From +972 Magazine After months of hesitation, B’Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights-Israel assert that the war is meant to erase Palestinian life — now
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For some in the West, being a journalist in China—especially one at a state media organisation—is seen as little more than parroting party propaganda. This
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From Foreign Policy In a carefully choreographed ceremony on July 11 in Sulaimaniyah, Iraq, 30 members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) symbolically burned their weapons. This
Within weeks, 400 colleagues joined our organization. We say: it is not too late to save lives. End the genocide now. The world has stood
Uri Weltmann, Standing Together’s national field organiser, writes to supporters with an update on the movement’s latest activity. In the last few days, news about
From Himal Southasian After Pakistan’s military “win” in the May 2025 confrontation with India, the army under Asim Munir as field marshal has even greater
Tanzanian rights campaigner Maria Sarungi-Tsehai and Mary Kambo of the Kenya Human Rights Commission join New Lines’ Kwangu Liwewe on the podcast to discuss the
From +972 Magazine In the aftermath of bombings, the Israeli army routinely fires on Palestinian rescue workers, paramedics, and other civilians to prevent them from
In what ways do women’s bodies become both targets and instruments of war? How is this connected to the patriarchal logic underlying warfare? And how
In his new book, Rojo fuego. Reflexiones comunistas frente a la crisis ecológica (Fiery red: Communist reflections on the ecological crisis), Argentine Marxist Esteban Mercatante
Japan held elections for its upper house, the House of Councillors, on July 20. The vote proved a challenge for the conservative ruling Liberal Democratic
This intervention offers a series of preliminary analytical arguments on the current Latin American political conjuncture. It argues that the period of progressive hegemony that
From Atar: Sudan in Perspective The Haftar-Hemedti nexus rests on a shared ideology that scorns centralised state authority in favour of personal loyalty networks and
Funding both sides of a civil war and demonising refugees? Truly, China is a great power. “Our side is like heaven. Over there… I won’t
From New Lines Magazine Sweida, in southern Syria, a province once spared the worst of the country’s civil war, has become one of its most
From New Lines Magazine What began as intercommunal clashes in Sweida has mutated into a major security operation and Israeli intervention For months, Sweida in
From Himal Southasian Nearly a million Afghan refugees have been deported from Iran in 2025 – many after brutal detention and abuse – to face
Calling myself transfeminist is not just a political stance, it is a way of positioning myself in the world, a way of living in it.
From New Lines Magazine They serve in the army, pay their taxes and obey the laws of the land, but have never been granted equality
Historian David Roediger discusses some of the people who’ve influenced him,white workers and Black struggles in the U.S., and some aspects of anti-racisttheory and politics
The recent arrests of two Maya leaders is emblematic of increasing repression and criminalization of Indigenous peoples by the Guatemalan state. The April arrest of
From The Elephant Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, one of the most prominent writers and philosophers in Africa and globally, passed away on 28 May 2025. Ngũgĩ’s
Clearly, the death toll in Gaza has exceeded 100,000. The vast majority of the victims are civilians of all ages. The 2.3 million inhabitants have
The following is a reply to Vashti editor Eli Machover’s ‘The choice is one between anti-racism and Zionism as such’. You can read Professor David
From Premium Times The documentary amplifies the nationwide dialogue about gender imbalance in Nigeria’s politics In a significant step towards amplifying the voices of women
The following articles are among those which have been published by Links in a series entitled “Debating Venezuela” since August 2024. More articles are being
Brazil is one of the most dangerous countries in the world for women and LGBTQ+ people: we have some of the highest rates of femicide
What does the work of late Marx tell us about anti-colonial and indigenous struggles’ role in overcoming capitalism? What are the revolutionary trajectories of our
In mid-June, a highly choreographed show of bonhomie was organised at the Mereb Bridge in Tigray, which connects Ethiopia’s northernmost region to Eritrea. Waving Eritrean and
Episode Description What comes to mind when we think about the Sahara? Rippling sand dunes, sun-blasted expanses, camel drivers and their caravans perhaps. Or famine,
In this episode of Hold Your Fire!, Richard is joined by Murithi Mutiga, Crisis Group’s Africa program director, to discuss the DR Congo-Rwanda deal, U.S.
In some parts of Russia, schoolgirls who become pregnant are being paid more than 100,000 roubles (nearly £900) for giving birth and raising their babies. This new
Note from the editors of Ojalá, where this article was originally published: This week we’re sharing the prologue to Irene Ragazzini’s La lucha dentro de
Shahrukh Alam, a lawyer practicing in India’s Supreme Court, dissects how the country’s law and order machinery has been turned against its Muslim citizens in
How has women’s activism in Russia changed since February 24, 2022? Why have women-led, grassroots initiatives become one of the few resilient forms of resistance?
In Myanmar — where over four years of fighting since the 2021 coup has killed at least 80,000 people — aerial warfare has been crucial