The Global Sumud Flotilla that set sail from Barcelona in mid-April 2026 carried two Ukrainians among its crews: Andriy Movchan, a leftist journalist in political exile in Spain, and Nina Potarska, coordinator of the Ukrainian section of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF). Movchan argues that Ukrainian participation has a double purpose — opening a humanitarian corridor to besieged Gaza, and breaking the Russian-language media blockade that dominates Palestine (…)

We, the undersigned organisations, stand in solidarity with Singaporean abolitionist activist Kokila Annamalai Parvathi, criminally charged on 23 April 2026 for defying a correction direction under Singapore's Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA). In October 2024, she spoke up about the cruelties of the death penalty regime and how it impacted Azwan Bihari and his family. The state's response was not to answer her concerns but to order her — under threat of law — (…)

The recent wave of workers' protests across Noida, Manesar and nearby industrial belts did not come out of nowhere. These regions employ millions of workers across manufacturing, logistics and related sectors, and have long been marked by low wages, long working hours and widespread contract employment. What appears as a sudden eruption is better understood as the outcome of pressures that have been building for some time. Across the NCR [National Capital Region] industrial belt, wages (…)