In early October 2025, Taiwan's LGBTQ+ community was rocked by controversy when Belle Chiu, Administrative and Public Relations Director of Taiwan Pride, posted anti-transgender and anti-sexual rights statements on social media. Chiu declared opposition to legal gender change without surgery, psychological gender identity, and dismissed decades of sexual rights advocacy as “rubbish left behind by predecessors.” The comments exposed deep tensions within Taiwan's queer movement at a critical (…)

When Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim heaped praise on Donald Trump at the Asean summit as a “peacemaker” for allegedly achieving peace between Cambodia and Thailand, it was a crass case of moral amnesia. To call Trump a peacemaker is not merely a distortion of history – it is a desecration of truth and decency. The minor border flare-up between Cambodia and Thailand over the Preah Vihear Temple was indeed unfortunate, but it was resolved through Asean diplomacy and the International Court (…)

IT IS SAID that every crisis gives rise to an opportunity, and there can be no doubt that we are in the midst of multiple crises, both at home and internationally — the rise of the far right, war in Europe, genocide in Gaza, climate disaster, starvation, dangerous leaders and chronic instability. Political crises wherever we look. Following decades of Tory rule, we have the most appalling excuse of a government, led by a Prime Minister and Labour leader who must rank as one of the worst, (…)

I understand that I shall now receive criticism for discrediting Ukrainian patriots. But I am convinced that truth makes us stronger. Recently, the well-known researcher of anarchist history Anatoly Dubovik published a biographical entry about Anastasia Galayeva (1885-1925), an activist in anarcho-communist groups and organisations in Katerynoslav (now the city of Dnipro) and Kyiv. She passed through the prisons of both the tsarist and Bolshevik regimes and died at the age of forty from (…)

Outre-Manche, les petits réacteurs modulaires sont présentés comme une solution énergétique, mais servent d'abord les besoins stratégiques des armées. En subventionnant le nucléaire civil, citoyens et consommateurs financent indirectement la puissance militaire. La récente visite de Donald Trump au Royaume-Uni a donné lieu à un « partenariat historique » sur l'énergie nucléaire. Londres et Washington ont annoncé leur intention de construire 20 petits réacteurs modulaires et de développer (…)

Events were organised by the Indonesian diaspora and students in 43 cities across 23 countries. Amidst the momentum of the commemoration of Youth Pledge Day on Tuesday 28 October, dozens of Indonesian citizens from Indonesia Bergerak (Indonesia in Motion), ranging from students to the diaspora, visited the Republic of Indonesia Consulate General (KJRI) in Melbourne, Australia, where the “Indonesia Bergerak Declaration” document was handed over to Consulate staff. BEfore the “Indonesia (…)