Farmers and labor unions marched in the southern Peruvian district of Cocachacra on Saturday May 16 to continue the ongoing fight to shut down Tía María, a controversial mining project from the transnational U.S.-Mexican company Southern Copper.
50,000 Chileans March for LGBT Rights
23 May 2015Chilean President Michelle Bachelet signed a bill into law recognising civil unions between same-sex couples on April 13. Another piece of legislation on gay marriage is currently debated between representatives of the LGBT movement and various ministers.
Left Unity statement on election results
8 May 2015This statement was issued by Left Unity after the results of the General Election in the United Kingdom on 7 May 2015.
Baba Jan, imprisoned activist, election candidate
5 May 2015, byBaba Jan’s nomination papers to contest general elections for Gilgit Beltestan assembly for constituency GB 6 Hunza valley have been accepted by the returning officer. He is standing as an Awami Workers’ Party candidate.
A call for support – Major Earthquake in Nepal has Caused Great Suffering and Destruction
3 May 2015La Via Campesina wants to express its solidarity and support with the peasants and all people in Nepal after the terrible recent earthquake. Nepalese authorities estimate that almost 10.000 people may have died, and many more wounded. We are deeply saddened by this tragedy that has taken place as well as by the suffering of all the people that lost relatives, friends and their homes. We are especially aware that suffering is made worse in remote rural villages where the situation is critical. These areas cannot be reached by regular transport, making it difficult to organize support.
Solidarity from Tower Hamlets to Greece
29 April 2015, byLiam Mc Quade of the East London Teachers’ Association reports on the first local government and trade union delegation from England to visit Athens since the election of Syriza, the anti-austerity party, to office in Greece.
An Appeal to the international labour community from the workers of DITA factory, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina
18 April 2015We, the workers of Tuzla-based detergent factory DITA, have been fighting a wave of corrupt privatisation, exploitation and asset stripping that is destroying the industry of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Thousands of peasants and workers gather in a show of political strength by the Awami Workers Party
15 April 2015Thousands of peasants and workers from across Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa gathered at the Railway Ground in Mardan in a major show of political strength by the left-wing Awami Workers Party, and demanded that the KP government revoke amendments planned in the provincial tenancy act, and slammed the increasingly common practice of grabbing of agricultural lands by military-run housing schemes.
Military Factions of the Southern Front in Deraa declare the boycott of Jabhat al Nusra and of all “Takfiri” political thoughts
14 April 2015The most prominent revolutionary factions affiliated under the Southern Command in Deraa issued a statement confirming the complete boycott Jabhat al Nusra , and to oppose any form of cooperation or coordination with them military or at the level of the political thoughts.
Heroes’ welcome in Hunza
12 April 2015, byYesterday 5 out of 12 comrades were released from Gilgit Jail. They were welcomed by thousands upon their arrival in Hunza.
