The demand that Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, one of the longest-serving prisoners in France, be freed is supported by a number of French and international personalities, as well as Palestine solidarity campaigns and French political parties including the Parti De Gauche, the French Communist Party, the NPA and Lutte Ouvrière.
The dragon and the goose that lays the golden eggs
10 October 2020, by ,“There are therefore elements for a long-term resistance strategy to emerge. It remains for the international left to contribute, in particular by getting involved in solidarity in the face of repression.”
Judgment of Golden Dawn Nazis
9 October 2020, byThe verdict that Golden Dawn is a "criminal organization" was given on 8 October. This article gives a picture of the mobilization around this case.
The Hypocrisy of Baba Jan’s Imprisonment
8 October 2020, by“The degree of tacit sympathy — explicitly fostered by the state — that has flooded the airwaves for people who slaughtered or tried to slaughter their fellow Pakistanis is rarely afforded to those engaged in nonviolent struggles for people’s rights. There are few cases which illustrate this hypocritical standard of justice in Pakistan better than that of Baba Jan.”
Justice requires the legal system be abolished and replaced
7 October 2020, byThe decision of the Kentucky Grand Jury ‒ a secret body ‒ to not file murder charges against the two white cops who killed Breonna Taylor shows the United States legal system is criminal, unjust and needs to be abolished and replaced.
Statement of the Bureau regarding the NSSP
6 October 2020, byThe Executive Bureau of the Fourth International has issued this statement concerning its links with the NSSP (Nava Sama Samaja Party).
Hearts on Fire for the 43
5 October 2020, byOn the sixth anniversary of the forced disappearance of the 43 Ayoztinapa college students, a flurry of developments is spurring optimism among long traumatized relatives of the students and their dedicated core of supporters.
Fighting for Black Lives at School
4 October 2020, byAshley Smith interviewed Black Lives Matter activist and educator Jesse Hagopian about the struggle for Black Lives at school, the uprising for racial justice, the role of unions in that struggle, and the looming workers’ fight against austerity in cities and states across the country.
Jesse Hagopian is a teacher at Garfield High School in Seattle, Washington and is co-editor with Denisha Jones of Black Lives Matter at School, forthcoming in December from Haymarket.
Trump Refuses to Promise a Peaceful Transfer of Power Should He Lose
3 October 2020, byU.S. President Donald Trump has refused in repeated interviews to promise a peaceful transfer of power should he lose, his statements causing consternation among the public, the Democratic Party opposition, and even in his own Republican Party. Trump claims that mail ballots—being more widely used because of the coronavirus pandemic that has left 205,000 dead—are a “scam.” He says there will be massive voter fraud, though mail ballots have been used by some states for years and there is no evidence of fraud. All of America is now discussing the possibility of an illegal seizure of power by Trump.
Anti-war Statement of Azerbaijani Leftist Youth
2 October 2020, byThe Nagorno-Karabakh conflict has been with us since 1988, ever since the largely ethnic Armenian population of this province of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic demanded a union with Armenia. The ensuing war ended in 1994 with Nagorno-Karabakh and some neighboring Azerbaijani territories under Armenian control and nearly a million people as refugees. Ever since then, as Azerbaijan has tried to retrieve the lost territories and the occasional negotiations proving fruitless, there have been periodic escalations of the conflict such as the Four-Day War of 2016, but never has the fighting reached the magnitude of the fighting for the last couple of days, with hundreds of soldiers (and many civilians) killed on each side. As nationalist propaganda in both countries has reached a fever pitch and the very little anti-war activity is not only drowned by vitriol but punished with arrests, LeftEast is proud to share this statement of young Azerbaijani leftists.