IV576 - January 2023

“This mobilization is a test: all the trade unions and parties, the whole social and political left, the vast majority of the population, are opposed to the reform. If it passes, the government will feel that it has wings and will step up the attacks.”

Since 16 September, an unprecedented popular uprising has shaken the Islamic Republic of Iran. The repression has left more than 500 people dead, including 69 minors. To avoid "solutions imposed from outside", many political, social and intellectual figures propose "a real campaign of international solidarity with all those who are mobilising in Iran to put an end to the Islamic Republic".

First reports show massive support for the day of strikes and action on 19 January in France. Léon Crémieux explains the background.

“Last year alone, six unions representing 32,000 struck at various hospitals across the United States. They have done so with great sympathy from the public, which has viewed the nurses as heroic.”

“Today, we seek to renew the thread of the construction of a useful party for the exploited and the oppressed.”

The latest developments in the ongoing strike wave in the United Kingdom, as workers fight for higher pay while the Conservatives prepare new anti-union legislation.

“So far, the German government has successfully conveyed the image: Putin is to blame for inflation, but the government is helping out.”

The internationally-renowned intellectual was arrested in late November 2022, joining an ever-growing list of political prisoners detained by the Ortega regime.

“In many cases, rights groups deemed that those killed did not pose an explicit threat to the lives of the Israeli soldiers when they were killed. ”

Despite different approaches toward the pandemic, the US and China share a commitment to capital accumulation.