On June 19, 2012, Venecia “Inday” Natinga was shot dead along the street by gunmen riding a motorcycle while she was going home from the town in of Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte. She sustained seven (7) gunshot wounds by identified suspects hired by a police officer whom she had disputes with several times in relation to the peasant struggle for land rights.
Solidarity with Egyptian women
17 July 2013We, feminist activists, gathered together at the initiative of the Fourth International in Amsterdam on 13-17 July 2013, coming from the Caribbean, Belgium, Brazil, Britain, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, the Netherlands, the Philippines and Tunisia, express our full solidarity and support for the Egyptian women demonstrators and activists who suffer sexual, moral and physical violence aimed at systematically excluding them from public and political spaces and breaking their commitment to the revolutionary process.
Toba Tek Singh water movement launched
30 June 2013, byAt a seminar in a local hotel, Toba Tek Singh Paani Tehreek (water movement) was launched by the participants and decided to raise the issue of clean water through mass mobilization in the city. The seminar “Clean water a basic human right” was organized by International Institute For Research and Education (IIRE) Islamabad in cooperation with Awami Workers Party and Valiant Social Welfare Organization.
Quito declaration on ecosocialism and ‘buen vivir’
29 June 2013On June 10-12, Ecuador’s National Institute of Advanced Studies (IAEN, Spanish acronym) held an international symposium on Crisis of civilization, ecosocialism and ‘buen vivir’ . (“Buen Vivir” is usually translated as “living well,” but its meaning is closer to “living appropriately.”)
Over 4000 at People’s Assembly Against Austerity
24 June 2013, byThe political context for a gathering of 4000 activists and campaigners in London on June 22nd was set by the following statement that same morning by Ed Miliband, leader of the opposition Labour Party: “So when George Osborne [finance minister] stands up next week and announces his cuts in day-to-day spending, we won’t be able to promise now to reverse them.”
MEPs Send Message of solidarity to Anti-G8 protestors
11 June 2013A group of 12 MEPs from the left wing group in the European Parliament, GUE-NGL, have signed a joint message of support to Anti-G8 protestors ahead of the summit in two weeks’ time. The message which is signed by MEPS from Denmark, Greece, Germany, Portugal, Spain and Sweden was initiated by the Socialist Party MEP, Paul Murphy.
Solidarity with the Struggle of the People of Turkey
8 June 2013, byThe Organization of Communists Internationalists of Greece / OKDE-Spartakos expresses its solidarity with the struggle of the working class, the youth and the people of Turkey against the Erdogan government.ek section of the Fourth International.
Fascist attack in Paris
6 June 2013, byClément, a young anti-fascist activist, was beaten to death yesterday in Paris by a radical far-right group, the Revolutionary Nationalist Youth.
