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Indonesia hit by climate disaster and authoritarian power

Pierre Rousset — 2025-12-12T06:41:49Z

Cyclone Senyar has caused deadly floods and landslides in several Indonesian provinces. The toll looks set to be very heavy, and the government's (non-)risk prevention policy is once again under scrutiny.
A week after the cyclone passed, it is still impossible to measure the full extent of the devastation in the provinces of Aceh, North Sumatra and West Sumatra. At least 961 people have lost their lives, with nearly 300 still missing, over 156,000 homes have been damaged or destroyed, (…)

- IVP611 - December 2025 / Solidarity after disasters , Indonesia, Climate

Women and girls fear for their safety in the Philippines, as earthquake aftershocks continue to rock Northern Cebu

Mary Therese L. Norbe — 2025-12-08T17:48:50Z

As the world spearheads 16 Days, an annual awareness campaign to prevent violence against women and girls that covers the period from November 25 to December 10, a new humanitarian analysis conducted by CARE in the Philippines reveals a stark reality. In Northern Cebu province of Philippines, thousands of women, girls, and boys are living and sleeping in the open. They have no walls, no lighting, and no sense of safety they once knew. “Living Without Fear” is CARE's focus during the 16 Days awareness campaign.

- Feminism / Philippines, Women, Solidarity after disasters

Urgent Call for Solidarity: Support Sri Lanka's Flood and Landslide Relief Efforts 2025

Dharmasiri Lankapeli, Kalpa Rajapaksha — 2025-12-06T13:25:45Z

“This is not simply a humanitarian appeal—it is a call to uphold our shared global commitment to justice, dignity, and collective care. As climate disasters intensify, international leftist solidarity remains essential to ensure that working people everywhere can survive, rebuild, and continue the struggle for a more just world.”

- News from around the world / Sri Lanka, Solidarity after disasters

After Typhoon Tino (Kalmaegi): Mourn and Rage for Accountability and demand for ecological transformation

Remo Camote — 2025-11-10T09:47:53Z

Filipinos in the country (and worldwide) are enraged by the devastation brought by the recent typhoon Tino, with the international name Kalmaegi (November 4, 2025).

- IVP610 - November 2025 / Philippines, Ecology and the Environment, Solidarity after disasters

Stand with Peasants and Rural Communities in the wake of the 2025 worst ever floods

Farooq Tariq — 2025-09-08T08:52:10Z

Worst ever flood at River Ravi for 38 years, hundreds of villages affected across Ravi, Chenab and Sutlej belts. Kartarour complex (a place of worship for Sikh community, located inside Pakistan, where Indians can come without visa) submerged. Over 800 killed, thousands injured, eight districts of Punjab under water.

- News from around the world / Ecology and the Environment, Pakistan, Solidarity after disasters

State Neglect and Corporate-Driven Development Deepen Rural Devastation: Punjab faces unprecedented flood challenge

Farooq Tariq, Qammar Abbas — 2025-09-08T08:46:55Z

Two million people have been impacted, 2200 villages and millions of acre of agri land are under water. Unprecedented Flood water now moving toward Sindh endangering lives of millions.

- IVP608 - September 2025 / Ecology and the Environment, Pakistan, Solidarity after disasters

Call for donations for ESSF's Asia 2025 Solidarity Fund - Joining forces

Adam Novak, Pierre Rousset — 2024-12-05T20:02:39Z

The annual appeal of Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières.

- IV599 - December 2024 / Solidarity after disasters , Asia

Flooding tragedy strikes Valencian Community

Daniel Geffner — 2024-11-06T15:09:32Z

“The outpouring of solidarity and the desire to help those affected show that, in the face of the TINA (“There Is No Alternative”) of Thatcherism and neo-liberalism, with its religion based on individualism and the commodification of life and society, it is possible to challenge not only its rhetoric but also its practice by creating popular power from below and from the left. ”

- IV598 - November 2024 / Spanish state, Solidarity after disasters , Climate

Evaporating Solidarity: The Response to Displacement Cannot Be Sustained by Empathy Alone

Daria Krivonos — 2024-04-28T09:04:39Z

“What is needed is not only access to international protection for all (including non-European) asylum-seekers but also functioning public institutions that can provide access to decent living conditions, accommodation, healthcare and work. ”

- IV591 - April 2024 / Poland, Ukraine, Solidarity after disasters , Migration

“We need human solidarity”: report from Kalamata after deadly shipwreck

Pete Radcliff — 2023-06-18T17:34:00Z

“Several times I heard “we need human solidarity”, “solidarity between people”. They are right, but we can't let politicians off the hook. We need a political campaign across Europe for free movement.”

- IV581 - June 2023 / Greece, Solidarity after disasters , Migration