This article analyzes the groundbreaking electoral success of the National People's Power (NPP) party in Sri Lanka's November 2024 parliamentary elections, focusing on their remarkable victory in Jaffna - historically a Tamil nationalist stronghold. Author D.B.S. Jeyaraj examines how the NPP, led by newly-elected President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, tripled their vote share in Jaffna within two months of the presidential election, winning three of six available seats. The piece details key (…)

- Tamils (Sri Lanka)

Historiquement, les discussions stratégiques et tactiques entre révolutionnaires britanniques ont été dominées par la question de savoir comment se situer par rapport au Parti travailliste. Comparé à la France, à l'Italie ou à l'Espagne, le Parti communiste britannique, malgré l'essor qu'il a connu après la Seconde Guerre mondiale, a été une force politique beaucoup plus faible. Contrairement à ce qui s'est passé ailleurs en Europe, il n'a jamais formé d'alliance avec le parti travailliste (…)

- A Gauche (Europe) / GALLOWAY George, Respect (GB), Forms of organisation, Party (conception, issues), Great Britain (GB), Labor / Labour movement, Labour Party (UK), Corbynism, Palestine2023 (fr), CORBYN Jeremy, Electoral (mode de scrutin) / Système électoral, BLAIR Tony, STARMER Keir, Transform (Britain), Démocratie, Intersectionnalité / Inclusivité / Consubstantialité

Israel's Maccabi Tel Aviv fans ignited violence in Amsterdam, but the far-right is victimising them to repress Palestine solidarity, writes Alex de Jong. Amsterdam's liberal mayor Femke Halsema declared which followed the Maccabi Tel Aviv and AFC Ajax match at the end of last week were the result of ‘a toxic cocktail of antisemitism, hooliganism and anger over the war in Palestine and Israel'. Whilst the description is not wholly false, it is certainly misleading. This was made clear by (…)

- Sport and politics / The Netherlands, Islamophobia / Anti-Muslim Racism / Anti-Muslim bigotry, Antisemitism (eng), Palestine (Eng), Palestine2023, Israel (Eng), Maccabi Tel-Aviv (Foot), Football hooligans, Far Right / Extreme Right, Erev Rav (The Netherlands)