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
민주주의를 위한 변호팀(TAUD)에 소속된 시민사회 운동가들이 처음부터 안드리 유누스에 대한 산성 테러 사건을 단순한 폭력이나 상해 행위가 아닌 계획적인 살인 미수로 간주해야 한다고 주장한 데에는 그만한 이유가 있다. 산성 액체는 그 엄청난 파괴력과 치사율로 인해 많은 국가에서 살인 수단으로 지정되었다는 사실 외에도, 가해자들이 신체의 다른 부위가 아닌 얼굴을
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
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
Bukan tanpa alasan para aktivis dari gerakan masyarakat sipil yang tergabung dalam Tim Advokasi untuk Demokrasi (TAUD) sedari awal menyerukan agar kasus penyiraman air keras terhadap Andrie Yunus dilihat sebagai upaya pembunuhan berencana, alih-alih dilihat sebagai tindak kekerasan atau penganiayaan biasa. Selain bahwa air keras telah ditetapkan sebagai alat pembunuhan
인간에게 평화를, 제도에는 전쟁을!
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
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
Jeffrey Epstein was perhaps the most salient embodiment of what feminists refer to as "rape culture" in the last few decades. A millionaire who ran in the circles of the rich and powerful while sex-trafficking young girls and women, who received a sweetheart non-prosecution deal in the late
Perhaps now, more than ever, intellectual observers of American politics and the wider public are troubled by the prospect of a second American Civil War. The increased political polarization with President Trump looking to impose executive authority over state authority and the sharp ideological divide between democratic and republican constituencies
Since the Islamic Revolution of 1979 which toppled the US backed authoritarian regime under the Shah Iran has been an enemy of US imperialism. The intelligence community coined the term "blow back" to refer to the revolution and the regime it produced because the US backing of the
Anarchist YouTuber Andrewism presented something of a critique of working class centered politics in his most recent video, naming Anarcho-Syndicalism in specific as a form of working class politics which could serve certain important functions in the liberation of humanity from the domination of work, but would have to be
Bandung adalah ibu kota Jawa Barat. Sebagai salah satu kota besar di Indonesia, Bandung didatangi oleh banyak sekali orang dengan latar belakang. Satu hal yang pasti; bertahan hidup. Namun, hidup di kota Bandung yang tentram selama bertahun-tahun harus rusak sejak tahun 2016 silam. Terjadi banyak sekali kasus sengketa lahan di
Rights Beyond the State: An Anarchist Inquiry into the Source of Rights The concept of rights is currently a prominent subject in political discussions. While some people view rights as bestowed by a divine power (God-given), others believe they are inherent (natural or unalienable), and still others argue that rights
The recent killing of Renee Good by ICE has catalyzed renewed protest activity and intensified public debate over the use of extreme force in the policing and deportation of immigrant communities. ICE interventions increasingly arrive as fully militarized incursions, prepared to transform the city blocks in which they operate into
Analysis of Myanmar Multi-state reality and State-Evasion in Contemporary Context.