The unrest is growing and now includes a Kurdish general strike and participation by the Baluch and Azeri ethnic minorities. The latest wave of protests in Iran started on December 28, 2025 with a strike by Tehran bazar merchants/shopkeepers against the decline of the currency value and nationwide economic collapse. As of January 8, the Iranian human rights organization, HARANA reports that 285 protests have taken place in 92 cities in 27 of Iran's 31 states. At least 36 people (…)

During recent months we have insisted that the purpose of the Trump administration was political, economic and military control of petroleum, Venezuela's mineral riches and the handling of population behavioural data to establish a predictive control regime over the country, for which the installation of US military bases in Bolívar's homeland was on the horizon. But we fell short in thinking that to achieve this the United States merely needed to place María Corina Machado (MCM) and Edmundo (…)

Nous lançons notre appel annuel pour le Fonds de solidarité Asie 2026.[Appel initialement lancé le 24 novembre 2025.] Nous sommes confrontés à une spirale mortelle de crises combinées (la « ) »), à laquelle les pouvoirs politiques et économiques établis n'apportent aucune réponse. La pauvreté et l'insécurité généralisée continuent de se répandre. Cependant, ces derniers mois, face aux catastrophes humanitaires, les mouvements de contestation ont pris une nouvelle dimension, avec des (…)

We launched our financial campaign on 24 November to replenish ESSF's permanent Solidarity Fund, which should enable us to begin 2026 in good conditions. The response to this appeal has been very encouraging. To date, we have received €24,600 in donations, whilst some French cheques have not yet been cashed and international donations of at least €2,400 are still expected. We wanted to thank donors without delay, but we shall provide a more complete update during January. This amount is (…)

Nous avons lancé le 24 novembre dernier notre campagne financière pour abonder le Fonds de solidarité permanent d'ESSF qui doit nous permettre d'engager l'année 2026 dans de bonnes conditions. La réponse à cet appel s'est révélée très encourageante. Nous avons, à ce jour, reçu pour 24.600 € de dons alors que quelques chèques « français » n'ont pas encore pu être encaissés, que des dons internationaux sont attendus pour, au minimum, 2.400 €. Nous tenions à remercier donatrices et (…)

How can we explain the gap between the modest mobilisation in France and that of other countries in support of Palestinians? The violent divisions within the left have severely hampered mobilisation. September 2025: for the first time, the Vuelta did not complete its course. The Spanish cycling race was interrupted numerous times, and on the final Sunday, hundreds of thousands of Madrileños marched through the streets of the capital. They prevented the race from finishing normally; Prime (…)