For all of its success, Podemos has refused to deal seriously with the European Union and what it would take to truly transform Spain.
2/3 of people who still have a job are paid several months late
23 August 2016, byGreek employment law was weakened from 2010 to 2013, with the reversal of the hierarchy of agreements, the suppression of their automatic application and easier dismissal. And unemployment figures and poverty do not tell the whole story. There is also unpaid work: the great majority (two-thirds) of people who still have a job are paid several months late.
The left face of the Putin regime
22 August 2016, byWe reproduce here the political resolution of the Sixth Congress of the Russian Socialist Movement (RSD), which was held in Moscow on May 8 and 9, published on May 12 on the RSD website with the following statement: "This is our analysis of current trends in the evolving political system of Putinism (the" patriotic consensus "), its socio-economic course, its growing militarization, its fears in the face of social revolt, as well as the state of the forces opposed to the regime.
Culture of Impunity in Cambodia: 20 Years, No Justice
21 August 2016“Last night I heard the Prime Minister said he never heard about community land conflicts, so I want to send a message to the Prime Minister that my community has a land conflict with the company KDC International. We want the company to stop building the wall; we want the government to order the police out from our village; we want the courts to release the 5 villagers who were arrested; and we want to get a fair and just solution to this land conflict.”
Ms. Um Sophy, resident of Lor Peang village, Kampong Chhnang province, at a press conference at Boeung Kok center in Phnom Penh on 19 August 2014.
Statement on the Attacks of AKP against Kurdish Movement
20 August 2016, byThe national mobilization that was started after the 15th July coup attempt has become a very powerful weapon in the hands of AKP with the support and legitimacy provided by the opposition. Today, in the climate we are forced to live in, even questioning AKP’s political operations and decisions is a sufficient reason for being accused of treason.
Kurdish women’s battle continues against state and patriarchy, says first female co-mayor of Diyarbakir
20 August 2016, by , ,The prominence of Kurdish women in Rojava (western Kurdistan/northern Syria) inspired us initially to understand the historical role of women in the Kurdish political movement. We were also interested in the role of Kurdish women in challenging traditional patriarchal society and rules. As part of this wider project, we wanted to hear the thoughts of Gültan K??anak, the female co-mayor of Diyarbak?r, the largest Kurdish city in southeastern Turkey.
The Neoliberal Education Reform on Shaky Ground
19 August 2016, byThe beginning of negotiations between the administration of Enrique Peña Nieto and the National Educational Workers’ Coordinating Committee (CNTE) is a clear signal that the gigantic defamatory campaign, the selective murder of movement activists, the mass firings, the jailing of a dozen of the movement’s leaders and the government threat that it had “lost patience” were not enough to intimidate the heroic teachers’ mobilization. Quite the opposite: it managed to break down the intransigence of a government that had said “it would never be willing to negotiate the law.”
How Does a Teachers’ Union Keep a Government in Check for 90 Days?
19 August 2016, byMexico’s teachers’ strike began April 15, Teachers Day, and has kept up the momentum throughout the summer vacation. Classes are due to start Monday, August 22, and despite negotiations with the government, the teachers have not agreed to go back to the classroom, maintaining their militant tactics of blockades of major highways and railroad tracks, demonstrations, etc. Clearly, the movement’s ability to continue and force the government to negotiate, when what it would prefer —and has threatened several times— is just to repress it, has to do with multiple national and international factors. But one of them is the strength and significance of the teachers’ union itself in Mexico.
Stop state Islamophobia! No to the burkini ban
18 August 2016Statement issued by the NPA on 17 August 2016 following the decisions of mayors in several seaside towns in France to ban the wearing of the “burkini”, a form of women’s swimsuit covering the whole body.