Trump a fait campagne sur la peur face aux changements brutaux de la société américaine et de la situation internationale, en attisant le racisme et le rejet des « étrangers ». Une tactique millénaire qui a fait, de nouveau, ses preuves. Donald Trump a remporté l'élection présidentielle et le Parti républicain retrouve également la majorité au Sénat, et sans doute à la Chambre des représentants, il aura donc le pouvoir au Congrès. Avec la Cour suprême qui est depuis longtemps solidement (…)

Israël vient d'interdire à l'UNRWA d'opérer dans les territoires palestiniens occupés, l'accusant d'avoir été massivement infiltrée par le Hamas. Or l'agence onusienne fournit de nombreux services de première nécessité aux habitants de Cisjordanie et surtout de Gaza : la cessation de ses activités aggravera considérablement leur situation déjà désastreuse. Le 4 novembre 2024, Israël a officiellement informé l'ONU de son intention de rompre ses liens avec l'UNRWA, l'agence des Nations unies (…)

[Editor's note: The following is an edited transcript of the speech and responses to questions given by Hanna Perekhoda on the “Imperialism(s) today” panel at the “Boris Kagarlitsky and the challenges of the left today” online conference, which was organised by the Boris Kagarlitsky International Solidarity Campaign on October 8. Perekhoda is a Ukrainian socialist, member of solidaritéS in Vaud Canton, Switzerland, and a PhD candidate in Political Science (University of Lausanne). (…)

Jaun Elia's cultural impact has only grown after his death. Critics and poetry enthusiasts see him as someone who challenged the notions of traditional Urdu poetry. It took Jaun Elia's death on 8 November 2002 for the world to fall in love with his poetry. Today, he is one of the most Googled poets, but still remains an enigmatic figure in modern Urdu poetry—a Pakistani Marxist, an atheist, and most importantly, a man who questioned the status quo. But for all the hype around his verse, (…)

On 29 October 2024, the Director-General (Legal) at the Presidential Secretariat, Attorney at Law J M Wijebandara, representing the government stated that the issue was not the PTA's existence as our law, but rather its misuse to detain civil activists, journalists, and others. He stated that the Government would not allow such misuse and that the PTA would only be applied based on “credible intelligence information, and it will not be used for political revenge”. On the same day, Cabinet (…)

While many accusations have been traded over the years about the impact of middlemen on prices in the rice and vegetable market in Sri Lanka and how it leads to the exploitation of farmers and consumers, the new Government appears to be biding its time until next year to undertake concrete action to tackle this. Middlemen are key persons in Sri Lanka's vegetable and rice value chain, given that the marketing operation has a crucial role in deciding farmer profits and consumer availability. (…)