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Pablo Solón, the Director of Fundación Solón, former Executive Director of Focus on the Global South, and former Bolivian Ambassador to the United Nations (UN), is being targeted by the Bolivian government for his vocal criticism of the government and the construction of two hydro-electric projects, El Bala and El Chapete in the Amazonian region. Based on the studies done by Geodata, an Italian company hired by the government to identify where the dams will be built, Solón says they will “inundate an area five times larger than the city of La Paz, displace more than five thousand indigenous peoples, deforest more than one hundred thousand hectares and will not be profitable for the country with the current prices of electricity in Brazil.”

Ships carrying Chinese military personnel departed on Tuesday July 11 to set up China’s first military base in Djibouti, state media reported. The United States, Japan and France also have military bases there.

Tens of thousands took to the streets of Hong Kong on Sunday (20 August) to condemn the jailing of young pro-democracy activists over illegal protests, even as the city’s leading legal professionals warned against painting recent court rulings as political persecution.

As Anticapitalistas we want to show our solidarity with the families and the friends of the people killed and wounded in the savage attack today in Barcelona. A horrible and unjustifiable attack, which seeks to gratuitously harm one of the most open and supportive cities in Europe, hospitable to refugees and proud of its diversity.

By threatening Venezuela with a “possible military option”, the grotesque and dangerous Donald Trump has thrown even more oil on the fire of the very serious economic, social and political crisis that this country is going through. Even if all Latin American governments, including the closest allies of the United States, and even the Venezuelan right-wing opposition linked to Washington, have distanced themselves from these words, or even condemned them, they represent a warning that cannot be ignored. The United States of America has a long tradition of military intervention, support for coups and military dictatorships in the region. And now they are intervening - as the European Union does in its own way - through diplomatic and diplomatic maneuvers and economic sanctions.

Islamabad, 27th July 2017: The Supreme Court verdict on Panama-Leaks will deepen the political crisis rather than stemming the menace of corruption. The Awami Workers Party (AWP) expresses concern at the disqualification of an elected prime minister by invoking the controversial articles 62 and 63 inserted in the constitution during a military dictator as it will open a Pandora’s box. It is, in fact, the conflict between the establishment and a section of the ruling class on control over resources and power. Corruption was just a ploy.

We demand the release of all Egyptian detainees, arrested for resisting the handover of "Tiran and Sanafir" islands to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Radical Socialist condemns the violence unleashed by the West Bengal Government in the Darjeeling Hills, the wanton state murder of agitators, and the fraudulent charge of terrorism brought against the agitators. The struggle for Gorkhaland is not a struggle by just one party (GJMM) for its political gains, but a widespread popular struggle, in which all the Hill based parties are present. We firmly stand behind the popular demand of Gorkhaland and oppose any attempts by groups with vested interests to play around with it.

France’s Nouveau Parti Anticapitaliste (NPA – New Anti-capitalist Party) has issued this statement following the first round of the country’s legislative elections.

Update 9th June 2017: Release Baba Jan! An International Appeal to the Pakistani and Gilgit-Baltistan Governments