The relationship between feminist movements and lesbian and trans activists in Indonesia reveals fundamental tensions about what feminism means in the world’s largest Muslim-majority country.
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This is Part 4 in Chuang‘s serialised translation of the 2024 year-in-review “Keeping Each Other Afloat in a Difficult World: Taking Stock of Labor Struggles
Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the government has tightened its grip on migrants by introducing an increasing number of xenophobic laws. What impact have
Everyone in Tanzania, including the government, was caught off guard when protests broke out on election day – 29 October. The polls had long been
According to Google Trends, the term ‘decolonial’ peaked in popularity in France around the summer of 2016 due to initiatives, questionable to say the least,
Donald Trump is threatening to invade Nigeria on dubious claims of a genocide against the country’s Christian community. Here’s why the Christian Right has woven
Why do Western technologies continue to fuel Russia’s war machine despite sweeping sanctions? Is it a matter of loopholes — or proof that global capital
The recent “12-day war” between Israel and Iran represents the latest manifestation of the rapid descent into generalized barbarism to which the capitalist system has
Darfur is engulfed in atrocity, with famine, mass killings and displacement now defining what remains of Sudan’s revolution. The city of El Fasher in the
How do “stupidity” and “vulgarity” turn into political action? This isn’t abstract. I still remember a moment in 2004, during a friendly football match between
Originally published by the media resistance group. A feminist, anarchist, and poet living in Ukraine delivers a personal and political address to the leader of Your Party, inviting reflection on what
In 2024, Black Rose/Rosa Negra’s International Relations Committee began working closely with anarchist revolutionaries in Sudan. This relationship has involved the exchange of ideas, practical
Mass killings in Darfur and a serious shift in the civil war On October 26, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) captured El Fasher, Sudan after
As governments across East and Southeast Asia tighten restrictions on activism and association, civic space is rapidly shrinking. Leah Lin, founder of the Asia Citizen
How have the deployment of peacekeepers in January 2022 and the subsequent outbreak of war in Ukraine reshaped Kazakhstan’s relationship with Russia? How is Kazakhstani
The second weekend of October saw a major political festival, The World Transformed, in Manchester, England. It was a place where one could see great
State blames fabricated “Chaos Star” anarchist network for instigating grassroots uprising Anarchists in Indonesia are calling for international support for comrades imprisoned and tortured following the
My name is Galina Rymbu. I am a poet, translator, feminist and anarchist of Moldovan-Romanian and Ukrainian origin. I was born and raised in Western Siberia, in the company town of Chkalovsky in the city of Omsk.
From Terrell J Starr Official There’s only one reason Donald Trump isn’t supporting Ukrainians in their fight against Russia’s invasion: the race of their oppressor.
On October 20, Rodrigo Paz won the first runoff election in Bolivian history by promising economic stability. The Christian Democratic Party (PDC) candidate won the
From Al-Jumhuriya Syrian social media was abuzz in June when Ahmad al-Sharaa, the country’s transitional president, chaired an Eid al-Adha event for prominent Syrian women.
Mass demonstrations accuse government of authoritarianism and corruption Tensions have surged in Peru after interim president José Jerí Oré declared a 30-day state of emergency
From political martyrology to the “nationalist international”, the European far right constructs narratives that don’t always add up, as four journalists gathered at the Internazionale
From Eurozine Under the Netanyahu government, Israel has aligned itself with an autocratic international whose goal is to transform sovereignty into state impunity. The war
From The Prospect Why don’t we acknowledge that there are different ways of measuring the prevalence of anti-Jewish prejudice? The murderous attack this month on
From The Guardian The ‘manosphere’ – a loose but large group of influencers making content aimed at men – is often described as a dark
From +972 Magazine By attaching a military goal to each act of killing, Israelis of all stripes could partake in the slaughter without questioning the
From Liberal Currents The group chat leak reveals what over a decade of incel messaging and Bronze Age Pervert have done to Young Republicans. “The
Yesterday morning during a memorial event entitled “Love, Faith, Courage: A Memorial for Charlie Kirk in Taiwan” organized by the Formosa Republican Association (FRA, 福和會)
During a trip to northern Morocco last week, I had the chance to meet two supporters of the GenZ212 movement that has been shaking the
In an affidavit before the Supreme Court, the [BJP-controlled, editor’s note] Madhya Pradesh government claimed India’s caste system was founded on “social harmony, equality, and
Of all the criticisms of capitalism, one of the most enduring is the idea that the economy should be moral. French utopian socialists envisaged a
In one of its most important facets, Sudan’s war is a war against the revolution that began in December 2018 and endures in the daily
Inspired by a global wave of protest, Peru’s youth protesters have turned social media outrage into mass mobilization against corruption and repression Dozens of protesters
From The Dial Meta has invested heavily in a submarine cable to Africa. What will it ask for in return? Ever since my fixation with
The first woman to reach the top of Japanese politics is also the most nationalistic. Amid echoes of Hitler, threats to the media and tensions
From Transition: The Magazine of Africa and the Diaspora In January of 2025, days after the RSF was forced to retreat from central Sudan, I
In Romania, Poland, Hungary and Czechia, far-right and populist parties are cynically using Ukrainian refugees as a political football. It mirrors what is happening in
The attack and murder at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Manchester on Thursday 2 October (Yom Kippur) have brought antisemitism back to the
Civilians face repression for sharing Russian troop movements In September 2025, opposition media in Belarus estimated that one thousand civilians —many unknown to to human
From New Lines Magazine The religious-nationalist right has targeted Israel’s most secular, liberal city The sound of male voices chanting the Sabbath liturgy was not
From Journal of Democracy This is the golden age of transnational repression, or the targeting of exiles and diasporas by the states they left behind.
