Alors que les groupes extrémistes islamistes de droite gagnent du terrain au Bangladesh, les féministes se battent pour les droits des femmes et l'égalité des sexes, dans un contexte caractérisé par la déception face au gouvernement du Parti nationaliste du Bangladesh Au Bangladesh, des partis comme le Jamaat-e-Islami mettent en avant des responsables féminines pour donner une nouvelle définition de l'égalité des droits dans un cadre islamiste radical – et les féministes doivent relever (…)

For violinist Michael Barenboim, Germany's memory culture has become a tool for upholding complicity in Israel's crimes and rendering Palestinians invisible. Michael Barenboim at the end of a Make Freedom Ring concert. (Jonas Gottfriedsen) Since October 2023, Michael Barenboim has emerged as one of the few German public figures to speak out persistently against the government's complicity in Israel's genocide in Gaza — and to name it as such. A violinist and violist, professor at the (…)

Thousands of right-wing activists walked through a closed military zone to the Gaza fence, singing genocidal anthems as soldiers handed out bottled water. The “March of the Thousands” could hardly be called a demonstration or a protest. Those are actions usually taken in opposition to the government, or demanding something from outside of it. But when several thousand right-wing activists marched to the Gaza fence on Sunday, calling for Israel to re-establish settlements in the Strip, they (…)

Au fil des heures, la tragédie de Ceuta prend une ampleur croissante. On parle déjà de plus de 90 morts et ce chiffre va encore augmenter dans les prochaines heures. C'est la première chose que nous tenons à souligner : la cruauté du système frontalier en Afrique du Nord se traduit par la perte de vies humaines parmi les couches les plus démunies et les plus vulnérables de la population mondiale. Face à l'indifférence et à la déshumanisation que ce système nous impose, nous devons affirmer (…)

The labor group Partido Manggagawa (PM), on Monday asked Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Eli Remolona on why he raises high alarm on the inflationary impact of the recently approved P85 increase in daily minimum wage in the National Capital Region (NCR). Eli Remolona Photo from Business World The group said because workers have no grasp of macro-economics, it wants the BSP governor to educate the public on why money in the hands of rich people is not inflationary while (…)

The power rate hike has already eaten one day of the ₱60 wage hike that is yet to be received by minimum wage earners in NCR [National Capital Region]. The power rate hike has already eaten one day of the ₱60 wage hike that is yet to be received by minimum wage earners in NCR. According to Partido Manggagawa (PM), at least ₱74.8 million, from the 1.1 million minimum wage earners in NCR who should receive a ₱60 wage hike this July, will only go to power plant owners because of the (…)