Sonja Lokar est une féministe, sociologue et politicienne slovène qui a derrière elle plus de cinquante ans de travail politique et féministe extrêmement actif. Elle est diplômée en langue française et en sociologie de l'Université de Ljubljana, et en tant que sociologue, elle s'est spécialisée dans le développement des partis politiques, les questions de protection sociale de l'État et les questions de genre. Elle est devenue membre de la Ligue des communistes de Yougoslavie en 1966. Au (…)

In the southern Ukrainian industrial city of Kryvyi Rih, Russian is the predominantly spoken language, and for years the majority often voted for parties described as “pro-Russian”. Nevertheless, there was strong resistance against the Russian invasion in 2022. “Jungle World” spoke with social scientist Denys Gorbach about the Ukrainian working class during wartime. When discussing Ukraine, one rarely speaks about Ukrainian class society or about Ukraine being a poor country on the (…)

Rafał Trzaskowski, Karol Nawrocki and Sławomir Mentzen are the three strongest candidates in the Polish presidential campaign. They agree on NATO membership, are pro-American and also support efforts to build a strong domestic army. However, voters are losing interest in the campaign due to their consensus on the key election issue. The trio is therefore trying to attract public attention through rhetorical attacks against war refugees from Ukraine and the country itself. It's easiest to (…)

SOCDEM has ended one set of pre-election negotiations. More await them and could have a fundamental impact on Czechia's oldest domestic party. The chairwoman of SOCDEM Jana Maláčová announced on Monday the termination of negotiations with the Stačilo! (Enough!) coalition regarding pre-election cooperation. In her statement on social media, she justified it as follows: “Time has unfortunately shown that the Stačilo! movement does not want to emphasise left-wing issues, but is built purely (…)

L'économiste Michael Roberts analyse le futur des économies russes et ukrainiennes, trois ans après le début de l'invasion de l'Ukraine par la Russie, et alors que Zelensky se prépare à signer un accord avec Trump. Ukraine : une catastrophe humaine Aujourd'hui marque la fin de la troisième année de la guerre entre l'Ukraine et la Russie. Après trois ans de conflit, l'invasion de l'Ukraine par la Russie a causé des pertes considérables au peuple et à l'économie ukrainiens. Il existe (…)

Researchers say environmental impact from Kakhovka dam explosion comparable to Chornobyl nuclear disaster The destruction of a large Ukrainian dam in 2023 triggered a “toxic timebomb” of environmental harm, a study has found. Lakebed sediments holding 83,000 tonnes of heavy metals were exposed when the Kakhovka dam was blown up one year into Russia's invasion, researchers found. Less than 1% of these “highly toxic” heavy metals – which include lead, cadmium and nickel – are likely to (…)