“The “Woman, Life, Freedom” uprising moved the whole world and generated an unprecedented upsurge of international solidarity. Several trade-union organizations, both national and international, gave their support to the risen people and condemned the brutal repression by the Islamic regime.”
Left Wins Victories in Chicago and Wisconsin as States become political battlegrounds - but Republicans expel 2 Black legislators in Tennessee
9 April 2023, by“With politics polarized between left and right, political battles over the country’s most important national issues—abortion, gun-control, race, and democracy—are being fought out at the local level.”
Pakistan Collapsing
8 April 2023, by“The ruling elite of Pakistan has miserably failed in solving the basic problems of masses like free education, health and employments. An alternative pro-people political and economic agenda is need of the hour.”
A new crisis on top of a never-ending tragedy
6 April 2023, by“Similarly, there is still a need to rebuild democratic and progressive networks that seek to unite and benefit the Syrian working classes at home as well as the millions of refugees.”
Care Rights: A Major Agenda For the Left
5 April 2023, byJose Soeiro analyses why it is important to put care at the centre of the political debate to fight inequalities, and why making care a universal social right and collective responsibility should be the aim of a demanding democracy.
Trump Indicted: What Will Be the Political Impact?
4 April 2023, by“At issue is the future of the Republican Party and America’s far-right. But also, of American democracy.”
An isolated government, but a movement in suspense
3 April 2023, byThe weekend of March 25 represented a real turning point in the political climate, marked by the violence of police repression organized by the government and its Minister of the Interior Gérard Darmanin, a situation also marked by the maintenance of a high level of mobilization during the day of strikes and demonstrations of March 28.
Switzerland: saving the climate or the bank? Their urgency and ours
2 April 2023, by"If the planet was a bank, it would have been saved a long time ago." This slogan of the climate strike takes on its full meaning after the announcements of the Federal Council and the Swiss National Bank (SNB) to release 209 billion to save Crédit Suisse (CS) and ensure its purchase by UBS.
27 March 23: "General strike" in the transport sector in Germany
1 April 2023, byThe United Services Union (ver.di) is in the middle of several rounds of collective bargaining in the areas it organises. The first was the collective bargaining round at the Post/DHL, which ended on 14 March with a mediocre agreement, despite the fact that the employer, Deutsche Post group had made more profits than ever before.