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Women’s Movements Against Sexual Violence in India. Interview With Urvashi Butalia – 22 October 2026
They took over streets and highways, podiums and pedestals, marching into the night to smash the patriarchy. The anger found its voice in rousing and
From New Lines Magazine As revisions to voter rolls put more than 130 million people at risk of disenfranchisement, protesters have returned to the streets
From Himal Southasian Mass detentions of CJP protestors in Delhi expose the Modi government’s disregard for democratic rights, and supercharge comparisons with Indira Gandhi’s Emergency
Priama Diia, meaning “Direct Action,” is an independent student union in Ukraine and a unique, vital example of grassroots working-class resistance. Refounded in February 2023
The following is an interview with friends from Taiwan who have formed the umbrella coalition Taiwan Alliance for a Free Palestine (TWAFP). The interview includes
Barricades, tens of thousands of police and paramilitary personnel as well as right-wing goons were deployed to stop the protests against vote rigging. What does
When protests begin attracting large numbers of people who are willing to risk police beatings, it is usually a sign of anti-incumbency setting in. In
In this interview conducted by Stéfanie Prezioso for Marx21, Laurence De Cock analyses the ongoing mobilisation of young people in France, its rapid spread and
Housing has become one of the main social and political conflicts in Europe. The problem is no longer limited to the cost of renting, the
When Maricarmen Abascal, a disabled 87 year-old, was evicted from the Madrid home where she had lived for 71 years, hundreds of people gathered outside
By the morning of 27 September, the Puerta del Sol was covered in tents. Thousands of people had marched through Madrid under the slogan “Ni
On the anniversary of the September 11, 1973 coup in Chile, José Antonio Kast’s administration performed indifference, but the streets told a starkly different story.
Maksym Kazakov: Hello, John! You are a very well-known historian in Ukraine, and every work or article you publish sparks lively discussion. People have very
Two Uprisings and Their Internal Connection Iran Draft: In an interview marking the first anniversary of the Jina movement, or the “Woman, Life, Freedom” movement,
The Caste Pod is a podcast hosted by Ajantha Subramanian, historical anthropologist whose work addresses the historicity and political economy of caste. Ajantha is Professor
More than 15,000 teenagers answered a call from Nima Tekido, an entertainment producer and YouTube personality, to attend an event at Iran Mall in Tehran
On 20 August 2026 the Guardian published an open letter to political prisoners in Iran under the title “To Iran’s political prisoners, trapped ‘between two
From The Brooklyn Rail Since May 2026, I and thousands of other protesters in Tirana have taken to the streets. What began as a protest
The U.S.-Israeli Wars on Iran Achieved the Opposite of Their Intended Goal More than a year has passed since the 12-day war of June 2025,
how the 1968 invasion of czechoslovakia destroyed an autonomous movement If you live outside of the Czech Republic (sorry, I just can’t bring myself to
Rodrigo Paz Pereira’s election to the presidency of Bolivia in October 2025 ended a long political era. Evo Morales’s Movement for Socialism (MAS) had held
The ‘Lines on a Map’ podcast focuses on current developments in the Middle East and every week speaks to a journalist writing for The Amargi.
