The movement against anti-Asian violence must not become yet another bargaining chip between two repressive super powers.
As American Life Returns to Normal, Mass Shootings Resume
10 April 2021, byIn Atlanta, Georgia on March 16 a gunman killed eight people, in three spas, six of them Asian women. Then on March 22 in Boulder, Colorado, a man with a gun killed ten people. On March 31, 2021, in Orange, California, a gunman murdered four people, one a nine-year-old boy. Since the Atlanta shooting, there have been at least twenty mass shootings in the United States.
In Italy, the prospects opened up by the national riders’ strike
9 April 2021, byOn 26 March, thousands of delivery workers took part in a historic one-day strike that marked an important step in the struggle for the recognition of riders’ rights.
The “No Delivery Day” was supported by many platform customers, consumers and collectives who decided to boycott the services in solidarity with the delivery workers. The drivers’ protest was also massively supported by the rank-and-file unions (Clap, riders Cobas, Sial Cobas, Si Cobas) and the sectoral unions (Uiltucs, (...)
“Normalisation” crosses a decisive threshold
8 April 2021, byA huge desire for freedom and democracy was expressed in Hong Kong in 2019. For the government, it is now time for revenge and to bring the population into line with the standards in force on the Chinese mainland. The new electoral rules promulgated on 30 March aim to complete the elimination of all forms of counter-power.
Their anti-imperialism and ours
7 April 2021, byThe logic of “the enemy of my enemy is my friend” is a recipe for empty cynicism.
Politics in Britain is entering a new phase
6 April 2021, by“The multi-faceted crisis will continue and deepen. In this context, there will be greater opportunities to present a radical ecosocialist and revolutionary alternative.”
Ten years after the popular uprising in Syria
5 April 2021, by“The absence of a structured, independent, democratic, progressive and inclusive Syrian political opposition, which could attract the popular classes, made it difficult for various sectors of the population to unite and challenge the regime again and at the national level.”
Bamars and national minorities – a new political situation
4 April 2021, by“No other country today has such a murderous dictatorship at work attempting to shatter such an exceptionally broad democratic resistance. A situation which implies an imperative duty of solidarity.”
Women’s Rights in Turkey: What You See Is the Top of the Iceberg
3 April 2021, by“However, women in Turkey are more organized, locally and internationally connected and united than ever, despite the challenge of fighting against a mentality that occupies the absolute majority of the Parliament and dominates every single sphere of life.”