News from around the world

Declaration of the Fourth International on Thailand: There must be an end to repression, the censure of the media and the denial of democratic freedoms. The rights to organise, freely associate, strike and demonstrate must be respected.

The Sixteenth World Congress unanimously adopted this resolution.

The 16th World Congress unanimously adopted this statement condemning the militarization and all its consequences on human rights in Mexico.

The Sixteenth World Congress of the Fourth International, having heard the Sri Lankan delegation, adopted a statement on the situation.

The World Congress of the Fourth International adopted a statement of solidarity with the Mexican Electrical Workers’ Union (SME) and the National Mine, Metal and Allied Workers’ Union (SNTMMSRM), engaged in a significant battle of the class struggle in Mexico.

Following its long and rich debate on the resolution "Climate change and our tasks", the Sixteenth World Congress adopted a motion outlining its orientation to the Cochabamba summit on climate.

The Sixteenth World Congress of the Fourth International adopted a motion of solidarity with the peoples of the Peruvian forest in the challenge to the government.

Hugo Gonzalez Moscoso, historic figure of the Fourth International in Bolivia, died in January. We publish this short notice now and will come back to a longer appreciation at a later date.

The decision of the local NPA in the Vaucluse region in France to include a headscarf-wearing candidate on its list for the regional elections has caused a lot of debate in the French media. Here Olivier Besancenot, spokesperson of the NPA, corrects inaccurate reporting of his words.

Commemoration meetings for Daniel Bensaïd have taken place in Paris, Toulouse, Porto Alegre, London and Lisbon.