RMT general secretary Eddie Dempsey has published a new article in Tribune, arguing that the disconnection between the working class and the organised left is partly down to
The denial of the genocide which took place in Indonesia after 1 October 1965 has cultural, legal, discursive and affective dimensions. This genocide was one
Following Nepal recently, in Madagascar, young people are organising and making their voices heard: the ’Gen Z Madagascar’ collective is mobilising in the streets and
At least 18 people were injured, including a journalist The Peruvian capital has experienced another weekend of mobilisations, in a second wave of protests called
Two activists from Sudfa (a media outlet founded by Sudanese exiles in France) and Génération Lumière (a decolonial ecology association founded by young Congolese people
Oracle isn’t quite a household name on par with other American technology companies such as Microsoft, Meta or Apple. But Oracle nevertheless ranks among the
National protests kicked off Monday and have spread to the capital as indigenous federation CONAIE calls for a national strike From Pirate Wire Services As
From Paris and Rome to Jakarta, Indonesia, and New York, a curious banner has appeared in protest squares. With hollow cheeks, a broad grin and
US president Donald Trump has said Ukraine could win back all of the territory it has lost in the ongoing war, but Russia’s president Vladimir
From Pirate Wire Services Youth in Peru take a page from Nepalese rebellion as the pirate flag from “One Piece” flies in pitched street battles
From Terrell J Starr Official Donald Trump and his MAGA followers are outraged over Iryna Zarutska’s murder, but not because they cared about her as
From Dissent Flesh and blood alone cannot halt the advance of iron and steel. To stop the tanks, we need people to place blocks on
This is Part 3 in Chuang‘s serialised translation of the 2024 year-in-review “Keeping Each Other Afloat in a Difficult World: Taking Stock of Labor Struggles
From Angola to Zambia to Uzbekistan: three emblematic cases reveal how China’s model of economic expansion is generating growing resistance around the world Three emblematic
Three Uses of the Concept of Generic Fascism for Understanding Russia’s War Against Ukraine For already two decades and initially unnoted among the wider public,
Despite a strong showing in the polls, Israel’s center-left camp is still in denial about its only trump card: joining forces with Palestinian-led parties In
Yao Lin is a social and political philosopher. His latest book is ‘Empty Talks‘ (in Chinese). This article first appeared in International Feminist Journal of
For the past few days, the fire of popular protests in Iran has flared up again, and in many cities we’re seeing gatherings by different
From New Labor Forum Commentators right and left survey today’s political landscape and conclude, with historian Matt Karp, that “the political story of the 21st
Gen Z Protests Against Social Media Ban and Elite Corruption Become Mass Uprising Against State Violence Soldiers are patrolling the streets of Kathmandu after protests
From Himal Southasian After anti-corruption Gen Z protests and a deadly uprising forced the prime minister and government to resign, Nepal searches for a new
Young people are protesting over systemic corruption and a system that rewards ‘nepo kids’ over meritocracy Youth-led demonstrations against corruption erupted throughout Nepal on Monday,
Earthquake in Afghanistan: When Customs Kill More Than the Quake, by S N Tripathy – 6 September 2025
The recent earthquake in Afghanistan was merciless. A 6.6-magnitude tremor, followed by powerful aftershocks, reduced villages to rubble, killing at least 2,200 people and injuring
Why BRICS is not a threat to imperialism, and an “anti-polar” alternative is needed If the Western liberal political empire has been shamed beyond repair
The post-coup conflict has repeatedly confounded bold predictions of both swift regime collapse and decisive opposition victory. For now, the grinding reality points less to
A nearly two-decade era of Indigenous-oriented governance and anti-neoliberal politics has come to an end in Bolivia. The Movement towards Socialism (MAS) government, which launched
August’s anti-government protests highlight the growth of a subculture of street protest that echoes the anti-Suharto activism of the 1990s. In opposing the new form
