On the margins of official institutions, independent sociologist and community blogger Vitalie Sprînceană applies himself to thinking about the world that was and the one that is coming. Against all odds: a certified minority, but a putative spearhead.
Chișinău (Moldova)– The visitor from the western part of the Old Continent struggles to find a left-wing conscience in “the other Europe,” that is, the former people's democracies beyond the former Iron Curtain. And for good reason, since (…)

Since 12 May, healthcare staff at the country's various hospitals have been on strike. Among the dozen or so demands put forward, the question of remuneration features prominently. The demand is to reach the standard of East African countries, namely $1,000 salary per month. Added to this are working hours in line with WHO (World Health Organisation) recommendations—45 hours with payment for overtime—transport and accommodation allowances, danger money, and free medical care for (…)

INDOLEFT : Vingt-sept ans après la chute de Suharto, l'Union des Pauvres d'Indonésie (SPRI) soutient que les promesses démocratiques ont été détournées par les oligarques et les propriétaires de capitaux qui continuent de dominer par le biais de partis politiques cooptés et d'institutions étatiques. Dans ce manifeste traduit d'une discussion publique de mai 2025, les militants de SPRI plaident de manière urgente pour la construction d'un nouveau parti politique « né du sein de la lutte (…)

Italians vote in 5 important referendums this weekend. We publish here the statement put out by our comrades in Sinistra Anticapitalista. Introduced with notes from Dave Kellaway
Italy votes this weekend in 5 referendums. Four are all about the existing restrictive, anti-working class labour laws and one is about the length of time involved in claiming citizenship. Meloni's post-fascist led government defends the repressive labour legislation and the current citizenship law which means (…)

GEORGE FLOYD WAS murdered on May 25, 2020 when a white Minneapolis police officer pressed his knee on Floyd's neck for 9-1/2 minutes while Floyd was handcuffed, pleading that he couldn't breathe.
Floyd's death was captured on video by a young female bystander, as other Black people shouted at the police to release Floyd.
His murder led to nationwide and international protests and a reexamination of societal and institutional racism, including policing. Five years later what is the (…)