First, I would like to thank the international revolutionary community for their consistent support of the Ukrainian resistance. It is not a self-evident position: a
1. The Struggle Over the Meaning of Anti-Imperialism War not only tears apart bodies, territories, homes, and the conditions of collective life; it also fragments
From Himal Southasian As right-wing Islamist extremist groups gain in Bangladesh, feminists are fighting for women’s rights and gender equality amid disappointment with the Bangladesh
From Himal Southasian India’s Gen Z and the Cockroach Janta Party have transformed outrage over exam paper leaks into a nationwide protest movement challenging Narendra
From New Lines Magazine If the scenes emerging from Delhi reveal anything, it is that fear has begun to loosen its grip on a significant
Read on Mina’s Substack Mina Khanlarzadeh (Ph.D., Columbia University; B.Sc., Physics, Sharif University of Technology) is a historian whose interdisciplinary work engages global political thought,
On June 29, thousands of people gathered at New Delhi’s Jantar Mantar — the capital’s designated site for public demonstration — in the second week
The war in Iran has reshaped the political landscape that emerged from the 2022 uprising: it has strengthened the Islamic Republic, given new momentum to
The memorandum of understanding signed between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States is a complex event with multiple dimensions. A close reading
On Sunday, June 21, Colombian voters went to the polls to vote in the second round of the presidential election. That same night, after an
On Sunday, June 14, 2026, pensioners from Shush, Karkheh and Haft-Tappeh, towns in Iran’s southwestern Khuzestan province, again gathered outside the local Social Security office,
Can Armenia’s recent elections really be reduced to a contest between a pro-Western Pashinyan and a pro-Russian opposition? To what extent was the outcome driven
Drawing on Sudan’s colonial history, the conversation will explore patterns of colonial rule across Africa, Asia, and South America and the long shadows they cast
From MAJIC – Memories, Arts and Social Justice in Central Asia In 2024, Kyrgyzstan adopted amendments to its “child protection law,” restricting the dissemination of
From Public Books Durba Mitra, The Future That Was: A History of Third World Feminism Against Authoritarianism (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2026), 352 pp. Durba
Thailand’s military uses its huge Reserve Officer Training Corps program, which enrols 100,000 high school students every year, to instil conservative nationalism and loyalty to
On Monday, June 1, Colombians woke up with an undeniable moral hangover. We felt sad. And angry. It was the morning after the vote in
After a month of protests and roadblocks in Bolivia, the situation is contradictory and difficult, but there is also an opening that creates the possibility
From Phenomenal World China’s class politics after 1989 In April 1989, a series of explosive pro-democracy movements erupted across China. These movements and their political
Greetings to all the workers and toilers throughout Iran. A few days ago, we received news that was both happy and sad. We learned that
From Equator Generations of organisers and dissidents have kept the Iranian struggle alive A few hours after I was born, my mother and I were
From Phenomenal World The recolonization of Venezuela As US planes, helicopters, and special forces stormed Caracas in the early hours of January 3, Vice President
Freedom of Choice The oppression of women in Iran remains one of the clearest expressions of the theocratic order established in 1979. The nationwide “Woman,
On the long road that turned a rapper into Nepal’s prime minister. On March 27, Balendra “Balen” Shah, a 35-year-old rapper, structural engineer, and former
Even as formal recognition of gender equality has progressed over the 24 years since Timor-Leste’s independence, the legacy of the resistance against Indonesian occupation still
Toward the Divine State From the beginning, anarchists suspected that Iran’s revolution might end not in freedom, but in clerical rule. Today, with the benefit
Domestic worker activism is on the rise in Kenya – and across the continent. Liam Taylor is a freelance journalist. This article originally appeared appeared
The military’s record — having seized power by presenting themselves as the people’s protectors against the former repressive regime — is hardly impressive. In late
Readus Jawad and Oliur Sun, central committee members of the newly formed left political platform Network for People’s Action (NPA), in conversation with Jamhoor about
A critical reflection on Phuntsok Wangyal and the rise and fall of the Tibetan Communist Party This essay by Tibetan-Canadian journalist and poet Kalden Dhatsenpa
Eight weeks into Trump’s war with Iran, the origins of the Islamic Republic are worth revisiting. The regime now confronting Washington was born in the
Kurdistan is often reduced to a militarized myth, erasing society, class, and everyday life. This essay argues for restoring social reality at the center, showing
Oli Arrested, the Left Routed: Nepal after the March 2026 Elections Nepal’s parliamentary elections of 5 March 2026 produced a result without parallel since 1959:
The Middle East will not be stabilized by threading one crisis at a time. It will only be stabilized by a framework comprehensive enough to
The Caste Pod is a podcast hosted by Ajantha Subramanian, historical anthropologist whose work addresses the historicity and political economy of caste. Ajantha is Professor
Read on Mina’s Substack Mina Khanlarzadeh (Ph.D., Columbia University; B.Sc., Physics, Sharif University of Technology) is a historian whose interdisciplinary work engages global political thought,
Several hundred demonstrated today against the continued existence of the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial. In particular, demonstrators called for the dismantling of the memorial, with the
Read on Mina’s Substack Mina Khanlarzadeh (Ph.D., Columbia University; B.Sc., Physics, Sharif University of Technology) is a historian whose interdisciplinary work engages global political thought,
“It causes me great pain every time I see people of good faith — because I know they act in good faith — reducing Cuba’s
From Rest of World Individuals and communities are resisting the demands and practices of Big Tech’s AI infrastructure — such as data centers and digital
On Wednesday, 11th March, 2026, along with 135 other nations, India co-sponsored a resolution of the United Nations Security Council which condemned Iran for attacking
In the following analysis, Somayeh Rostampour shows how the repression that the Iranian government has carried out to crush protests, the monarchist attempt to co-opt
From New Lines Magazine Iran helped the Assad regime crush unarmed protests with staggering violence starting 2011. Now, it has turned those same tactics on
00:00:00 Webinar series intro 00:04:46 Speaker introduction 00:06:55 Bill’s political biography 00:11:30 African Americans and the US labour movement 00:15:53 Race and class in the
Iran forces a question many Western-left debates avoid: are political rights truly universal? When repression abroad is endlessly contextualized rather than opposed, solidarity dissolves into
A Left politics that instructs the Iranian feminist to defer her liberation to the requirements of the anti-Western imperial struggle is not offering her solidarity.