How Western Leftists and Anarchists Found ‘Convenient’ Voices From Eastern Europe Debates on anti-militarism continue to shake the anarchist movement in the western part of
How the Left Misread Syria The Syrian Revolution began in the context of the Arab Spring. While there were many reasons for protest, people took
Indonesia is experiencing a serious wave of protests, which began on August 28, 2025, and have placed dramatic pressure on President Prabowo Subianto’s government. The
This is Part 2 in Chuang‘s serialised translation of the 2024 year-in-review “Keeping Each Other Afloat in a Difficult World: Taking Stock of Labor Struggles
In a context of ongoing political turmoil, Bolivians found a way to upset an electoral chessboard that seemed set in stone, sacrosanct. In just under
About a decade ago, I was invited to a small private gathering of Jewish studies scholars to talk about the future of Zionism. One of
In the Sahel, art and cultural entrepreneurship are tools of resilience and social transformation The Sahel, an African region stretching from the Atlantic Ocean on
Slogans calling for the abolition of war no longer belong to the realm of politics. A serious discussion must start from the reality of threats
A special issue of the NACLA Report on the Americas. This special issue of the NACLA Report critically examines the rise of green capitalism in the Americas
Given the seemingly endless string of AfD successes across Germany – particularly in the East – there is a very real possibility of the neo-fascist
From Lux Magazine, issue 14 “END FOSSIL FUEL NOW!” The sharp cry broke through the monotony of the COP28 plenary session in Dubai in late
For unions to survive, they must embrace antifascism. In countries across the capitalist world, trade union movements are being challenged to their very core by
Ecuador is caught between an onslaught of austerity policies and armed violence that increasingly impedes collective action. We are experiencing multiple wars that appear isolated,
From shado Spaces of free expression are becoming all the more precious as the country veers closer towards illiberalism There is a phrase that has
Most Israelis want the war to end. Several hundred thousand people took to the streets in Tel Aviv last night to demand a hostage deal
The war in Sudan is often flattened with numbers, shorthand and labels that suggest it’s both too much and too petty to resolve. Even the
Since the fall of the former Syrian regime a few months ago, Syria has been engulfed in a wave of “identity-based massacres” that have unfolded
Counterrevolution, Gold, and Global Impunity Sudan today is not only a battlefield between two militarized factions. It is a graveyard of regional and international hypocrisy
Chile’s transfeminist movement faces an uncertain future after a decade of achievements, breakthroughs, and creative political strategies. We are living in a time that demands
On 6 March, a unit of the Syrian state police conducted a ‘combing operation’ in a village near the coastal city of Jableh. They were
It is a mistake to think that Benjamin Netanyahu is solely responsible for Israel’s genocide or that removing him would bring it to an end.
Through the paradigmatic case of post-revolutionary Iran, this article argues critiques of power-laden human rights politics epitomised by Makau Mutua’s 2001 ‘Savages, Victims, and Saviors
From The Point Is now really the right time to talk about the left’s political violence problem? Graduate students are being disappeared off the streets
Preface by Chuang 闯 Since 2020, an anonymous group of netizens has been coming together to prepare an annual review of labor struggles (or, in
From Political Quarterly Blog […] On a deeper conceptual level, the complex history of “race” and racialisation shows that apparent skin colour is just one
In September 2019, 1,500 people assembled in London against the onslaught of anti-trans opinion and hate cults. On July 26, 2025, that number rose above
From New Lines Magazine Emboldened by an ultraconservative state agenda and the war in Ukraine, radical nationalists are cautiously welcomed by the government In a
In the global reckoning with slavery, Ethiopia occupies an ambiguous space. Often romanticized as the lone African polity to successfully resist European colonization and celebrated
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
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
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