La Chine a annoncé le 24 janvier dernier la destitution du plus haut responsable militaire chinois, le général Zhang Youxia. Cette nouvelle purge fracassante dans l'armée met en lumière de fortes tensions au sein du régime. Mais elle pourrait aussi traduire la volonté du président Xi Jinping de réunir les conditions au sein de l'Armée populaire de libération (APL) pour mener un jour une guerre prolongée contre Taïwan. Le général Zhang Youxia (张又侠), 75 ans, vice-président de la Commission (…)

Since the collapse of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s, Serbia has been going through a permanent structural crisis. The destruction of the Yugoslav state not only produced new nation-states: it paved the way for accelerated capitalist development, imposed under imperialist pressure, which profoundly reconfigured class relations in the region. Inserted into the capitalist world economy, Serbia is in a typical position of a semi-peripheral country. Its strategic geographical position in the (…)

Today's Democratic Party has no recognized leaders, no coherent program to address today's multiplying problems, never had actual members, depends on the kindness of well-to-do donors, has, despite significant gains in a handful of elections in 2025, lost working-class voters of all races, and is stuck in the status quo. Many of its own advisers, officials, candidates, and office holders describe it as chaotic, leaderless, its brand “toxic,” and its broader message muddled. Voters, even (…)

Resistance to President Donald Trump is growing, taking the form of massive, peaceful protest marches, small local rebellions against ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement), Democratic Party election victories, and a gradually changing public opinion. One could even talk about a growing class consciousness. The growth of the resistance comes in reaction to Trump's attacks on public services, on higher education, on freedom of speech, on public employees and their unions, and the cruelty (…)