A month of elections gives this issue its spine, with the far right as the measure of every result.
Elections Crucial to Curbing Far Right
30 September, by ,The Partido Socialismo e Liberdade (PSOL) and the anti-capitalist left have two gigantic challenges to face simultaneously in the coming Brazilian elections: to contribute to the broader struggle against the main Brazilian expression of global neo-fascism, and to build a radical and independent left pole.
The spark that lit a prairie fire: let’s organise a hot autumn
29 September, byOn Wednesday, 23 September, the police evicted Maricarmen in Madrid. Maricarmen is an 87-year-old woman whose rent was gradually increased by a vulture fund, until the fund decided it wanted the flat for new business ventures. In that sense, her case is not so unusual: in Spain, there are thousands of evictions every year. The housing movement fights against them every day, often in the face of a media blackout that looks the other way when it comes to a tragedy that is part of everyday life in working-class neighbourhoods.
Protestors Rally against Mass Murderers Speaking at U.N. General Assembly
28 September, byHundreds marched in three separate demonstrations to protest the mass murderers—President Donald Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian—speaking at the United Nations General Assembly held in New York last week. The event became a kind of macabre circus with these monsters in the big ring as some delegates walked out while others protested outside.
A Reign of Anti-Immigrant Terror
27 September, byIN AUSTIN, TEXAS an ICE agent shoots a food delivery driver after he was rammed and pulled over by an unmarked van. Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, from Venezuela, entered the United States legally and is seeking asylum. He is now in ICE detention with his serious gunshot wounds inadequately treated.
Anti-migration measures: the EU Pact worsens an already hostile reality for exiles
26 September, byLast June, a new European Pact on Migration and Asylum came into force. It has been heavily criticised by asylum advocacy groups, which denounce it as a serious attack on both people and the right to move freely.
Battle over AI Creates New Political Allies and Enemies
25 September, byAI or artificial intelligence systems may have the power to destroy human life say several AI experts and industry leaders. Their statements have led to a political fight between those who want to accelerate the development of AI and those who want to slow development and regulate the industry. The debate over AI’s power and danger resembles the fight over nuclear energy in the 1950s.
Global warming and the headlong rush of fossil-fuel capitalism: the number one threat to global public health!
24 September, byGlobal warming is a health time bomb, of which deaths from heatwaves are merely the tip of the iceberg. And as is always the case under this system, which combines social and ecological inequalities, the bill is never presented to those who placed the order!
We must turn up the volume and confront Bolsonaro’s supporters in the streets and at the polls
23 September, byA crucial battle awaits us over the next three weeks. We are working across the country—from north to south—seeking votes and engaging in dialogue with social and political activists to ensure Lula’s re-election, to surpass the PSOL’s electoral threshold, and secure the election of our parliamentary candidates.
Israel continues ethnic cleansing
22 September, byWhile the Israeli elections have provoked a new racist and genocidal escalation, ethnic cleansing has continued in Gaza, Lebanon and especially in the West Bank. Evictions, settlements and the E1 project accelerated an annexation organized with the complicity of the Western powers.
As expected, the elections are being used as a pretext for a wave of racist and genocidal remarks. Almost the whole of Israeli society agrees on the essentials: acceptance of the genocide and rejection of any (…)
