Voters delivered a heavy rebuke of president Donald Trump in the 2026 midterms, reversing his 2024 gains with Latinos and youth, delivering control of both houses of congress to the democrats, and facilitating democratic victories in regions that used to be decidedly red. Trump tried to ensure victory for his
In a previous article I addressed one of the most common reasons for belief in God and thereby one of the most common arguments for God's existence, the notion of the unmoved mover, or first cause. Specifically I argued that even if there is a first cause of
লেখাটি মূলত Anarcho-Syndicalist Principles শিরোনামে ইউটিউবে প্রকাশিত একটি আলাপের ভাবানুবাদ। অন্তত এক যুগ আগে, অ্যানার্কো-সিন্ডিক্যালিস্ট সংগঠনগুলোর সাংগঠনিক কাঠামো ও নীতিমালার মধ্যকার পারস্পরিক সম্পর্ক নিয়ে বক্তব্যটি প্রদান করেছেন বেঞ্জামিন স্মিথ, যিনি (IWA)-এর অস্ট্রেলীয় শাখা 'ASF'-এর সদস্য।
The Ready-Made Garment (RMG) sector, the primary engine of Bangladesh’s economy, has long been embroiled in a profound internal crisis. Recent street protests by workers demanding a living wage have exposed the industry’s structural vulnerabilities. The forced shutdown of hundreds of factories, severe law-enforcement crackdowns on protests, and
The current political and socioeconomic landscape of Bangladesh is navigating an unprecedented and deeply complex juncture. After years of political transitions, shifting power dynamics, and various upheavals, millions of toiling people in the country now face a harsh reality. Over the past few days, the industrial belts have transformed into
Green Colonialism in Indonesia In the brochures, everything looks clean. Geothermal turbines line up neatly on green slopes, electric cars glide by without a sound, and a new city in the middle of the Kalimantan forest is drawn complete with flowering gardens on every corner. The story being trumpeted never
“Pointillist time is broken up, or even pulverized, into a multitude of ‘eternal instants’ – events, incidents, accidents, adventures, episodes – self-enclosed monads, separate morsels, each morsel reduced to a point ever more closely approximating its geometric ideal of non-dimensionality.” - Zygmunt Bauman (Consuming Life) .1 The history of time can be
I would like to start by quoting one of the most important journalists of today, Julian Assange, who was asked about the character of the state I come from: He said that, like several other countries, Serbia is place where the future happens first. That being said, it is important
Despite massive rejection since it was proposed, the revision of the Indonesia Military Law (RUU TNI) was still enacted on March 20, 2025. After the enactment, the rejection from the people escalated and gave birth to massive #TolakRUUTNI (literally translated to reject the revision of the Indonesia Military Law) demonstrations
Anarchism is the political philosophy that calls for replacing all relations of domination with relations of free association. We call for this because we understand that human beings sustain ourselves through free cooperation. When we dominate each other the dominated experience the domination as an alienating force that excludes them
When the Spanish Section of CIT decided to bring multiple lawsuits against the CNT-AIT some years ago, it was very important how they did it. The Secretary of the CNT-CIT, Enrique Hoz, hired a lawyer who filed these suits – without the mandate of the organization to do it. This says
Anarchism, plain and simple.
Youth protests have taken hold across Europe. They have resulted in clashes with police, looting, and with violent confrontations particularly pronounced in France seeing the burning of a historic Limoges building. Police have arrested droves of people including minors. The French government has attempted to confine the protests to preapproved
নিক হিথের লেখা '১৯২২ সালে আন্তর্জাতিক শ্রমিক সমিতি প্রতিষ্ঠা' বিষয়ক নিবন্ধটি ২০২২ সালের গ্রীষ্মকালীন ব্ল্যাক ফ্ল্যাগ অ্যানার্কিস্ট রিভিউ-তে ইংরেজিতে প্রকাশিত হয়। বাংলাভাষী পাঠকদের জন্য এর একটি ভাবানুবাদ তুলে ধরা হলো।
The lives, chains, and freedom of Saudi expatriate workers, alongside the rape and luxury of sponsors (Kafils).
Fanny Kaplan: The Socialist Revolutionary Who Challenged Lenin’s Coup Against 1917 Revolution The 28-year-old half-blind woman appeared in a crowd of people near the Michelson arms factory in southern Moscow on August 30, 1918, took a “.32-caliber Browning pistol” and shot at Vladimir Lenin, the chief dictator of the
Regarding "Bamar State" Today, the political and federalist demand for a "Bamar State" has become a preliminary political and federal roadmap for a third-way coalition outside the NLD/NUG factions. Why is a "Bamar State" Needed? The political and federal demand for a "
For thousands of years us human beings have lived in patriarchal societies. These societies are ones in which men monopolize wealth and power. Patriarchal societies don't have to be as extreme as, for instance, Afghanistan under Taliban rule. Even in western liberal democracies men occupy the highest positions
Every year in October, the International Workers' Association (IWA-AIT), a global federation of anarcho-syndicalist organizations, launches its annual campaign against wage theft. This year's campaign will take place from October 12th to October 16th. Officially launched in 2020 and celebrating its 6th anniversary this year, this campaign
Plan work carefully before diving in. Acting like a reckless, blind bull only hurts yourself while leaving obstacles untouched. To truly break a barrier, strike at its foundations.
Published under the pseudonym "Wildcat Wob," this memoir sheds light on the internal dynamics of Melbourne's anarcho-syndicalist movement and the Anarcho-Syndicalist Federation (ASF) during the 1990s. While externally structured in the style of fiction and appearing exceptionally vivid, fluent, and well-composed, it appears deeply one-sided and
A brief critique of Marxist theories of the 'dictatorship of the proletariat', 'vanguardism', and 'moral-idealism'.
Recently unauthorized activities by the AI agents of the top artificial intelligence companies such as hacking third parties and escaping guardrails have brought conversations about the risk to humanity posed by AI into the public spotlight. Perhaps strangely it is top AI researchers and investors in AI that are sounding
“Democracy can be more than two wolves and a sheep voting on who will become dinner. It can also be, through a grueling process of rotating consensus-building, become one wolf voting with the sheep against the other wolf over who will become dinner, or the sheep, worn down by constant