In politics I often find myself as the only woman in male spaces. I do not enjoy it. It feels lonely most of the time. Below is one observation about how men operate in political spaces. It is only an observation not a criticism. I was into political work since 2013. I have occupied various political spaces -informal activist groups, reading groups, political discussion groups, political social gatherings, trade union spaces, political party gatherings etc. In all of these spaces, it's (…)

Italy's campist left has not confined its capitulation in the face of Russian imperialism to abstention and rhetoric. As Solidarity Collectives — Ukraine's libertarian antifascist mutual aid network — conducts a fundraising and solidarity tour of Italy, Rifondazione Comunista has called for institutional action to prevent the Bologna event from going ahead, denouncing the Collective's members as fascists. The Partito Comunista dei Lavoratori — a Trotskyist party that broke from Rifondazione (…)

On 20 March 2026, a factory operated by Czech arms company LPP Holding in Pardubice, eastern Bohemia, was set alight in an arson attack. A group calling itself Earthquake Faction claimed responsibility, alleging the facility was connected to Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit Systems. LPP Holding had signed a cooperation agreement with Elbit Systems on 6 October 2023 — one day before the Hamas attack on Israel — at the Czech embassy in Tel Aviv. LPP now claims the associated drone-production (…)

The Progressive International's research collection For Building the Future, co-authored by Paweł Wargan and Jason Hickel, presents China's “whole-process democracy” as a participatory model superior to Western liberal democracy. New Bloom Magazine founding editor Brian Hioe finds the article's central claims self-contradictory: the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leadership consists of capitalists; China's post-revolutionary growth reflects catch-up dynamics from conditions of uneven (…)

Israël impose un blocus hermétique à la bande de Gaza depuis 18 ans et mène depuis 28 mois une guerre génocidaire contre sa population. Durant toutes ces années, des citoyen.nes du monde entier ont tenté de briser ce blocus illégal et d'apporter aux Gazaoui.es solidarité humanitaire et soutien politique. La situation à Gaza est catastrophique : plus de 80 % des infrastructures (maisons, magasins, écoles et universités, hôpitaux et cliniques, structures agricoles, lieux de culte) ont été (…)

Joint Statement by Progressive Political Parties and Civil Society Organizations in ROK and Japan. Progressive political parties and civil society organizations in the Republic of Korea (ROK) and Japan held a joint meeting to discuss the ongoing war in the Middle East and the issue of military participation by East Asian countries. Since February 28, 2026, when the United States and Israel launched a large-scale military attack on Iran, tensions in the Middle East have been escalating (…)