Daniel Tanuro was recently invited to give lectures in French-speaking Switzerland on the climate crisis, and to meet young people active in mobilization. At the end of this tour, he answered questions from SolidaritéS.
The people do not recognize the election organized by the system, it’s time for self-organization
20 December 2019, byOn 12 December 2019 the government in power, the de facto government, embodied by the general staff, organized an election. It mobilized all the forces at its disposal in terms of security forces and allegiance networks to force a passage. But all over Algeria, the people took to the streets to say no to the elections held by the former regime.
Climate: the solution lies in struggle, not COPs!
19 December 2019, byThe resounding failure of the Madrid Climate Conference casts a harsh light on the capitalist system’s inability to ward off the climate threat. Solutions will not emerge from COPs but from social mobilisation, peoples’ struggles against exploitation and oppression.
Call for Solidarity with Uprisings in the Middle East & North Africa
18 December 2019, by ,This is a critical moment in the Middle East and North Africa. In 2019, uprisings have emerged in Sudan, Algeria, Iraq, Lebanon and Iran. All have opposed authoritarianism, neoliberalism, poverty, corruption, religious fundamentalism and sectarianism. Women have been active participants and often in the forefront. The participants are mostly working-class and unemployed youth. They are not content with the ouster of individual ruling figures but want to change the socioeconomic and political system. For all these reasons, the revolts could mark the beginning of a new progressive and revolutionary chapter for the region as a whole.
Defending Hong Kong’s Autonomy: A Partial Victory
17 December 2019, byThe opposition camp’s landslide victory in Hong Kong’s local district elections, on 24 November, can be considered to be a referendum on both the Hong Kong government and Beijing. The people’s voice is a clear and loud “No” against the establishment’s hard-line policies.
Disastrous election result in Britain
16 December 2019, byThe British election on 12 December was, as politicians and commentators on all sides agreed, the most important for many decades. It pitted Labour’s Jeremy Corbyn – an extremely radical social democrat at the head of a party that had grown massively under his leadership during the last four years – and a manifesto based on public services and social justice against Tory Boris Johnson, dripping privilege, racism, sexism and contempt for people who are socially excluded. There was a huge level of mobilization with hundreds of Labour canvassers turning out, especially in marginal seats.
Solidarity Marches in Pakistan: Widespread student mobilization and political repression - A new generation of activists
15 December 2019, byAfter student mobilizations throughout the country, Pakistani left-wing figures – including Ammar Ali Jan, Farooq Tariq and Alamgir Wazir – were charged with “subversion”.
Macron faced with strikes and mass mobilizations
14 December 2019, byAll-out strikes have continued in the SNCF and RATP since 5 December, blocking rail transport in the country and urban transport in the Paris region with a commitment to continue until the plan that would dismantle the pension system is dropped.
On the Ground: Kshama Sawant Reelection Campaign
13 December 2019, byA socialist candidate elected in Seattle against the weight of a $4.1 million campaign by Amazon against progressive and socialist candidates in their “company town”. This report from Socialist Alternative.