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Macron takes on the colours of the far right on immigration

Léon Crémieux — 2023-12-31T10:45:19Z

Macron and his government have taken a spectacular step towards adopting a discriminatory, racist and xenophobic policy towards non-EU foreigners, with the support of the far right.

- IV587 - December 2023 / France, Migration

“A Heavy Blow”

Heinz Bierbaum — 2023-12-30T18:47:58Z

Sahra Wagenknecht's decision to leave Die Linke brings clarity, but at a high cost.

- IV587 - December 2023 / Germany

A new Constitution is rejected again: back to square one in Chile?

Franck Gaudichaud — 2023-12-29T14:08:31Z

“Overall, this result gives a breath of “fresh air” to a progressive government which, since 2021, has been characterized by a lack of transformative capacity and, above all, no desire - even minimal - to confront the dominant sectors. ”

- IV587 - December 2023 / Chile

Is exercising citizenship a crime in Algeria?

Lahcène G. — 2023-12-28T09:04:15Z

“In a regime of democratic freedoms, citizenship, i.e. the participation of citizens in the construction of the public space but also their determination to defend their rights, is the essential criterion for the functioning of the regime. In a regime of dictatorship and authoritarianism, citizenship embodies subversion, being a spoilsport for the rulers.”

- IV587 - December 2023 / Ecology and the Environment, Algeria

Ahmed al-Jaber carves his name in the history of capitalist smoke and mirrors

Daniel Tanuro — 2023-12-27T08:43:57Z

“The catastrophe will not be stopped by these COPs, but by the struggles, the convergences of the struggles and their international coordination.”

- IV587 - December 2023 / Climate

A regularization measure for immigrants is adopted in Greece!

Andreas Sartzekis — 2023-12-26T08:36:00Z

“So, even if the Left could hardly not vote for this measure, it is clear that it bears no relation to previous regularization measures which enabled hundreds of thousands of immigrants to obtain permanent residence permits.”

- IV587 - December 2023 / Greece, Migration

Start of radical political change for the working class in Japan

Karen Yamanaka — 2023-12-25T16:23:00Z

The kickback scandal involving the fundraising parties of the Abe faction, the largest faction of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), has become a major problem that is shaking the foundations of the Kishida regime in Japan.

- IV587 - December 2023 / Japan

Interview with Ukrainian and Russian socialists

Collective — 2023-12-24T09:07:12Z

“Ukrainian society demonstrated that it's empowered by its diversity and not by cultivating ethnic nationalism and national isolation.”

- IV587 - December 2023 / Russia, Ukraine

The first limits of the democratic government in Poland

Jan Malewski — 2023-12-23T22:30:59Z

Although the conservative right has made progress in most recent elections, the Polish elections of 15 October 2023, with a historic turnout (78%), on the contrary put the conservative government in a minority. What's more, only 40% of voters took part in the racist migration referendums called at the same time, rendering their results invalid.

- IV587 - December 2023 / Poland

Putin transforms Wagner in Africa

Paul Martial — 2023-12-22T10:36:00Z

“This new configuration will make it possible to avoid too great a margin of autonomy and, above all, to respond to the new political situation in Africa.”

- IV587 - December 2023 / Russia, Africa