At least 35 people have died after a magnitude-7.8 earthquake struck off the coast of Mindanao island in the southern Philippines, officials say. [Update: Three days after the earthquake, the official toll standed at 45, with 630 people injured, whilst rescue teams continue their search for missing persons. Tens of thousands of people remain housed in emergency shelters. Millions of schoolchildren will be unable to return to school.] The quake hit at 07:37 local time on Monday (Sunday (…)

Since 2022, the Anwar Ibrahim government has enacted the most union-friendly legislative reforms Malaysia has seen in decades --- loosening restrictions on union formation, prohibiting discrimination in union membership, and allocating fresh public funds to build union capacity. Private sector unionisation has nonetheless continued to fall, standing now at roughly 2.5% of the workforce. S. Arutchelvan, Deputy Chairperson of Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM), explains how the MTUC became (…)

The Bangladesh Krishok Federation (BKF) expresses its profound solidarity with the people of the Philippines who have been affected by the recent earthquake. We are deeply saddened by the loss of lives, injuries, destruction of homes, and disruption of livelihoods caused by this tragic disaster. On behalf of our members—peasants, agricultural workers, rural women, and marginalized communities across Bangladesh—we extend our heartfelt condolences to the families who have lost their loved (…)

Il y a cinquante ans, la loi française reconnaissait la sensibilité animale avec le désormais célèbre article L214-1 du Code rural. Cet article a, depuis, été régulièrement mobilisé contre l'élevage intensif et ses dérives, car il reconnaît la nécessité pour chaque animal d'évoluer « dans des conditions compatibles avec les impératifs biologiques de son espèce ». Un demi-siècle plus tard, cependant, les dernières loi Duplomb et loi d'urgence agricole s'éloignent de plus en plus de (…)

“It has become fashionable to declare that class struggle has faded into the past (...) Class appears to have lost its centrality, surviving at best as a residual category of analysis. Yet this verdict rests on a fundamental confusion between the visibility of class struggle and its structural necessity.” It has become fashionable to declare that class struggle has faded into the past — dissolved by deindustrialisation, scattered by fragmented labour markets, eclipsed by identity-based (…)

The Hungarian parliamentary elections of April 2026 brought an end to sixteen years of uninterrupted rule by Viktor Orbán. The scale of the shift was considerable. With turnout approaching 80 per cent—the highest in post-1989 Hungary—the opposition force led by Péter Magyar secured a two-thirds parliamentary majority, displacing Fidesz from a position it had appeared to consolidate durably over more than a decade. The result was not a marginal correction but a decisive reconfiguration of the (…)

Between late 1879 and early 1880, Marx filled a notebook with reading notes on Mykola Kostomarov's study of the Ukrainian Cossack Hetmanate of the 1650s. The manuscript was suppressed under Stalin, publicly announced by Ukrainian Bolshevik leader Mykola Skrypnyk in 1929, and not published until 1993. A recent article by Galenkin Roman Maksymovich on the Ukrainian website Res Publica — here introduced by Vincent Présumey — reconstructs Marx's analysis from those notes. What emerges is a Marx (…)

This article reconstructs Karl Marx's reading of seventeenth-century Ukrainian history from his notes on Mykola Kostomarov's study The Hetmanate of Vyhovsky, written at the end of 1879 and the beginning of 1880. The manuscript was suppressed in the Soviet period after Mykola Skrypnyk announced its existence in 1929, and first published in independent Ukraine only in 1993 Drawing on Engels's analyses of the German Peasant War, the Polish question, and the use of class war as an instrument (…)

Introduction Left politics in Bangladesh today stands at a complex historical crossroads. On the one hand, there is the deepening crisis of global capitalism, climate catastrophe, corporate control over agriculture and food systems, the precarious lives of the working class, and the shrinking of democratic rights ; on the other hand, there is the organizational weakness, political isolation, and theoretical stagnation of Left forces. The interaction of these two realities is shaping the (…)

The Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine (KVPU) has announced the creation of a new organisation: the All-Ukrainian Union of Combatants, Military Personnel and Veterans. The trade union confederation states that “this is a historic event for the independent Ukrainian trade union movement and the veterans' movement, as it opens up new prospects for the systematic protection of the rights of military personnel, veterans, combatants and their families.” According to the union, “in (…)

Au nom de l'urgence climatique, on risque de légitimer une nouvelle vague de destruction environnementale sous des apparences durables L'adoption récente du projet de loi sur les minerais critiques à la Chambre des députés marque un tournant décisif dans l'intégration du Brésil dans la nouvelle géopolitique mondiale de la transition énergétique. Le capitalisme contemporain traverse une crise écologique et climatique profonde, mais cherche à y faire face sans rompre avec la logique (…)

Cette charge satirique parue sur le site du Bloco de esquerda s'inscrit dans le cadre des débats houleux sur les affaires de corruption, les scandales politiques, les mesures d'austérité, la crise du logement, et les suites de la journée nationale de grève très suivie le 3 juin dernier (PV). Le rire numérique est devenu un anesthésiant. Nous nous moquons d'un homme politique, nous en faisons un mème, nous relayons la boutade et. . . la réflexion s'éteint là, avec l'impunité accordée au (…)

Depuis plus d'un mois circule en Argentine une lettre ouverte adressée aux partis du FIT-U, intitulée « La gauche face à un grand défi », désormais renforcée par une deuxième lettre, toutes deux signées par des militant·es de gauche reconnus. Comme il nous semble important de faire connaître à l'échelle internationale ce qui se passe en Argentine, nous avons interviewé Eduardo Lucita, l'un des signataires des deux lettres . Eduardo Lucita Israel Dutra : Eduardo, la lettre ouverte que (…)

Against the backdrop of a Javier Milei government in crisis and Peronism's decline, polls are showing a surge in support for Myriam Bregman, a Workers' Left Front – Unity (FIT-U) MP. With between 9–14% support and a strong social media presence, the FIT-U is emerging as an alternative for millions. However, historic difficulties that have plagued Argentina's radical left have also re-emerged. Despite its combativeness, the radical left remains fragmented and, in some cases, very sectarian. (…)

Marjane Satrapi, best known for her memoir and film Persepolis, has died, aged 56. The death of this much loved Iranian–French artist, graphic novelist, film-maker and activist has been met with widespread celebration of her life – and its dedication to resistance, freedom and humanity. French president Emmanuel Macron paid tribute to “a great artist who transformed an Iranian childhood into a universal fable”. Satrapi was born in Rasht (like my own mother) in 1969, then raised in Tehran. (…)

Le 22 mai 2026, les militantEs de la Global Sumud Flotilla sont rentréEs à Paris après plusieurs jours de détention en Israël. Macéo et Laetitia, membres du ‪NPA-L'Anticapitaliste, témoignent des tortures qu'ils ont subies aux mains de l'armée israélienne. Macéo, Laetitia Merle Nous publions ici une transcription d'extraits de leur témoignage, disponible en intégralité en vidéo sur la chaîne YouTube du NPA-l'Anticapitaliste Macéo : Nous sommes partiEs le 17 [mai] d'Antalya en Turquie (…)

La mort de Marjane Satrapi, le 4 juin 2026, a relancé un débat persistant : son œuvre, et notamment Persepolis, renforce-t-elle les stéréotypes orientalistes sur l'Iran ? Elahe Amani répond par la négative, en s'appuyant sur les déclarations de Satrapi elle-même. Celles-ci révèlent une artiste qui refusait toute logique de camp : ni soutien au régime islamique, ni caution à l'interventionnisme occidental. L'exil, dit-elle, fut sa blessure la plus profonde — un arrachement irréversible au (…)

Journaliste, philosophe, intellectuel public, Edgar Morin laisse une œuvre qui couvre un siècle d'engagement. Il voyait le marxisme comme fossilisé et développa un cadre épistémologique de la « complexité » où la contradiction exige une suspension permanente du jugement. Il inspira chercheurs, enseignants, journalistes et militants en quête de vérité dans des environnements complexes. Mais si son approche suscita une solidarité réelle, elle fut adoptée en priorité par des modérés qui, (…)