The record is hardly a glowing one for the Malagasy military, who seized power by presenting themselves as the protectors of the people against the former repressive regime. In late September 2025, mass protests erupted against the incessant and increasingly prolonged power cuts, as well as against the corruption of the ruling Rajoelina clan. Eight months later, the hopes of Gen Z, which had mobilised en masse, have faded, giving way to mixed feelings of despondency and anger. Recurring (…)

Le bilan n'est guère reluisant pour les militaires qui ont pris le pouvoir en se présentant comme les protecteurs du peuple confronté à l'ancien régime répressif. Fin septembre 2025, des manifestations massives ont éclaté contre les coupures incessantes et de plus en plus longues d'électricité, ainsi que contre la corruption du clan Rajoelina au pouvoir. Huit mois plus tard, l'espoir de la Gen Z, massivement mobilisée, s'est estompé, laissant place à des sentiments mêlés d'abattement et (…)

Regional elections will take place in Andalusia on 17 May in a context marked by the consolidation of the PP, which in 2018 broke decades of Socialist dominance, and the rise of an increasingly aggressive right wing. Against this backdrop, the most striking development of the campaign is the growth of Adelante Andalucía: according to the latest CIS poll, the party is on course to secure 8.5% of the vote and win six seats, overtaking the coalition led by the Communist Party, which has (…)

The Left Party's 46th Congress displayed an almost deafening sense of self-confidence and fighting spirit ahead of the upcoming election. The key priority for the party leadership – and the majority at the congress – was to “tie Nooshi to the mast” regarding the demand to be part of a future government and not to “let through” any other alternative government. The question is whether the concerns that have existed – and still exist – among many Left Party members regarding the consequences (…)

A RECENT LETTER published in Counterpunch, signed by individuals ranging from Ajamu Baraka to Vijay Prashad, proves a remarkable episode in authoritarian apologia from the left. In particular, the letter condemns the US's actions against Iran. But in doing so, the letter ventures into apologia for the Iranian regime in the most glowing of terms. The letter writes, in speaking of Iran: “What stands before it is not merely a nation, but a civilisation that has weaponised its own (…)

« Aucun des criminels du régime d'Assad n'aurait imaginé qu'un jour viendrait où il serait tenu de rendre compte de ses crimes ; ils se croyaient éternels et pensaient que quiconque s'opposait à eux ou leur tenait tête était voué à être éternellement perdant. (...) De même aujourd'hui, aucun des auteurs de crimes liés au régime post-Assad, qu'ils aient commis ces crimes avant ou après la chute d'Assad, n'imagine qu'il pourrait se retrouver dans la même situation que celle des criminels du (…)

The BRICS countries have split three ways in response to the Israeli-American war on Iran: condemnation of Israel and the United States by Iran, Russia, China and Brazil; condemnation of Iran alone by the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and India; equivocation from Indonesia, South Africa and Ethiopia. Modi's tilt toward Washington and Tel Aviv breaks with India's non-aligned tradition; Pakistan has eclipsed New Delhi as US-Iran mediator. Contradictory security alignments, not (…)

Italy's hard right lost its March 2026 judicial-reform referendum — yet Fratelli d'Italia remains the country's leading party, and sovereigntism the dominant ideological vector. Salvatore Cannavò argues that the Italian left is structured around three distinct tendencies (liberal, radical-democratic, socialist) and that only the socialist or class-based component is in genuine disarray. He proposes recombining socialist ideas — ecosocialism, self-management, the Paris Commune legacy — with (…)

L'enquête du Morning Money met en avant un argument partagé, par-delà la fracture de classe, entre syndicalistes du secteur informel et économistes patronaux à Colombo : l'approche punitive du Sri Lanka en matière de formalisation — fiscalité, réglementation, menace de coercition — a échoué, et c'est l'État lui-même qui en paiera le prix. Sans inscription volontaire et incitative liée à une véritable sécurité sociale comportant des cotisations salariales, le gouvernement héritera d'une (…)

This Morning Money's investigation foregrounds an argument shared, across the class divide, by trade unionists organising the informal sector and by employer-side economists in Colombo: Sri Lanka's punitive approach to formalisation — taxation, regulation, threatened enforcement — has failed, and the state itself will bear the cost. Without voluntary, incentive-based registration tied to genuine social security with employee contributions, the government will inherit an unfunded burden of (…)

90 plus tard, le Front populaire résonne encore dans la mémoire française. Chacun à gauche se réclame du grand exemple, mais la plupart du temps pour valoriser le choix politique du moment. L'historien Roger Martelli rappelle les faits. Il n'y a certes pas une vérité unique du Front populaire et chacun est libre de dire ce qu'il retient de l'événement. Est-il toutefois possible de retenir des points de repère partageables, à partir de ce que l'on sait aujourd'hui de l'événement lui-même ? (…)

In this piece for the Italian independent media outlet Valigia Blu, Arianna Ciccone weaves together five threads to argue that Ukrainian resistance to Russian aggression and Palestinian resistance to Israeli occupation are inseparable tests of contemporary antifascism. Drawing on David Sassoli's defence of the European project as a fragile achievement, the testimonies of Ukrainian left voices including Hanna Perekhoda, Taras Bilous and Solidarity Collectives, the federalist and nonviolent (…)

Where is one of worst places to be a woman? Afghanistan. That's what most people think when it comes to the topic of the women's rights crisis under the ruling Taliban in Afghanistan. But this only tells part of the story. Afghan girls attend a class in an underground school in Afghanistan two years after the 2020 Taliban takeover of the country. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Ebrahim Noroozi Focusing on the word “rights” hides something more serious underneath: how people live and survive in (…)

Dans cet article publié par le média indépendant italien Valigia Blu, Arianna Ciccone tisse cinq fils pour soutenir que la résistance ukrainienne à l'agression russe et la résistance palestinienne à l'occupation israélienne sont des épreuves indissociables de l'antifascisme contemporain. En mobilisant la défense par David Sassoli du projet européen comme conquête fragile, les voix de la gauche ukrainienne — Hanna Perekhoda, Taras Bilous, Solidarity Collectives —, l'héritage fédéraliste et (…)

Trump‑Xi summit will be no ‘Nixon in China' moment – that they are talking is enough for now Meetings between Chinese and American leaders are not exactly routine, but few are historically groundbreaking. The exceptions include the very first visit by a sitting U.S. president to China, when Richard Nixon met with Chairman Mao Zedong in Beijing in February 1972 – at a time when America did not even formally recognize the People's Republic of China. Deng Xiaoping's visit to the U.S. in (…)

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, is one of the world's leading causes of death, responsible for 3.5 million deaths in 2021 alone. It is often thought of as a disease of older smokers. But that picture is too simple. COPD usually develops slowly over many years, often long before symptoms become obvious. COPD is a long-term lung condition that makes it harder to move air in and out of the lungs. It includes damage to the airways, often described as chronic bronchitis, and (…)

The presence on the podium, on March 26 and 27, of a representative of the Iranian regime is unacceptable. The center of both podiums was decorated with the flag of the Islamic Republic, a regime described as fascist by the overwhelming majority of the Iranian population. A regime that, in many countries, has long maintained close ties with far-right, Holocaust-denying, fascist, and neo-Nazi figures and organizations. The height of irony at an anti-fascist conference! On the opening day (…)