The victory of José Antonio Kast in Chile's 2025 presidential election ends a political cycle that began, improbably, with a subway fare hike six years earlier. In October 2019, a mass revolt shattered the image of stability that had long distinguished Chile from its neighbours. In October 2020, an overwhelming plebiscitary majority voted to scrap the Pinochet-era constitution. In December 2021, a former radical left student leader entered the presidential palace, promising to bury (…)

- Chile

With Trump in power, many parts of the world are swinging to the far right. This is the most pressing challenge we currently face [Amandla dossier]. But what is the situation of the Left in China? And where is the Chinese far right? The Left since 1989 About 25 years ago, at the turn of the century, the shock from the June 4th Massacre in Tinanmen Square in 1989 began fading away, and political life became slightly active again, especially among academia. Debates revived, with positions (…)

- On the Left (China) / 1989, Tiananmen (1989) (Eng), Left forces, Association/NGO/PO/CSO/civil society, 2015, Nationalism / Nationalists (Eng), Maoism / Maoist, Imperialism (Eng), XI Jinping, LIU Xiaobo, Authoritarian / authoritarianism / Dictatorship, Far Right / Extreme Right, Political Regimes, Party-State-Capitalism / Orwellian state

The 26 November 2025 Wang Fu Court fire has a lot of similarity with London's 2017 Grenfell fire. In terms of scale, the former was much bigger – instead of just one building there were seven on fire, and instead of 72 deaths there have been 160 deaths as of now. However, the combustible materials used in renovating the outer walls were the direct cause of both. At Grenfell the construction company used cheap cladding, while its counterpart at Wang Fu Court used cheap nets and foam boards (…)

- China: Hong Kong SAR / Great Britain (GB), Grenfell, Fire (industrial, buildings, etc), Tai Po, Building Industry, Wang Fuk, Bamboo, Safety (Industries, housing), Corruption/ Embezzlement (Eng), Institutions (Eng), Democracy, Capitalism (Eng), Political Regimes, Transitional demands, Bourgeoisie / elites / oligarchy (Eng)