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Release Ali Wazir and Mohsin Dawar, withdraw false police charges

2019-05-31T08:21:17Z

On 26 May 2019 a peaceful procession in the Waziristan region led by Ali Wazir and Mohsin Dawar, both Members of National Assembly (MNAs), was fired upon by army men, leaving at least 13 dead and over forty injured in Waziristan region.

- IV532 - May 2019 / Pakistan

The Struggle over Women's Bodily Autonomy and the Dehumanisation of Women in the US

Susan Pashkoff — 2019-05-30T16:45:22Z

It has been a rather horrific couple of weeks for women's reproductive rights in the US. Convinced that they finally have the means to overturn both Roe vs Wade and Doe vs Bolton (1973) due to numbers on the Supreme Court, several pieces of legislation designed to undermine women's right to abortion have been passed in several states (e.g., Ohio, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Tennessee) by Republican dominated legislatures. Knowing that these bills are unconstitutional, they are hoping to get them to the Supreme Court in the hope of being the state whose legislation led to the overturn of both Roe and Doe.

- IV532 - May 2019 / United States (USA), Women

May resigns and Brexit moves to the right

Alan Davies — 2019-05-29T14:59:41Z

So May, with her cabinet falling to pieces around her and the 1922 Committee pulling the rug from underneath her, has at last accepted the inevitable and announced her resignation. She chose to do this as the Commons goes into recess and in advance of the European EU election results on Sunday that are going to be devastating for the Tories.

- IV532 - May 2019 / Britain, European Union

Election Results, Trends and Political Perspectives

Ernesto M Diaz — 2019-05-27T07:05:20Z

The results of the Andalusian regional elections left everyone waiting anxiously for what might follow. They indicated a trend which, if continued in an upward sense, would confirm the worst forecasts, comparable to the end of "Game of Thrones". But finally, the results were not an absolute disaster. The chessboard has moved just enough for these results to let us dream of a horizon that is not marked by a radical neoliberal tsunami, but by a situation of relative pause in the political landscape. And that is a good thing at a time when the chances of an offensive to win new rights are reduced.

- IV532 - May 2019 / Spanish state

Escalating Threat of Direct U.S. War Against Iran: Is There A Way Out?

Frieda Afary' — 2019-05-26T06:43:33Z

Stopping the ominous drive toward a direct U.S. war against Iran demands opposition both to U.S. imperialism and to the repressive Iranian regime. It demands reaching out to labor, feminist, student and oppressed minority struggles in Iran and connecting them to labor, feminist and anti-racist struggles in the rest of the region and internationally. It demands explaining the necessary relationship between capitalism and war, and showing what can be a humanist alternative to capitalism.

- IV532 - May 2019 / United States (USA), Iran

Turkey: Opposition breaks through, Erdogan's bloc “resists”

Uraz Aydin — 2019-05-25T07:44:28Z

Presented as a “matter of survival” by Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the municipal elections of March 31, 2019 ended in an undeniable failure for the Justice and Development Party (AKP) with the loss of the most important cities, including Istanbul and Ankara held for 25 years by Islamists, to the benefit of the opposition. However, by challenging the results and calling a recount of spoiled ballots, the AKP “resists”.

- IV532 - May 2019 / Turkey

The Twenty-First Century Left will be Anti-Capitalist

Enzo Traverso — 2019-05-23T06:46:23Z

Enzo Traverso interviewed by Vincent Martign about the current state of the international left and its future prospects.

- IV532 - May 2019 / United States (USA), France

Hundreds of Europeans â€˜criminalised' for helping migrants – as far right aims to win big in European elections

Belen Lobos, Claire Provost, Claudia Torrisi, Nandini Archer — 2019-05-22T06:44:24Z

Elderly women, priests and firefighters among those arrested, charged or â€˜harassed' by police for supporting migrants, with numbers soaring in the past 18 months.

- IV532 - May 2019 / Europe, Migration, Far Right, European Union, Anti-racism and Islamophobia

A state of terror

Sara Henriquez — 2019-05-21T06:42:36Z

The Nicaraguan state has led a brutal crackdown on anti-government protests. Activist Sara HenrÃquez speaks to Red Pepper about how feminists have been at the forefront of the resistance.

- IV532 - May 2019 / Nicaragua

Welcome to the new Algerian revolution

Omar Hassan, Hamza Hamouchene — 2019-05-20T07:03:53Z

In 2011, a wave of revolutionary struggle swept the Middle East and North Africa, often bringing down dictatorships that had governed for decades. Millions protested on the streets, occupied public spaces and demanded “bread, freedom and social justice”. Having broken through the fear produced by years of repression, the Arab Spring became an inspiration for activists across the world.

- IV532 - May 2019