The death of Affan Kurniawan, an online motorcycle taxi driver who participated in mass action and was run over by security apparatus vehicles, cannot be viewed as an isolated incident. This event is part of the face of systematic state violence; the apparatus is used to silence the people’s voices with impunity that continues to be allowed.
Visiting a secret anarchist warehouse in Ukraine
30 August, byThe Ukrainian left acts where official systems fail. Bjarke Friborg and Helene Vadsten visited Solidarity Collectives in Ukraine. Here is Helene’s accout of the visit.
If only land were expropriated in South Africa…
29 August, by ,South Africans have been bombarded with criticisms of South Africa’s Expropriation Act in recent months. It has even become a major talking point on social media platforms. One unforgettable moment was the infamous scene on national television featuring claims of “mass graves and killings” of white farmers, an absurd spectacle promoted by Trump and his allies in the White House. This propaganda video claimed that white farmers were being systematically murdered, feeding the narrative that the Expropriation Act was a tool for reverse racial discrimination, land seizure and genocide.
Palestine, Sudan, and the Global North’s Indifference
28 August, byThe famines in Gaza and Sudan: how they compare and what lessons can be drawn from the world powers’ inaction towards them.
Negotiations in Alaska
27 August, byDoes Trump’s peace deal have a future?
Meet Chloe: life as a Welsh Trans person in 2025
26 August, byThe more I talk with cis people on the left, the more I realise how out of touch they are with the realities faced by the trans community. Whenever the discrimination we face enters conversations, a chorus of voices responds to tell everyone that “the left” needs to “prioritise working class issues” and not be “distracted” from “genuine material concerns”. In the interest of educating cis comrades who’ve been misled by this framing, today we’re going to use a mix of studies, surveys and anecdotal evidence to explore the life of the average trans person in Wales. Let’s see how well the picture of trans people as comfortable middle class ideologues holds up to scrutiny…
Goodyear closure demands a paradigm shift: Workers must take over factories
25 August, byThe closure of Goodyear in Kariega (formerly called Uitenhage) is more than just another company shutting its doors. It is a brutal reminder of the structural crisis facing South Africa’s working class. Factories, once held as pillars of stability, are now abandoned shells, as corporations chase profits across borders, discarding workers like disposable tools.
Syria’s future won’t be secure through Israel normalisation
24 August, byAs al-Sharaa leads Syria further towards normalisation with Israel, Joseph Daher argues that alignment with the US & its allies won’t bring lasting stability.
Trump’s Test Case: Deploying the Military to Washington, DC
23 August, byIN A LONG rant of over 70 minutes at an August 10 news conference, Trump claimed that the nation’s capital, Washington, D.C., “has been overtaken by violent gangs and bloodthirsty criminals, roving mobs of wild youth, drugged-out maniacs, and homeless people. And we are not going to take it anymore.”
Women in the Shadow of Global Fascism: The Narrative of an Afghan Girl & a Truth Which Knows No Boundaries
22 August, byFor the past four years, I have been breathing in a country where the sky is constantly collapsing on women’s heads. As an Afghan girl, I welcome each sunrise not knowing whether I will see sunset on that day. In the ominous shadow of the Taliban, being a woman is not only a limitation but a crime, a crime whose punishment is exclusion from social and human life.

