This English-language article was published on the Swedish site Motkraft.
List of Demands by Sarajevo and Bihac Protestors
10 March 2014This list of demands was published by the site LeftEast on 8 February. We publish it as an addendum to our coverage in the February issue.
Rana Plaza (Bangladesh)… Women in the Garment Industry: Remembering Victims, Fighting for Justice
9 March 2014, byInternational Women’s Day was originally conceived as International Working Women’s Day and organized in part by the Second International. This piece was written for the holiday and to honor that tradition of fighting for working women’s rights.
We Say No to Religious Fundamentalism, Privatization and Feudalism: They Collude Together to Kill, Exploit and Oppress Women
8 March 2014Awami Workers’ Party Message on 104th International Woman’s Day - 8 March 2014.
Syrian Women and the Uprising: Fighting on Multiple Fronts
8 March 2014Syria Freedom republished this article that was published first on Syriauntold with the following comment:
Before republishing this article that you can find below, we, the Revolutionary Left Current in Syria, reiterate that the emancipation and liberation of women is fully and completely part of the Syrian revolutionary process. The women have played an enormous role in the revolutionary process since the beginning and have been an essential actor in the struggle against the Assad regime and reactionary forces inside the revolution.
Ukraine will be saved from intervention by solidarity
7 March 2014, byThe Socialist Union “Left Opposition” offers its assessment of the Russian aggression in Crimea and the destructive role of Ukrainian nationalists. The intervention of Russian armies was made possible as a result of a split in Ukrainian society. Its unity is impossible with the oligarchs and chauvinists in power. Only solidarity will save Ukraine.
Tuzla: building solidarities
6 March 2014On 5 February, people set fire to the government building of Tuzla Canton, rebelling against criminal privatization, unpaid wages, and the corrupt ruling oligarchy. Violence was deemed necessary for people to finally get their voice heard, and overcome poverty. Ministers have resigned, and people have been taking control over political life. Soon after, more than 700 citizens gathered in Plenums, where they practice direct democracy. This “Tuzla effect” has spread throughout other towns in Bosnia Herzegovina… and this blast of anger has gained the streets in Croatia, Montenegro, Macedonia, in such a way that we’re already speaking, in France and in Europe, of a Balkan “spring”.
Crimea—Not “Ours” or “Yours”
3 March 2014, byEvents in Ukraine are moving at a terrifying speed. This statement was prepared by the editors of the OpenLeft in the morning of March 1st, 2014. [Today,] March 2nd, at 2 pm, Russians in different cities will hold rallies against a possible Russian intervention into Ukraine.
No war with Ukraine!
3 March 2014, byThis statement was made by the Central Committee of the Russian Socialist Federation on 1 March 2014.