From Shin Bet recruitment to military training programs, Israel's defense establishment is becoming increasingly embedded in academic life. Israeli officers stand by as Palestinian and Jewish activists take part in a rally marking Nakba Day, outside Tel Aviv University, May 14, 2018. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90) After Hila Ben David finished performing John Lennon's “Imagine” at Tel Aviv University's doctoral graduation ceremony on July 16, the stage was handed over to Brig. Gen. (res.) Dr. (…)

After 51 years in print, the Người Lao động newspaper has been shut as part of a recentralisation and rationalisation of state-affiliated media in Vietnam. The paper, once led by the Ho Chi Minh City Labour Federation, was a key voice for workers' interests throughout Vietnam's post-1980s economic boom. It now joins myriad other pro-labour voices in being a casualty of the party-state's determination to assert its authority as it pursues a new phase of private sector-led development. On (…)

Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières exprime sa solidarité avec le mouvement populaire dans le Jammu-et-Cachemire administré par le Pakistan (PaJK), coordonné par le Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC), et avec les personnes arrêtées à Lahore le 31 juillet pour avoir manifesté en solidarité avec ce mouvement. Nous condamnons la mort de plus de 100 personnes depuis le 5 juin 2026 ainsi que la répression plus large qui l'a accompagnée. ---- La répression Dans la nuit du 5 au 6 (…)