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The manifesto has garnered support from a diverse array of notable figures, including parliamentarians, academics, activists, trade union leaders, intellectuals, feminists, environmentalists, anti-racists, anti-capitalists, and internationalist activists. Among the signatories is a writer who received the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature. The manifesto strongly condemns widespread assaults on social rights, civil liberties, public services, and the environment. It also denounces the manipulation of racism, sexism, and xenophobia for political gain.
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The appeal emphasises the connection between the rise of far-right ideologies and the intensification of imperialist and colonial aggression, regardless of its origins, which seek to appropriate natural resources and dominate populations. The signatories assert that the diverse array of forces united against far-right, fascist, and imperialist movements should not be considered a hindrance; rather, it underscores the necessity to establish a common coordination that can effectively address increasingly grave threats.
The signatories call for a united internationalist response and announce the organisation of an international anti-fascist and anti-imperialist conference in Porto Alegre (Brazil) from March 26–29, 2026. Recall that the World Social Forum originated in Porto Alegre 25 years ago.
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Signatories include:
• Editors of: Jacobin and Catalyst (English); Blast (French); Jacobinlat, Viento Sur and Sin Permiso (Spanish).
• Authors and intellectuals: Annie Ernaux, 2022 Nobel Prize winner in literature; Paco Ignacio Taibo II, novelist and biographer, director of the Fondo de Cultura Económica; Nancy Fraser, Cinzia Arruzza, Tithi Bhattacharya, Frei Betto, Eric Toussaint, Yanis Varoufakis, Konstantopoulou, Michael Löwy, Gilbert Achcar, Michael Hudson, Achin Vanaik, Walden Bello, Vivek Chibber, Michael Roberts, Vijay Prashad, Bhaskar Sunkara, Joseph Daher, Patrick Bond, Robert Brenner, Atilio Borón, and others.
• Political figures: Zarah Sultana and Jeremy Corbyn, co-founders of the new Your Party in the United Kingdom; Jean-Luc Mélenchon and Manon Aubry (La France Insoumise); Olivier Besancenot and Christine Poupin (New Anti-Capitalist Party); Raymonde Poncet Monge, Green Party senator in France; Yanis Varoufakis (DIEM25) and Zoé Konstantopoúlou (Course for Freedom) in Greece; Irene Montero (MEP, former minister, Podemos); Ada Colau (former mayor of Barcelona); parliamentarians from EH Bildu (Basque Country), Ana Miranda (Galician Nationalist Bloc), and Vicent Marzà i Ibáñez (Valencia), and Estrella Galán (SUMAR), as well as Danish and Swiss parliamentarians.
Two Italian MEPs, both victims of repression by far-right governments, are also signatories: Ilaria Salis, an anti-fascist activist who was unjustly imprisoned for 15 months in Budapest under Viktor Orbán’s regime until her election to the European Parliament in June 2024, and Domenico Lucano, the former mayor of Riace (Calabria), who faced persecution for years due to his humanist approach to welcoming migrants and refugees. He was wrongfully sentenced to thirteen years in prison but was acquitted on appeal following a protracted legal battle, bolstered by the solidarity of the anti-racist and anti-fascist movement.
• From Latin America: parliamentarians from the Workers’ Party (PT), the Socialism and Liberty Party (PSOL), and the Communist Party of Brazil (PCdoB) who successfully forged an electoral alliance to thwart Jair Bolsonaro’s re-election in 2022; representatives from the communist parties of Chile, Uruguay, Argentina, and Cuba; the Movement for Socialism (MAS) from Bolivia; and Morena and the PT from Mexico, alongside numerous other left-wing organisations across Latin America.
• From other regions: members of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), as well as representatives of left-wing parties and movements from Asia, the Pacific, the Arab region, and sub-Saharan Africa.
• Activists engaged in international solidarity with various groups such as the Palestinian, Kurdish, Sahrawi, Venezuelan, Ukrainian, Iranian, Syrian, Haitian, and Congolese peoples, among others. Several signatories participated in the Gaza flotilla organised to demand an end to the ongoing genocide against Palestinians.
• Activists from feminist, LGBTQI+, anti-fascist, anti-racist, eco-socialist, decolonial, North-South solidarity, and anti-capitalist movements.
• Trade union and association leaders: leaders of trade unions, continuous education movements, and peasant organisations.
20 January 2026
Source: CADTM.
