At the beginning of last week the far-right politician Marine Le Pen was convicted of embezzling European Parliament funds and immediately banned from running for public office for five years, ruling her out of the 2027 presidential contest. Her party, Rassemblement National, yesterday held a public protest against the court's ruling. In between there have been all kinds of wild claims that this judicial decision was somehow undermining democracy. In this op-ed article, Mediapart's Antton (…)

On Wednesday February 5, thousands of workers who are members of the Confederation of Indonesian Trade Unions (KSPI) and the Labour Party held a demonstration in front of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) offices in Jakarta. They demanded the removal of ESDM Minister Bahlil Lahadalia, who is considered to have issued a policy that harmed the ordinary people and even led to a death of an elderly woman. In a speech, the President of KSPI and the Labor Party, Said Iqbal, (…)

As we head into fashion month, we're taking a step forward to also highlight the impact of our clothing with The Last Stop, a package emphasizing the long journey of our discarded clothing and its often forgotten final stage — somewhere across several cities in the Global South where communities are tasked with the brunt of the impact. In this series, we meet upcyclers and resellers who are at the center of the clothing waste crisis, hear from garment workers who know firsthand how much (…)

À l'heure où les métropoles du monde entier font face à une crise du logement sans précédent, l'expérience canadienne en matière de contrôle des loyers offre des leçons précieuses pour les mouvements sociaux. De Berlin à Buenos Aires, de San Francisco à Sydney, le même phénomène se répète : explosion des prix immobiliers, gentrification des quartiers populaires et précarisation massive des locataires. Face à cette situation, l'orthodoxie économique néolibérale continue de prétendre que le (…)

Nous condamnons fermement l'arrestation arbitraire et le maintien en détention de Mme Meghna Alam, présidente de la Fondation Miss Bangladesh, en vertu de la loi sur les pouvoirs spéciaux de 1974. Cet acte de répression reflète des défaillances structurelles plus larges dans la protection des libertés civiles et des droits de l'homme au Bangladesh. Mme Alam a été arrêtée à son domicile le 9 avril 2025 par des personnes se présentant comme des agents des forces de l'ordre. Elle aurait été (…)

We strongly condemns the arbitrary arrest and continued detention of Ms Meghna Alam, Chairperson of the Miss Bangladesh Foundation, under the Special Powers Act of 1974. This act of repression reflects broader structural failings in the protection of civil liberties and human rights in Bangladesh. Ms Alam was arrested from her residence on 9 April 2025 by individuals identifying themselves as law enforcement officers. She was reportedly taken without a warrant, held incommunicado by the (…)