From Boston Review Alex Shams: You have written extensively on sociopolitical transformations in the Middle East in recent decades, including the Arab Spring revolutions that
The killing of Ali Khamenei, alongside a number of senior figures from the IRGC and the ruling apparatus, is an exceptional development in Iran’s current
The rise of Donald Trump’s extreme right-wing authoritarianism, particularly during his second presidential term, has given rise to a multitude of interpretations of the social
February 21, 2026, saw Iranian universities once again turn into arenas of protest, chanting, and confrontation. The first day of in-person classes after weeks of
Read on Mina’s Substack Mina Khanlarzadeh (Ph.D., Columbia University; B.Sc., Physics, Sharif University of Technology) is a historian whose interdisciplinary work engages global political thought,
In the following interview, Palestine solidarity activists from the Chinese diaspora speak with Iranian activists in exile about the uprising that took place in Iran
The occupation of a port facility owned by multinational company Cargill has overturned a decree that aimed to turn the sacred waters into a privatized
From CrimethInc.: We present a interview with Htet Khine Soe, an activist who organized in Burma for more than 20 years before relocating to Mae Sot
From Himal Southasian With women comprising only four percent of candidates in 2026 general election, Bangladesh’s post-Hasina transition is reproducing the patriarchy it promised to
Ecuador began 2026 reeling from an intense cycle of protest in which the public expressed rejection of Daniel Noboa’s neoliberal policies on the streets and
Dear comrades and friends, As we enter the fifth year of russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the war continues to devastate our communities. This winter,
Anti-gender politics has become integral to the far-right organising globally, because it offers emotionally charged justifications for centralising power and suppressing civil society. Behind it
A New Age of Protest in Iran. Interview with Chowra Makaremi and Amir Ahmadi Arian – 28 January 2026
The protests that began in Iran last month have been suppressed with a level of state violence not seen since the 1980s, when the Islamic
Read on Mina’s Substack Mina Khanlarzadeh (Ph.D., Columbia University; B.Sc., Physics, Sharif University of Technology) is a historian whose interdisciplinary work engages global political thought,
Let us look at the claim of “foreign interference” by Mossad and the CIA in Iran’s protests not through simple denial, but through political and
With the protests that have broken out in Iran, one has seen all-too-typical reactions from those often referred to as tankies or campists. With the
Much of what Paria Rahimi writes in “Why the Left Is Failing Iranians: Against Campism” (Jan. 15) resonates strongly with the experience of Ukrainians. And
Since 28 December 2025, millions of Iranians have been fighting the Islamic dictatorship across the country. Protest actions have unfolded in hundreds of locations, spanning
From n+1 Magazine […] The basic provocation of Wages for Housework is that capitalism relies on the invisible and uncompensated labor of women, and that
“Try me for treason. I betrayed your deranged state”, the Russian anti-war protester Andrei Trofimov told the Second Western District Military Court in May. In
From +972 Magazine The Jewish-Arab movement is celebrating its 10th anniversary after a period of rapid expansion. But as it grows, so do questions about
From Lausan On 26th November 2025, around 2:50pm, a fire broke out in one of the 31-story buildings in Wang Fuk Court, a 42-year-old Home
In 2019, more than a million people poured onto the streets of Hong Kong, with many returning week after week. The song ‘Glory to Hong
Everyone in Tanzania, including the government, was caught off guard when protests broke out on election day – 29 October. The polls had long been
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
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
In this episode of Yurt Jurt, host Diana Kudaibergen sits down with Asem Zhapisheva, journalist, activist, and a founding member of the civic movement Oyan,
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