As of January 10, 2012, six thousand seventy-five (6075) euros were collected and five thousand nine hundred (5900) euros were sent in the framework of the ongoing solidarity campaign for Pakistan. The donations were transferred through the Pakistani organization, Labour Education Foundation (LEF) with which ESSF has been collaborating for a long time now for various solidarity initiatives.
Ongoing efforts to help address the survivors of tropical storm Sendong in Iligan City
23 December 2011Ranaw Disaster Response and Rehabilitation Assistance Center, Inc. (RDDRAC, Inc.) is a network of NGOs organising relief for the victims.
The floods in Mindanao
20 December 2011, byThe typhoon floods in Mindanao, in the south of the Philippines, have been very serious and one of the most affected place is Iligan, where our comrades of the RMP-M (Revolutionary Workers’ Party – Mindanao) are very active.
Stop police violence against strikers
19 December 2011On Friday 16 December, the security forces violently attacked oil workers demanding better living standards in Zhanaozen, Kazakhstan. Ten people were shot dead, more than 70 wounded, and 70 arrested, according to the government. Opposition activists and Russian media say that the number of victims could be much higher.
NPA calls for coordinated resistance across Europe
5 December 2011The French Nouveau Parti Anticapitaliste (NPA) backed the public sector strikers in Britain and called for coordinated resistance across Europe. The NPA participated in organising the Coalition of Resistance‘s Europe Against Austerity Conference last month, which was addressed by Olivier Besancenot on behalf of the NPA
Russian socialists regroup to deepen struggle for new left party
4 December 2011, byThe 2011 congress of the Socialist Movement "Forward" (Vpered), its sixth, has voted to join with two other socialist organisations to form the “Russian Socialist Movement” (RSD). This congress was notable because the discussion has held in parallel with the preparations for the simultaneous congress of "Socialist Resistance" (Sotsialisticheskoye Soprotivleniye). During many debates and discussions, members addressed the consolidation and unity of the Left forces in Russia and the need to develop a full-fledged political agenda left. These issues took up the major part the Congress.
Jailed trade unionists in Pakistan need your support
29 November 2011Labour Start have launched a petition in support of jailed trade unionists in the Punjab.
Independent Union Federation joins Tahrir sit-in
21 November 2011The Egyptian Federation of Independent Trade Unions announces its participation in the sit-in today (19 November 2011), under the slogan “Achieve the goals of the revolution which have been manipulated for the last ten months”.
Remberto Arias Bernal, Bolivian Trotskyist
21 November 2011, byA leader of the Revolutionary Workers’ Party (POR-Combate), Bolivian section of the Fourth International, Remberto Arias Bernal, known as “Toto” and “Andrès”, joined the Fourth International in 1972, while he was in exile in the Chilean port of Arica. After General Pinochet’s coup, he fought in the resistance in Santiago, in the neighbourhoods of Macul, Nueva La Habana and La Hermida, alongside Bolivian and Chilean activists, before taking refuge in the Casa de Pedro Hurtado, then went into exile in Switzerland.
Esther Vivas convoked by the police following the action against Catalunya Caixa
13 November 2011The top candidate of the list “Anticapitalists for Barcelona” was convoked by Mossos d’Esquadra (the Catalan police) this Sunday, November 13, at 18:00, Pl. España (Barcelona).
