The regime of Viktor Orban and his Fidesz party in Hungary has for the last 16 years been a model for the populist attempt to remove liberalism from democracy. Right-wing populists naturally seek a democratic mandate against corrupt elites but want to be unrestrained in the use of state power
On March 28 Americans and others internationally took to the streets in the millions and across the country in No Kings protests. These protests are directed against the Trump administration which has been using ICE to terrorize communities across the country according to an ethnocratic antiimmigration agenda and launched an
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It is not without reason that activists from the civil society movement who are members of the Advocacy Team for Democracy (TAUD) from the start called for the case of acid attack on Andrie Yunus to be seen as an attempt at premeditated murder, instead of being seen as an
It is often said that the digital age is one of mis and dis-information. Algorithms feed us both accurate and baseless narratives, while giving us very little to distinguish the two from each other to the benefit of opportunistic social forces and elites. That said, widespread falsehoods have been part
And those subjected to violence for resisting state arbitrariness
The Board of Peace did not emerge from a vacuum. It was born out of a crisis of legitimacy within the U.S. led global order. Following a series of unilateral moves by Washington including aggression toward Venezuela and open tensions with the mechanisms of the United Nations, the idea
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.
It is often said that the digital age is one of mis and dis-information. Algorithms feed us both accurate and baseless narratives, while giving us very little to distinguish the two from each other to the benefit of opportunistic social forces and elites. That said, widespread falsehoods have been part
And those subjected to violence for resisting state arbitrariness
Dan orang-orang yang mendapat kekerasan karena perlawanannya terhadap kesewenang-wenangan Negara.
The Board of Peace did not emerge from a vacuum. It was born out of a crisis of legitimacy within the U.S. led global order. Following a series of unilateral moves by Washington including aggression toward Venezuela and open tensions with the mechanisms of the United Nations, the idea
Board of Peace tidak lahir dari ruang hampa. Ia muncul dari krisis legitimasi tatanan global yang dipimpin Amerika Serikat. Setelah berbagai langkah unilateral Washington termasuk agresi terhadap Venezuela dan ketegangan terbuka dengan mekanisme Perserikatan Bangsa Bangsa muncul gagasan untuk membentuk struktur “alternatif” yang diklaim lebih efektif dari PBB. Di era
Out of the ashes of the Islamist resistance to the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan a new ideology emerged of a completely new kind. It was not just religious political Islam, or religious fundamentalism. It was a new generic ideology advocating the total transformation of the world-system along religious lines. Inspired
In the Left movement today, many people today call themselves "anti-imperialists," but they have a very poor understanding of what anti-imperialism means. "Anti-Imperialism" was a topic of interest in the period between the death of Lenin and the end of the 20th century and continuing until
par Jaouad Laaroussi La bourgeoisie libérale a ce don de voir les « opportunités d’affaires » dans toutes les crises. Les gouvernements Trudeau et Legault l’avaient bien compris à la suite des grandes manifestations pour la justice climatique de 2019. Dans ce contexte de prise de conscience générale face à
In the spring of 1980, as Cold War anxieties deepened and the United States prepared to expand its nuclear arsenal, a small group of anti-war activists in Cambridge, Massachusetts staged a quiet but pointed act of dissent. Rather than chant slogans alone, they ladled soup. The collective would soon call
Di Indonesia, anarkis seringkali di salah artikan. Kebanyakan masyarakat menganggap bahwa anarkis adalah tindakan kekerasan, pengrusakan bahkan kerusuhan besar-besaran. Padahal, jika ditelisik lebih jauh, seperti Alexander Berkman, anarkisme adalah kebalikan itu semua. Anarkisme berarti kita harus bebas. Padahal, anarkisme sendiri adalah sebuah gerakan politik dengan spektrum perjuangan yang sangat luas.
Di hampir seluruh penjuru dunia, keselamatan kerja adalah hasil dari darah, mogok massal, dan pemberontakan kelas pekerja terhadap mesin kapital. Tidak pernah ia lahir dari “itikad baik” pengusaha. Di Indonesi, ini tidak berbeda tapi jauh lebih munafik. Pada sore itu, 1 Mei 2015, perayaan Hari Buruh Internasional di Stadion Gelora
Karl Marx once said that “History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce”. If the Islamo-leftism within the 1979 revolution of Iran was a tragedy, the “July Revolution” Bangladesh against long-time leader Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League regime has potential to become a farce by having tremendous resemblance to