Book Review: Deeper Ground, Darker Shadows: The Making of a Mindanao Rebel by Eddie L. Quitoriano (The University of Wisconsin Press, 2025) Deeper Ground, Darker Shadows by Eddie L. Quitoriano chronicles his long journey from a moderate student activist in the early 1970s to a radical organizer, a commander of the New People's Army (NPA), the NPA's International Representative in the early 1990s, and finally a political detainee who returned to civilian life in the mid-1990s. The book (…)

During the first year of his second term, President Donald Trump had virtually absolute control over his Republican Party. No one criticized him, either because they agreed with his authoritarian and far-right policies, or because they feared that, if they raised their voices, they would find their careers ended. Now things have changed. Republicans have criticized his immigrant deportation policies, his racist posts, and his threat to take over the election process. At the same time (…)

The former senior French government minister had been under mounting pressure after Mediapart's revelations about his family's financial and business links with the disgraced US financier Jeffrey Epstein. Jack Lang announced his resignation as president of the Institut du Monde Arabe on February 7th, the day after financial crimes prosecutors in Paris opened an investigation into aggravated money laundering linked to tax fraud, targeting both him and his daughter, Caroline Lang. Former (…)

Des sociologues ont enquêté sur les élus de Seine-Saint-Denis entre 2014 et 2024. Leur livre « Élus des banlieues populaires » décrit les mécanismes de sélectivité du personnel politique local, et la relation ambivalente qu'entretiennent les élus racisés à la gauche. Dans Élus des banlieues populaires (Puf, 2026), les sociologues Marie-Hélène Bacqué et Jeanne Demoulin ont enquêté sur les élu·es de Seine-Saint-Denis entre 2014 et 2024. Et elles pointent les limites de l'ouverture des partis (…)

The dismissal of General Zhang Youxia was officially announced on January 24. This is another step in the purges that have been taking place within the Chinese army's general staff. Zhang was considered “untouchable” given his supposed closeness to Xi Jinping. As for the Central Military Commission (CMC), it is now a hollow shell, having lost five of its seven members. Xi continues to clear the field around him, contrary to any form of collegiality. The only remaining member of the CMC, (…)

Des milliers de personnes provenant de 66 pays sont réduites en esclavage et emprisonnées dans des complexes cambodgiens qui gèrent des escroqueries en ligne à l'échelle mondiale. Un système d'esclavage moderne toléré par les autorités. [Synthèse d'une interview accordée par Ivan Franceschini , rédacteur en chef du Made in China Journal, à Radio Radicale et d'un article publié sur le site Aeon, complétés par d'autres sources (voir les liens vers les originaux ci-dessous). Cette synthèse a (…)

The publication of the Taliban's new penal code marks yet another step in their effort to drag the country back into a medieval order, this time under the guise of a seemingly legal document. This code, which has been issued and endorsed by the Taliban authorities, is made up of 10 chapters and 119 articles and reflects the group's intent to monopolize power, redefine social hierarchy, erase the civic status of the country's residents, and legitimize the widescale use of centuries-old (…)