Adam Novak paints a broad picture of war, life and resistance in Ukraine “We fight, we have rights: How soldiers’ democracy powers Ukraine’s resistance”, Francesca Barca describes “Anarchists in wartime. The experience of Solidarity Collectives in Ukraine”, Simon Pirani and Denis Pilash discuss “Free public transport in Ukraine”. The Zapatistas affirm “No concessions to any imperialism! The Zapatistas’ Clear Stand on Ukraine”. Simon Pirani discusses a new book in two forums ““We Wanted to Show the Whole Range of Anti-War Resistance in Russia”” and “Raging Against Vladimir Putin’s War Machine”.
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- 19 November – War and resistance in Ukraine and Russia
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Tanzania
Tanzania: When bullets replace ballots
19 November, by Paul MartialThe East African country of Tanzania has been going through the most serious political crisis in its history since gaining independence in 1961, following the disputed re-election of Samia Suluhu Hassan as president. There is now talk of thousands of deaths, an estimate corroborated by diplomatic sources.
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COP 30
Social movements and COP 30: transnational alliances against the global extractivist offensive
18 November, by Maureen Zelaya Paredes, Pedro RamiroWhile empty promises are repeated in Belém, a plurality of social, indigenous and environmental movements are promoting an internationalist agenda against extractivism and for climate justice from various meeting spaces.
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USA
Trump Seems Vulnerable for First Time in Second Term
17 November, by Dan La BotzPresident Donald Trump appears for the first time in his second term to be facing serious challenges that threaten his until now nearly absolute domination of government. First and foremost, is the sense that he is not fulfilling his promise to make the economy affordable for most Americans.
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COP 30
Brazil, COP30 and the extractivist paradox
16 November, by Miguel Urbán CrespoWith each passing day, the evidence—not only scientific but also empirical, as seen in [the floods in] Valencia last year—confirms the ecological emergency. Not as a phenomenon of a grim future, but as a present reality. The UN Secretary-General himself, António Guterres, stated that 2024 was "a masterclass in climate destruction." This statement was part of his opening address at the COP29 global climate summit in Baku, exactly one year ago.
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COP 30
COP30: The shift to green capitalism fails to materialise
15 November, by Christian ZellerDespite dramatic warning signs, global politicians continued to back the fossil fuel-based economic order.
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...and the rest of the current issue
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Ukraine solidarity
We must save the children of Ukraine
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USA
Trump’s Reality for African Americans
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The Netherlands
No return of the centre but consolidation of the far-right and weakening of the left in Dutch elections
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USA
Democratic Socialist Mamdani, Other Democrats Win November Elections
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Philippines
After Typhoon Tino (Kalmaegi): Mourn and Rage for Accountability and demand for ecological transformation
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Ukraine
We fight, we have rights: How soldiers’ democracy powers Ukraine’s resistance
19 November, by Adam Novakread article...“For nearly four years, Ukrainian defenders have fought not only Russian imperialism but also their own state’s failures in mobilisation, welfare, and accountability.”
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Ukraine
Free public transport in Ukraine
19 November, by Denys Gorbach, Simon Piraniread article...The common weal versus capitalist modernity.
Free public transport can open cities to all. It combats social injustice and can also help to tackle climate change, by moving away from car-centred urban transport systems.
Public transport has been made free in more than 130 municipalities in Brazil – and, in Europe, Luxembourg; Tallinn, Estonia; Belgrade, Serbia and several French cities.
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Ukaine-Mexico
No concessions to any imperialism! The Zapatistas’ Clear Stand on Ukraine
19 November, by Luiza Martinezread article...“The Zapatista Army of National Liberation chose differently. From the mountains of Chiapas, Mexico’s Indigenous revolutionaries issued an uncompromising condemnation of the invasion that prioritised solidarity with grassroots resistance over geopolitical convenience. Their position—supporting Ukrainian resistance and Russian anti-war movements whilst rejecting both Putin and NATO—offered a radical alternative to the campist logic that dominated leftist discourse across Latin America and in Spain. When Israel launched its assault on Gaza in October 2023, the Zapatistas applied the same ethical framework, condemning those who "justified Putin’s invasion of Ukraine citing ’self-defense’ but now invalidate that argument against Israel, and vice versa."”
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Ukraine:
Anarchists in wartime. The experience of Solidarity Collectives in Ukraine
19 November, by Francesca Barcaread article...What does it mean to be left-wing and find yourself facing an invasion that you didn’t choose or want, that forces you to revise your principles, while continuing to defend a more just society? A Discussion with the Ukrainian anti-authoritarian group Solidarity Collectives.
COP 30
Palestinian COP30 coalition demands
November 2025
For nearly two years, Israel has waged a livestreamed genocide against Indigenous Palestinians in Gaza and across historic Palestine, devastating lives, land, and ecosystems. UN experts have described Israel’s crimes as including domicide, urbicide, scholasticide, medicide, cultural genocide and ecocide. In September 2025, the UN Commission of Inquiry confirmed that Israel is committing a genocide in Gaza.
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We denounce the arrest and prosecution of 15 students and demand their acquittal of all charges
October 2025
On the night of October 13th to 14th, at 2 a.m., by order of the Dean of the National Technical University of Athens, heavily armed special police forces, unprovoked and provocatively, invaded the historic site of the Polytechnic and arrested 15 students.
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Energy, Infrastructure, and Civilians Targeted: Ukrainian Trade Unions Call for Solidarity
October 2025
Dear Sisters and Brothers,
The Russian Federation continues its brutal, full-scale war on Ukraine. Every day, Russia launches missiles and drones at Ukrainian cities, destroying workplaces, homes, and entire communities, while imposing its criminal regime on the temporarily occupied territories.
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Tribute to the internationalist communists deported to Buchenwald
October 2025
On Saturday 11 October 2025, at the Buchenwald memorial and on the initiative of the association Les amis d’Arbeiter und Soldat, a tribute was paid to the internationalist communists deported to Buchenwald.
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Lecornu mark 2 – a government at war with working people
Statement by NPA-l’Anticapitaliste
October 2025
Lecornu 2 is a pure Macronist government, made up of technocrats, former Macron advisors, and also those under criminal investigation: Rachida Dati from the Culture Ministry soon to be tried for corruption and influence peddling; Vincent Jeanbrun, Minister of Housing, accused of favoritism in the allocation of housing to relatives.
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