Weaponising Gender: How gender became the perfect scapegoat for far-right and authoritarian actors by Julisa Tambunan, Aminah Jasho, Esme Abbott. Non-natalism by Leslie Root and Transgender socialism by Echo Fortune.
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- 27 March – More on women’s and on trans politics
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Britain
No to antisemitism – no to all racism
28 March, byThe arson attack on four ambulances in a North London synagogue car park [1] was an antisemitic hate crime. ACR condemns this unequivocally. We call on others to do the same, regardless of the claimed motives of the attackers or the alleged views of some synagogue members. Israel’s genocidal war crimes in Palestine and across the Middle East offer no justification for an attack on a public service provided by the Jewish community in Britain.
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France
After the municipal elections, build an anti-fascist front
27 March, byThe results of the local elections reflect a confusing picture of the political landscape. On Sunday evening, on the television programmes, everyone from the RN to LFI claimed to have emerged as the winner from this round of elections.
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Kanaky: Mobilization on 21 March against colonialism
26 March, byFor several months, the French government has been trying to impose on Kanaky an exit from the framework of the Nouméa Accords, by calling into question the decolonization process, even though it is recognized by the UN. The so-called “Bougival Agreement”, imposed in July 2025 against the advice of the Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS), provides for the creation of a “state” of Kanaky-New Caledonia integrated into the French republic. A formula that in no way corresponds to independence.
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Cesar Chavez, Civil Rights and Labor icon, raped girls and women
25 March, byCesar Chavez, who in the 1960s led the struggles of Mexican Americans for civil rights and of farmworkers for labor unions, was accused in a carefully researched New York Times article of having raped women and sexually abused girls as young as 13. Among those women was Dolores Huerta, herself a founder and leader of the union, who confirmed that he forced himself on her and fathered two of her children, secretly raised by others. Debra Rojas reported that Chavez had had intercourse with her when she was 15, which is rape under state law because she was too young to give legal consent.
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Anti-fascism
Towards an international anti-fascist convergence
24 March, byUniting left-wing forces to counter the rise of the far right. That is the aim of the First International Anti-Fascist Conference, to be held in late March in Porto Alegre, Brazil
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Recently posted Features
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Serbia
“The independent media played a crucial role in documenting the protests and making student demands visible”
28 January, by ,read article...“In the face of threats to press freedom in Serbia, and in particular state pressure, a coalition has been created to demand and act for independent information. Press freedom in Serbia is in serious decline: threats, harassment and attacks are frequent, and institutional protection is increasingly unreliable. ”
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Serbia
Europe’s death chamber
28 January, byread article...They are Baloch, Moroccan or Afghan. Crowded into camps around Belgrade, some of them attempt ‘games’, i.e. they try to cross the border with smugglers. The others, resigned to their fate, learn to live in appalling conditions. Since the closure of the Balkan route, Serbia has established itself as Europe’s border guard.
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Serbia
The EU and green colonialism in Serbia
28 January, byread article...Environmental struggles and protests against the destruction of the natural environment are common in the Balkans, and Serbia is no exception. The most recent and symbolic of these is the protest against the installation of lithium mines in the west of the country. During our trip, we met with an activist from the anti-extractivist collective Marš Sa Drine in a hotel in downtown Belgrade, away from the prying ears of the Vučić regime.
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Ecosocialism
Ruptures: The New Manifesto of the Fourth International
22 January, byread article...The new Manifesto of the Fourth International is available in English from Resistance Books London or the IIRE, Amsterdam. This “Manifesto for an ecosocialist revolution - Break with capitalist growth”, is a document that marks a new stage in the history of the movement founded in 1938 by Leon Trotsky and his comrades.
Since Babeuf’s Manifesto of the Equals (1796) and the Communist Manifesto (1848), many documents of this kind have emerged throughout the history of the workers’ movement. (…)
