- India Megastrike
- Cuba’s Agony
- Rojava’s Fate
- Fighting the Ultraright in Greece
- Indonesian Women: “I Want to Reclaim My Freedom”
- Reversal of UK Palestine Action Ban
- Students in Senegal
- Protesters vs Cops as Herzog Visits Australia
- Roy Medvedev 1925-2026
- Free E-Book: Left Analyses of Fascism Now
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Abdul Rahman / Peoples Dispatch (New Delhi)
300 million workers, farmers, students, and professionals from various fields took to the streets across India on February 12, in defense of their rights and to denounce the policies of the ultra-right-wing government. Workers went on strike shutting down thousands of coal fields, refineries, factories, banking, and transportation in remote corners of the country.
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Ruaridh Nicoll / The Guardian (London)
The United Nations warned last week that the “vast majority of Cubans” are being hit by rolling blackouts, and that the humanitarian collapse would “worsen, and if not collapse, if its oil needs go unmet.”
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Rojava’s Fate
A Major Victory for Damascus Alp Kayserilioğlu / New Left Review (London)
Experiment in Revolutionary Autonomy Shane Burley / Truthout (Sacramento)
Rojava Is Not Alone Liam Syed / Tribune (London)
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Fighting the Ultraright in Greece
Danai Koltsida / transform! europe (Vienna)
Not only are far-right parties and politicians gaining popularity and electoral support practically everywhere, but they are also increasingly legitimised, securing a seat at the institutional table. The Greek experience on fighting against the far right might resonate with the reflections of other leftists and democratic citizens in Europe and prove useful for our common struggles.
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Indonesian Women: “I Want to Reclaim My Freedom”
Perempuan Mahardhika / Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières (Paris)
Ahead of the 115th International Women’s Day, the forum “I Want to Reclaim My Freedom: Resisting the Politics of Women’s Subordination” serves as a reminder that so long as women’s bodies, land and lives remain targets of subjugation in Indonesia, the struggle must continue to be kept alight — with consciousness, solidarity and the courage to resist the oppressive system.
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Reversal of UK Palestine Action Ban
Harriet Williamson / Novara Media (London)
The verdict handed down on Friday 13 February found the proscription of Palestine Action to be unlawful on two grounds. Firstly, that it disproportionately impacts free speech and, secondly, that then-home secretary Yvette Cooper breached her own policy in the proscription process. A three-judge panel ruled that Cooper ignored the impact the decision would have on the right to protest.
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Mark Banchereau / Associated Press (New York)
A student’s death during protests this week at Senegal’s top public university reflects growing frustration among the country’s youth, who accuse the government that they helped to put in office of leaving sweeping promises unfulfilled. The latest protests at Cheikh Anta Diop University, one of the largest in West Africa, began in early December over unpaid stipends.
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Protesters vs Cops as Herzog Visits Australia
Isaac Nellist, Markela Panegyres, Nick Fredman and Alex Bainbridge / Green Left (Sydney)
Tens of thousands of people joined protests across the country on February 9 to oppose the arrival of Israeli President Isaac Herzog, who is visiting at the invitation of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. More than 30,000 protesters in Gadigal Country/Sydney had to protect themselves from extreme police violence, including OC spray, kettling and physical assaults.
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Milan Milošević / Vreme (Belgrade)
Roy Medvedev, historian and active participant in the dissident movement in the USSR in the 1960s, died on February 13 at the age of 101. He is the author of more than 30 historical and journalistic books and biographies of contemporaries, with Let History Judge among the most significant.
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Free E-Book: Left Analyses of Fascism Now
Transnational Institute (Amsterdam)
Download this new collection of analyses of different aspects of the rise of the far right internationally, Fascism: State of Power 2026. The report looks behind the news headlines at the underlying reasons for their rise, the economic interests that support them, the ways they weaponise today’s social and ecological crises for their benefit and proposals on how we can fight back.
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