Forces of Renewal Southeast Asia welcomes Mireille Fanon Mendes France as a comrade to its board

Dr Mireille Fanon Mendes France is a well-known jurist, militant and activist on international law issues. She has served as a United Nations expert on the issues of institutional and structural racism, with particular reference to people of African descent and Africans.

/ March 12, 2025

Trump as a bi-product of US-China Relations and his potentially supportive role for Genocidaires. & America: The Steinbeckian Lenny of International Politics

The US is going through the process of myopic degradation of political culture. This is not a matter of Trump as an individual but a structural problem of US domestic and global relations.

It is happening there! Trump USA & Its Dark Consequences for Asia, Europe and Palestine

Twenty-one distinguished scholars, analysts and activists from eleven countries on four continents will share their analyses on how the new Fascist-like policies and reactionary changes which Trump-Vance-Musk oligarchy is pursuing are resulting in the devastating consequences for the world’s peoples and communities, as well as international law, norms and institutions.

/ March 5, 2025

Trump and Modi’s relationship headed for tougher times?

If India was hoping to get a bit of Trumpian indulgence because of the past bonding between the two similar-minded leaders and due to India’s strategic utility against China, it was in for a disappointment.

/ March 2, 2025

With US backing, Israel has already set in motion de facto annexation of lands in the West Bank

The de facto annexation by ethnic cleansing is the direction in which Israel is moving not only in Gaza but also in the West Bank, after 57-years of its savage occupation of Palestine.

/ February 27, 2025

Thailand Political Landscape and Trends in 2025: Stagnation, Suppression, and Status Quo

In this succinct overview of the state of affairs in his native Thailand in 2025, Jaran Ditapichai, the famed revolutionary and scholar exiled in France, connects the dots among his country's weakened democratic demands from below, the strengthening conservative forces in Thai society, economy and polity, and the lack of concerns among the Thai public in the international affairs.

/ February 22, 2025

The “White Settler” State Mentality Destroying the World for Everyone

The idea that the white settler can do anything with what is found on "their" land has today resulted in planetary climatic consequences. There must be a fundamental re-evaluation of core American values to dismantle the systematic grip of white settlerism in the United States.

/ February 11, 2025

Against Donald Trump’s Intent to Turn Gaza into the Riviera of the Middle East”: Palestinian Resisters Dissect Israel’s Illegal Occupation and Washington’s Criminal Patronage

US President Donald Trump’s 4 Feb. official announcement to deport 2.3 million Palestinians from Gaza signals his intent to commit a war crime under international law and amounts to the violation of the Article 49 of the 4th Geneva Convention regarding the Occupying Power’s legal obligations.

/ February 7, 2025

Amid their liberation struggle, Arakan Army (AA) of Myanmar tout Israel as their role model while breaching International Court of Justice Provisional Measures Order #1

Myanmar’s future remains extremely bleak as the Arakan Army perpetrates international crimes while the rest of the anti-junta armed resistance organizations look the other way.

/ February 5, 2025

Under the Shadow of Violence: Are the Banyamulenge Experiencing a Slow Genocide?

Because of colonial legacies and misrepresentations, members of this community are categorized as “foreigners and invaders”. Targeted by state actors, militias, and local and foreign armed groups, violence against the Banyamulenge has led to forced displacement, destruction of their economy and livelihoods and widespread killings.

/ February 3, 2025