Victims of ECOWAS economic sanctions, the three Sahelian countries are leaving this economic union, criticising its harmful role for their populations.
Protests by Soldiers’ Wives in Russia Show How an Antiwar Movement Can Grow There
8 February 2024, byIn Russia, the wives of men mobilized to the Ukrainian front are increasingly demanding that they be returned home. While the movement is not mainly directed at opposing Vladimir Putin, it offers hope of breaking the war machine from within.
In fall 2022, Russia began a partial mobilization of civilians for the war in Ukraine. By October 2023, at least four thousand of them had been killed (Russia’s total nonrecoverable losses amount to four hundred thousand men, but these are mostly (…)
Capitalism and drug trafficking in Ecuador: Two sides of the same coin
7 February 2024, by ,“In short, the proliferation of drug trafficking in Ecuador is an acute symptom of the degradation of neoliberal capitalism and marks a point of no return between barbarism and a profound transformation of our country.”
Is a new political cycle opening up in Chile?
6 February 2024, by ,“The path for the left and social movements will have to be a path of social struggles and class conflict, feminist and ecosocialist and throughly anticapitalist, aimed at exploding the causes of the crisis, while resolving its most immediate symptoms with short-term material solutions.”
“The absence of rules is the fundamental character of the regime”
5 February 2024, by“Since we cannot separate foreign policy from domestic policy, Erdoğan will have to deal with domestic issues, especially economic and social problems, in the coming years. The absence of rules, the refusal to submit to any rules on the part of Erdoğan, is the fundamental characteristic of the regime”
The U.S.-Mexico Border at Center of the Presidential Election
4 February 2024, by“Border and immigration legislation in Congress is stalled because the Republicans want it to remain an unsolved problem because that’s good for Trump’s campaign.”
Smoke and Mirrors – The Unionist Miracle – What’s really happening in the North of Ireland?
3 February 2024, byThe current political situation in the North of Ireland: the DUP’s deal to return to power-sharing is merely political theatre to placate their base, while the long-term tide of Irish nationalism and eventual unity continues to advance.
A slow collapse in Tunisia
2 February 2024, by“The country’s disastrous political and economic situation is driving people to Europe, and for several months now Tunisia has also been a transit country for crossings.”
United Auto Workers Call for a General Strike and Endorse Biden
1 February 2024, byThe United Auto Work union of today exemplifies labor’s problems and possibilities. Last week its president Shawn Fain both endorsed Democrat Joe Biden for president while also calling for a general strike.
