A US military buildup in the Caribbean after weeks of naval strikes is both the latest case of intervention in Latin America and uniquely aggressive in key ways A massive military buildup in the Caribbean has sparked speculation that the U.S. is now engaged in its latest chapter of direct intervention in Latin America. For now, at least, President Donald Trump has walked back suggestions that Washington is eyeing strikes inside Venezuela, seemingly content with attacking numerous naval (…)

L'Ukraine a voté à l'ONU en faveur du maintien des sanctions contre Cuba, aux côtés des seuls USA accompagnés de quelques États aussi peu ragoutants que l'Argentine, la Hongrie ou Israël. Ce vote est fondamentalement une mauvaise nouvelle pour celles et ceux qui luttent pour l'émancipation humaine. Tout comme l'étaient d'ailleurs les abstentions répétées de Cuba sur les motions condamnant la guerre d'agression russe en mars et 2022 puis encore en avril 2025. Le maintien voulu par Trump de (…)

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 (…)

Progressive Slovakia has come forward with a proposal for stronger protection of trade unionists. A liberal centrist party is thus opening a topic that one would rather expect from the left. Something has happened on the Slovak political scene that few would have expected just a few years ago. Progresivné Slovensko (Progressive Slovakia) has come forward with a proposal to strengthen the protection of trade union officials. This is happening at a time when a government composed of (…)

Gen Z organisers overthrew President Andry Rajoelina, but the country's power brokers are attempting to maintain the old system. Colonel Michaël Randrianirina, who took power following massive demonstrations by the population and particularly the youth under the Gen Z banner, rapidly backpedalled. He announced the dissolution of the principal regime institutions except for the National Assembly. One day later, Randrianirina reversed this declaration. Firstly, because the High (…)

Events accelerated this Saturday, 11 October in Madagascar. Following the sudden insurrection of 'Generation Z' a fortnight ago and its brutal repression (24 deaths according to the United Nations), President Andry Rajoelina drew closer to the army by appointing on 6 October a close associate, General Zafisambo, as the new prime minister. As in a remake of recurrent power seizures in Madagascar, the military of Capsat (Corps d'Armée des Personnels et des Services Administratifs et (…)

The second weekend in October saw Manchester host the major political festival The World Transformed. Whilst there was enormous enthusiasm for radical left-wing politics, there was also a disregard for the problems of Ukraine, as well as the Eastern EU countries. The political festival The World Transformed has run regularly since 2016 and opens space for discussion about left-wing politics in Britain. It originally emerged from enthusiasm at the moment when Jeremy Corbyn became the new (…)

Many perceive the BRICS countries as a counterweight to the dollar-dominated monetary order. However, the facts speak for themselves: at the BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro (6–7 July 2025), no real desire to break away from the US currency was expressed. De-dollarisation remains a distant prospect. Many BRICS supporters claim that the bloc is moving towards de-dollarisation. Is this really the case? Nowhere in the 126-point Rio de Janeiro BRICS leaders' declaration: Vladimir Putin's (…)

For nearly four centuries, the world economy has been on a path of ever-greater integration that even two world wars could not totally derail. This long march of globalisation was powered by rapidly increasing levels of international trade and investment, coupled with vast movements of people across national borders and dramatic changes in transportation and communication technology. According to economic historian J. Bradford DeLong, the value of the world economy (measured at fixed 1990 (…)

A critique of the political strategies of the 'Union of the Post-Soviet Left' (PSL) and the coalition 'Peace from Below', as well as their allies amongst the Mens' movement/Manosphere, by an anarchist, poet and feminist living in Ukraine. My name is Galina Rymbu. I am a poet, translator, feminist and anarchist of Moldovan-Romanian and Ukrainian origin. I was born and raised in Western Siberia, in the company town of Chkalovsky in the city of Omsk. My father is a former locksmith, for the (…)

« Exproprier Deutsche Wohnen » Le 26 septembre 2025, le collectif « Deutsche Wohnen & Co enteignen » (DWE) a présenté à la presse son projet de loi sur la socialisation (VergG-E), exactement quatre ans après le premier référendum sur la socialisation des grands groupes immobiliers dans le Land de Berlin, qui avait été approuvé à environ 59,1 % des voix. Le Sénat et la Chambre des députés ne se sont toutefois pas considérés comme tenus de prendre en compte ce référendum et l'ont tout (…)

