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Reparations for Police Torture

Dianne Feeley, Linda Loew — 2021-07-31T08:34:02Z

“Throughout that organizing work, I didn't believe we were going to win. I was used to working on campaigns where you fight, you fight, you fight because it's the longterm struggle. But here we won.”

- IV558 - July 2021 / United States (USA)

Region's dilemmas reflected on the streets of Colombia

Ana C. Carvalhaes, Israel Dutra — 2021-07-30T08:24:32Z

“The path will be neither linear nor easy, there will be ups and downs, defeats and victories. The big challenge is to be in the struggles, with this new combative generation fighter, to build with it (and not for it) our programme of rupture.”

- IV558 - July 2021 / Brazil, Colombia, Latin America, Ecuador, Bolivia

Protests in Haiti repudiate authoritarianism and US intervention Interview

Kim Ives — 2021-07-29T06:49:27Z

From 14 February 2021, thousands of Haitians took to the streets every weekend in the capital of Port-au-Prince and elsewhere to protest President Jovenel Moïse's refusal to abdicate power. Moïse, elected with U.S. backing in November 2016, had exploited an alleged loophole in Haiti's constitution that states the duration of the presidential term is five years. Moïse was subsequently attacked and killed in his home on 7 July, in circumstances which have still not been fully clarified. Arvind Dilawar of Jacobin spoke to Kim Ives, editor of Haïti Liberté about the protests, before Moïse's assassination.

- IV558 - July 2021 / Haiti

For the climate, for life, for us and our children now is the time to fight!

Daniel Tanuro — 2021-07-28T06:21:06Z

“Life on Earth can recover from major climate change by evolving into new species and creating new ecosystems. Humanity cannot.” This is what can be read in the IPCC draft report (6th assessment report, expected for February 2022).

- IV558 - July 2021 / Ecology and the Environment, Climate

Not a single vote for United Russia! RSM statement on the Duma elections & Mikhail Lobanov's candidacy

Russian Socialist Movement (RSD) — 2021-07-27T09:50:00Z

“The September 19 Russian State Duma elections will be very different from previous ones. On the one hand, they will take place against a background of a rapid decline in living standards, the dire consequences of the pandemic, and the extremely unpopular pension reform passed three years ago.”

- IV558 - July 2021 / Russia

Democratic Socialists of America Faces Challenges at Convention

Dan La Botz — 2021-07-26T11:59:51Z

“Most DSA members show little interest in international issues, yet they are likely to be the most contentious issue at this year's convention.”

- IV558 - July 2021 / United States (USA)

Erdogan's violent equilbrium

Uraz Aydin — 2021-07-25T07:02:02Z

“It would seem that the Western clan, who need Ankara on their side […], will not force Erdogan too much on the democratic question as long as he makes a pledge of allegiance and shows himself to be ‘cooperative'.”

- IV558 - July 2021 / Turkey

KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng are burning, we need to build a just peace

Abahlali baseMjondolo — 2021-07-24T07:37:48Z

“We repeat that people are not interested in Zuma's arrest. It is the fact that they have been unemployed and hungry for too long that has created this crisis.”

- IV558 - July 2021 / South Africa

On the Chinese regime

Pierre Rousset — 2021-07-23T06:42:57Z

“There is nothing communist about the Chinese model, which is run by billionaires.”

- IV558 - July 2021 / China

Old Wine in New Bottles? ‑The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) celebrates its centenary

Peter Wong — 2021-07-22T06:30:58Z

“It is plain silly to describe today's CCP or China as “communist” or “socialist”.”

- IV558 - July 2021 / China