“Russians are dying out”, officials and parliamentarians tragically tell us from the rostrum. It would seem, indeed, that the birth rate is not rising, and that in April 2022 Russia recorded its lowest birth rate since 1943-1944. In January 2023, Russian President Vladimir V. Putin even instructed the government “to come up with a way to raise the birth rate as soon as possible” and gave a full two weeks to solve the problem.
China’s New Left: The Revival of Lost Traditions
27 February 2023, byBut although the political reawakening of some young people in China and the Chinese diaspora is potentially important, their movement is only just beginning
Four years on - keeping the spirit of the Hirak alive!
26 February 2023, byOn the fourth anniversary of the popular Hirak movement, which began in February 2019, Algeria is sinking further into authoritarianism and repression. The strong state is taking hold!
A Ukrainian Socialist Lays Out the Aims and Struggles of Her Country’s Left
25 February 2023, by ,Leftists in Ukraine are simultaneously resisting Russian imperialism and the domestic imposition of neoliberalism.
“Now Ukraine Needs Allies, Not Talk of Neutrality”
24 February 2023, byOn the consequences of the Russian invasion, the mistakes of the Western left, and the prospects for peace in Ukraine. A Posle interview with Zakhar Popovich, member of the leftist organization Sotsyalnyi Rukh
The Statement of Minimum Demands of Independent Iranian Unions and Civil Society Organizations
23 February 2023, byTwenty independent organizations and unions of Iranian teachers, workers, women, students and retirees have issued the following statement of minimum demands.
Contradictions in British strike wave
22 February 2023, byIt has been a contradictory time for strikes in Britain.
Statement by ecology movements in Turkey- demands for immediate action
21 February 2023, byImmediately after the February 6 earthquake, one of the biggest in the history of Turkey, a broad meeting of Ecology Organizations in Turkey published this statement.
Revenge politics to raise the ghost of the elite pro-nuclear consensus
20 February 2023, by“Regardless of the energy output the nuclear tests, heightened and intensified regional tensions in this area will endanger geopolitical stability which may trigger unexpected nuclear weapons also in other parts of the world.”
8 January: Contradictions and alternatives in the struggle against fascism
19 February 2023, by“[A] decisive democratic struggle has begun. This is an opportunity to confront impunity, violence, disregard for life (the criminal deaths of the pandemic being the most egregious case), militarization of society and its control by militias – linking it all to the criminalization of the coup activities of Bolsonaro and his associates.“