“The victory of the farmers’ movement also marks the Modi government’s first real defeat in the last seven years. In that sense, it is a momentous occasion in India’s political history.”
On the Polish border: “A policy that simply lets people die”
19 November 2021, byOn the border between Belarus and Poland scenes are unfolding that should be unthinkable for 21st century Europe. The refugees stranded there, struggling to survive in sub-zero temperatures, are desperate, traumatized, at the end of their tether, as are the people helping them.
Stop the social and liberticidal regression in Senegal
18 November 2021, by“The country is seeing a multitude of social mobilizations […].
These struggles must find a political expression, and this is in any case the will of fourteen organizations, some of which come from the radical left.”
“Let us rise up”: GKN, an exemplary battle
17 November 2021, by“Finally, this conflict is exemplary because it has shown that a radical struggle - and even a very radical one - is not necessarily in the minority and that it can even be massive, if those who lead it have the intelligence not to stay isolated and build consensus without sectarianism.”
Benin’s groundbreaking new abortion law will save the lives of many women
16 November 2021, by“However, it is important to note that the ruling of the law on its own is not enough for women to access the medical abortion services.”
School Board Meetings Become Violent as Republicans Fight Over Health and Race
15 November 2021, by“The school board battles could play a role in determining the 2022 congressional elections and the possible return of Donald Trump to the presidency in 2024.”
Reproductive Justice on the Line
14 November 2021, by“Today’s crisis opens up an opportunity to assert the right to a full program of reproductive justice. We should end the onerous restrictions on abortion, offer sex education based on science not superstition, provide universal and free contraception, along with an accessible public health system and creating a healthy environment in which to raise children.”
After Bogus Nicaraguan Election, Daniel Ortega Remains Dictator
13 November 2021, by“Under Ortega, the FSLN which once fought for socialism, degenerated, becoming authoritarian and corrupt, and giving socialism a bad name. Yet among the opposition there are some democratic socialists and we should attempt to work in solidarity with them. Nicaraguans should be able to look for help not to the U.S. government, but to the international solidarity movement.”
What future for Hong Kong?
12 November 2021, by ,“Every generation has to restart everything from scratch; there is no continuity, no accumulations of cadres, no accumulation of experience. So every time it is ‘new hands’, new generations involved. If we do not do something, in five years’ time perhaps all the memory will be lost again.”