“Many women on the left argue that we need a new women’s movement to fight for abortion rights, a movement made up of not only white middle class women, but including and led by working women and the poor. ”
The elections and the conservative way out of the crisis in Chile
10 December 2021, by“Whatever the result of the second presidential round, on December 19, 2021, the defeat of the popular field is plain. If José Antonio Kast prevails, the immobility of the neoliberal economic model and the extension of the repressive policy will be guaranteed, all with a significant degree of parliamentary support.”
Martinique and Guadeloupe thrown into chaos by the French state
9 December 2021, by“A great responsibility now rests on an cross-sectoral trade union coordination, particularly in health: strengthening the cohesion and unity of these structures, ensuring the coordination of those in struggle, forcing progressive elected representatives to rise to the level the situation requires.”
Why Euro zone countries’ debt to the ECB must be cancelled
7 December 2021, byCall on 7 December by Eric Toussaint, Sonia Mitralias, CADTM Europe, Paul Murphy, Miguel Urbán Crespo, Andrej Hunko, Cristina Quintavalla, Manon Aubry, Leïla Chaibi and others.
The case of the young artist Abel Lescay in Cuba
7 December 2021, by“I call on the international left militancy and those who read this text not to hesitate to investigate and support the cause of the political prisoners in Cuba. I call for international solidarity with Abel Lescay, because only in this way will we be heard. The left, in spite of its nuances and differences, must think of itself as one in the world in the face of this type of outrage. ”
Call for donations for ESSF Solidarity Fund 2022 - Getting ready for a new exceptional year!
6 December 2021, by , ,“ESSF supports the action of our partner associations and networks, without substituting for them. The initiative, the ‘thinking head’ of our solidarity is in Asia, not in Europe.”
Partying to Survive:
5 December 2021, byThe Albertist chimera of a world where everyone wins, electoral version. (Albertist is a reference to Alberto Fernández of the Frente de Todos FdT (Front for Everyone) coalition.)
Where Are We on Thanksgiving Day in America?
4 December 2021, by“Today some 41% of all Americans now have a positive attitude toward socialism, while 68% approve of labor unions, the highest approval rating since 1965.”
A persistent political and economic crisis in Lebanon
3 December 2021, by“The continued absence of non-sectarian mass organizations and parties rooted in the country’s working classes remains the main problem of the protest movement.”
Currency collapses, Turkish regime weakened
2 December 2021, by“It is quite possible that a third bloc based on an alliance of the pro-Kurdish left party (HDP) with other parties of the revolutionary left will be formed. […] this bloc should not be limited to the ballot but should work on anti-capitalist positions for a unitive reconstruction of the radical left aiming to take root in a workers’ movement in a state of ebullition.v”