Solar power is at the forefront of the global move towards renewable energy. But how significant is this shift, in countries like Pakistan? For left-wing environmental activists, the rapid expansion of solar energy presents both an opportunity and a challenge. In recent years, Pakistan has seen a staggering increase in solar panel installations, both on and off the grid. Official figures show that grid-connected solar capacity has expanded more than sevenfold in just three years, while (…)

Les ménages et les entreprises à travers le Pakistan couvrent leurs toits de panneaux solaires chinois bon marché. Produire sa propre électricité atténue les effets des prix en forte hausse. Plus les panneaux s'installent sur les usines, les magasins et les maisons de la classe moyenne, moins les compagnies d'électricité perçoivent d'argent pour leur approvisionnement, qui est généré à partir de centrales au charbon, au gaz, nucléaires et hydroélectriques. Cela a exacerbé la crise de (…)

Households and businesses across Pakistan are covering their roofs with cheap Chinese solar panels. Generating their own electricity is softening the blows from steeply increasing prices. The more panels go up on factories, shops and middle-class homes, the less money electricity companies collect for their supply, which is generated from coal, gas, nuclear and hydro power stations. This has exacerbated the cash crisis in the electricity sector, which is about $9 billion in debt, and (…)

Since the start of the large-scale war, due to Russian bombing, more than 3,400 educational establishments have been damaged and 400 have been completely destroyed. Among them are many universities. In these establishments, the conditions for students to study are becoming increasingly difficult, particularly because the university administrations are not carrying out the necessary repairs. This issue of repairs is one of the concerns of the student union Priama Diia, which is demanding that (…)

Depuis le début de la guerre à grande échelle, en raison des bombardements russes, ce sont plus de 3 400 établissements d'enseignement ont été endommagés et 400 ont été complètement détruits. Parmi eux de nombreuses universités. Dans ces établissements, les conditions d'études des etudiant·es deviennent de plus en plus difficiles, notamment parce que les administrations universitaires ne procèdent pas aux réparations nécessaires. Cette question des réparations est une des préoccupations du (…)

Despite hopes for change, things may stay the same or worsen in Myanmar, as the junta's fight against resistance groups and civilians continues into another year. On 1 February 2025, Myanmar will enter a fifth year under military rule. Will 2025 bring change to Myanmar's current woes? As 2025 began, more people and members of the resistance against the military in Myanmar were hoping for and expecting the fall of the State Administration Council (SAC) junta. The junta is intent on (…)

L'idéologie dominante de l'extrême droite est devenue un survivalisme suprémaciste monstrueux. Notre tâche est de construire un mouvement suffisamment fort pour les arrêter. Le mouvement pour les cités-États corporatives n'en croit pas sa chance. Depuis des années, il promeut l'idée extrême que les personnes fortunées allergiques aux impôts devraient créer leurs propres fiefs high-tech, qu'il s'agisse de nouveaux pays sur des îles artificielles en eaux internationales (« seasteading ») ou (…)

L'élection d'avril 2025 en Équateur confirme un schéma mondial : les institutions démocratiques ploient sous le poids d'un autoritarisme axé sur la sécurité tandis que les forces progressistes peinent à présenter des alternatives convaincantes. Daniel Noboa, fils de 37 ans du magnat de la banane, a assuré sa présidence non pas par l'innovation politique mais en exploitant une réponse militarisée à la crise sécuritaire de l'Équateur, en manipulant les ressources de l'État et en capitalisant (…)

The April 2025 election in Ecuador confirms a global pattern: democratic institutions buckling under the weight of security-driven authoritarianism while progressive forces struggle to present compelling alternatives. Daniel Noboa, the 37-year-old son of a banana magnate, secured his presidency not through policy innovation but by exploiting a militarized response to Ecuador's security crisis, manipulating state resources, and capitalizing on widespread resentments after the broken promises (…)

The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them Image: A businessman's fist striking the Earth like a meteor, scattering debris. The movement for corporate city states cannot believe its good luck. For years, it has been pushing the extreme notion that wealthy, tax-averse people should up and start their own high-tech fiefdoms, whether new countries on artificial islands in international (…)