It was only a matter of time. The European Commission has now given its official backing to lithium extraction at Serbia's Jadar mine, despite widespread local and national protests against the prioritisation of economic interests—those of Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić and the European Union—over the will of the Serbian people. On 4 June, the project led by multinational mining giant Rio Tinto through its subsidiary Rio Sava Exploration doo was included in the list of 13 strategic (…)

Along with the criminal code amendment, the Czech Chamber of Deputies also approved the de facto criminalisation of the communist movement and its propagation. How the law would be applied in practice, should it pass through the Senate and the president, remains unclear. What is certain, however, is that if the governing coalition hoped this modification would manifest their own determination to defend democracy, it has completely backfired. Anti-communism is usually popular in Czechia, but (…)

Comme plusieurs media et associations nous publions cet appel de personnalités qui exige la mise en oeuvre immédiate du droit international pour la protection du peuple palestinien. La protection du peuple palestinien est devenue une urgence absolue. À Gaza, après quelques semaines de suspension, les massacres de masse ont repris, accompagnés d'un siège total et d'une famine généralisée ainsi que des déplacements forcés de populations ; au moins 53 000 Palestinien·es ont été tué·es suite (…)

Nous avons sélectionné deux articles sur le cycle de mobilisations qui continue et dont le peuple valencien est le protagoniste. Dans le premier, Antoni Infante souligne le potentiel de changement apporté par la grève générale du 29 mai. Dans le second, Vicent Mauri reprend l'affirmation de Gioconda Belli selon laquelle « la solidarité est la tendresse des peuples » et que « cette grève marquera un avant et un après. Non seulement dans la réponse à la « goutte froide », mais aussi dans la (…)

Twenty-seven years after the fall of Suharto, the Indonesian Poor People's Union (SPRI) argues that democratic promises have been hijacked by oligarchs and capital owners who continue to dominate through co-opted political parties and state institutions. In this translated manifesto from a May 2025 public discussion, SPRI activists make an urgent case for building a new political party “born from the womb of the people's struggle” rather than elite boardrooms. The document critiques (…)

Indonesia's May Day 2025 celebration at Jakarta's National Monument became a stage for class betrayal rather than worker solidarity. Author Miswanto reveals how trade union leaders transformed what should have been a day of resistance into a sycophantic display of support for President Prabowo Subianto—a former military officer with a history of human rights abuses and current capitalist interests. Rather than demanding real change like repealing the anti-worker Omnibus Law, these elite (…)