On 26th September 2025, the initiative “Deutsche Wohnen & Co enteignen” (DWE) presented its draft for a Socialisation Law (VergG-E) to the press—exactly four years after the first referendum on the socialisation of large property corporations was accepted in the state of Berlin with around 59.1 per cent of votes cast. However, the Senate and the House of Representatives did not feel bound by this and simply ignored the referendum. Therefore, the initiators took advantage of the legally (…)

Known in Spanish as Día de Muertos, the Day of the Dead is celebrated every year on November 1 and 2. Blending Mesoamerican, Roman Catholic and pagan roots, this celebration sees families gather in many parts of Mexico and around the world to honour and commemorate their departed loved ones. Women in Mexico City dressed as the traditional Day of the Dead figure La Catrina as they protest violence against women in 2020. The Photo Access / Alamy Enjoying a festive atmosphere, people build (…)

Dans ce texte, Alexis Cukier développe une analyse du rôle de la guerre dans l'Anthropocène ainsi que du développement du militarisme environnemental, puis une lecture écomarxiste de la guerre impérialiste en Ukraine et de la guerre génocidaire au Palestine dans le contexte de ce qu'il nomme le capitalisme des catastrophes, avant de proposer à la discussion des éléments pour une stratégie écosocialiste combinant lutte contre le militarisme et soutien aux résistances anti-impérialistes, y (…)

Le président russe Vladimir Poutine, vêtu d'un uniforme militaire, a annoncé le 26 octobre 2025 que la Russie avait testé avec succès un missile à propulsion nucléaire. Si cette information est avérée, une telle arme pourrait conférer à la Russie une capacité militaire unique, aux répercussions politiques plus larges. Le missile, appelé Bourevestnik, aurait été testé avec succès au-dessus de l'océan Arctique après des années de développement et plusieurs vols d'essai initiaux, dont l'un a (…)

L'arme nucléaire revient sur le devant de la scène internationale, avec les annonces successives, par Vladimir Poutine, du développement de nouveaux armements, et par Donald Trump de la reprise d'essais. Les traités de limitation des armements sont de plus en plus ignorés et cette nouvelle course entre les deux (anciens) Grands de la guerre froide pourrait, cette fois, inciter plusieurs nouveaux participants à entrer dans la compétition… Depuis une semaine, l'actualité stratégique est (…)

Prabowo Subianto et Gibran Rakabuming Raka ont adopté un programme populiste durant la campagne électorale ; en obtenant le soutien total de l'oligarchie et des principaux partis politiques, ils ont finalement remporté la victoire lors de l'élection présidentielle de 2024. L'élection de Prabowo et Gibran à la présidence et à la vice-présidence ouvre un nouveau chapitre de souffrances maintenues pour le peuple indonésien. Cela ressort clairement des divers problèmes auxquels font face (…)

Il y a moins d'un mois, le Premier ministre DS Anwar Ibrahim s'est exprimé avec émotion sur la nécessité de construire un « nouvel ordre international humanitaire », faisant référence à l'hypocrisie des dirigeants qui prônent les droits de l'homme (sans doute en référence à l'administration Trump aux États-Unis) tout en exterminant les Palestiniens de leur terre. Il a également fait référence à Frantz Fanon, qui affirmait que même si les pays ont obtenu leur indépendance, ils continuent (…)

Une féministe, anarchiste et poète vivant en Ukraine adresse un message personnel et politique à la dirigeante de Your Party, invitant à réfléchir à ce que pourraient être l'antifascisme contemporain et de véritables stratégies de solidarité avec les opprimés. Dans cette puissante et émouvante lettre ouverte à Zarah Sultana, Galina Rymbu revient aussi sur le congrès de Paris pour la Paix et sur les orateurs russes. Mais cette lettre ne se réduit pas ce sordide mensonge politique, elle (…)

Over the past month, Pakistan-Administered Jammu and Kashmir (PAJK) have experienced one of the most significant waves of mass mobilisation in recent years. Triggered by rising electricity tariffs, increased taxation, and widespread economic hardship, the protests, which are led by the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC), have evolved into a broader movement advocating for social and economic justice through a 38-point Charter of Demands. The demonstrations have attracted participation from (…)

Rubble in Nuseirat, in the central Gaza Strip, on Thursday.Credit: Eyad Baba/AFP In the first days after the Gaza cease-fire began, it seemed for a moment as if the curtain had finally fallen on the October 7 war. It was possible to breathe. I rejoiced that Gaza's residents would be able to breathe for a moment without fear of missiles and bombs. Granted, the disaster and the tragedy were still at their height, but at least the killing would stop. In Israel, too, people spoke about being (…)