Momentum, it fundamentally contradicts socialist (…)

On October 12 Suzi Weissman interviewed Professor Tom Alter, a tenured professor at Texas State University and author of Toward a Cooperative Commonwealth the Transplanted Roots of Farmer Labor Radicalism in Texas for KPFK's “Beneath the Surface” program. A popular professor, he was fired on the basis of a well-known neo-fascist's filming of an online conference where he was discussing different methods of movement organizing. Contact the Committee to Defend Tom Alter for more information (…)

SOLIDARITY, A SOCIALIST, feminist and and anti-racist organization — and sponsor of the journal AGAINST THE CURRENT — demands the reinstatement of Professor Thomas Alter at Texas State University. Professor Alter, a tenured historian, was fired in the absence of any due process after being attacked online by a far-right media influencer. The false claim was made that he advocated political violence in a 7 September online political meeting unrelated to the university. His remarks at this (…)

As governments across East and Southeast Asia tighten restrictions on activism and association, civic space is rapidly shrinking. Leah Lin, founder of the Asia Citizen Future Association, explains how Taiwan's democracy faces its own contradictions and why slowing the decline of freedoms may be the most radical act left. From the streets of Jakarta to Bangkok's Victory Monument and Manila's main thoroughfares, the past year has seen a wave of protest across East and Southeast Asia. Yet, (…)

The attempt by the Prabowo-Gibran regime to designate Soeharto as a hero constitutes an insult to all victims of New Order power. At the same time, it represents a denial of history regarding the series of human rights violations committed by the New Order regime under Soeharto, which still leaves a collective wound amongst the people. “Ignoring the history of serious human rights violations is nothing more than an attempt to silence victims so that their cases are never revealed”, said (…)

CIVIL SOCIETY MOVEMENT TO BRING SUHARTO TO JUSTICE (GEMAS) Office of the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (KontraS) Jalan Kramat II Number 7, RT.2/RW.9, Kwitang, Senen District, Central Jakarta, 10420, DKI Jakarta Number: III/SK-GEMAS/X/2025 Subject: Open Letter of Objection Against Proposing H.M. Soeharto as National Hero Enclosure: Supreme Court of the Republic of Indonesia Ruling Number 140 PK/Pdt/2015 To the Honourable, Fadli Zon Chair of the Board of Titles, (…)

On Thursday 30th October, the Civil Society Movement to Bring Suharto to Justice (GEMAS), which consists of victims of gross human rights violations, individuals and civil society organisations, officially sent an open letter urging the chairperson of the Titles, Service and Honorary Medals Board (GTK) Board at the Ministry of State Secretariat to reject the proposal to name H.M. Suharto as a national hero. The letter was signed by 185 institutions and 256 individuals from various regions in (…)

This open letter, signed by over 500 Indonesian academics, human rights activists, journalists, artists and civil society figures, represents one of the most significant expressions of public opposition to the proposed posthumous designation of General (Ret.) H.M. Soeharto as a National Hero of Indonesia. Published on 5th November 2025, the letter addresses President Prabowo Subianto directly, urging him to reject the controversial proposal that has emerged from the Title Council. The (…)