We are publishing a hitherto unpublished text by Ernest Mandel, which was sent to us by Eric Toussaint. It was written in 1989 as a response to the use of Che for propaganda purposes to promote the policies implemented by Gorbachev in the USSR in the late 1980s. Among the numerous attempts to appropriate Che's legacy, the latest is not the least surprising. Kiva Maidanicki's book , edited by Marta Harnecker and published in Nicaragua in 1987, takes the risk of highlighting the (…)

MIHANDS a toujours puisé sa force dans l'engagement des personnes, et non dans des moyens financiers considérables. Comme nous ne disposons pas des réserves financières colossales ni des stocks prépositionnés des grandes agences internationales, notre procédure opérationnelle standard en cas d'intervention consiste en une course contre la montre pour nous mobiliser : rassembler notre réseau de bénévoles, lever des fonds et nous procurer du matériel à partir de zéro chaque fois qu'une crise (…)

MIHANDS has always been fueled by people, not deep pockets. Because we lack the massive financial reserves and pre-staged stockpiles of larger international agencies, our response standard operating procedure is a race against time to mobilize—gathering our volunteer network, fundraising, and sourcing materials from scratch whenever a crisis hits. The devastating magnitude 7.8 earthquake in Southern Mindanao tested us, but our community answered the call. After days of intense preparation (…)

Every Oct. 17, Haiti celebrates Dessalines Day, commemorating the assassination in 1806 of the country's first head of state postindependence, Jean-Jacques Dessalines. One of the founding fathers in the struggle for Haitian independence, alongside Toussaint Louverture, Dessalines has a mixed legacy: celebrated at home for his role in ending slavery and overthrowing French colonial rule, but often condemned internationally for his violent tactics and the 1804 killing of white French people (…)

Ahead of its first match in the 2026 World Cup, the Haitian national soccer team was forced to make a last-minute change. But it didn't have anything to do with its roster or travel plans. It was the team's jersey. FIFA, the sport's global governing body, said the jersey design violated its rules, which ban political slogans or imagery. FIFA banned Haiti's original jersey due its nod to the Haitian Revolution on the right hip of the jersey. Leonardo Fernandez/Getty Images FIFA didn't (…)

This Aliansi Perempuan Indonesia (API, Indonesian Women's Alliance) press release demands that the Prabowo–Gibran government answer for the deepening cost-of-living crisis, rising unemployment, and systematic violence against women. The statement insists that the current crisis is not an isolated event but the accumulation of state policies that have failed to protect the people. [WL] The Aliansi Perempuan Indonesia (API, Indonesian Women's Alliance) is calling for collective action to (…)