Regarding the new debt crisis and the results of the Counter-summit in Marrakesh, in face of the World Bank and the IMF, CADTM translated an article from Le Courrier, a Swiss daily based in Geneva, in the issue published on Tuesday 17 October 2023. The article and the interview that follows were written by the journalist Bénito Perez.
Gaza: between a second chapter of the Nakba and the revival of the Oslo fiction
20 October 2023, byThere are forecasts that one hopes will be belied by reality. What we forecasted on these pages a week ago (“The ‘Al-Aqsa Flood’ Threatens to Sweep Gaza Away”, Al-Quds al-Arabi, 10 Oct. 2023) on the fourth day of the new Gaza war, is one such instance. Here is what we foresaw:
Chlordecone: the fight against colonial crime takes on a new dimension
19 October 2023, by“The poisoning of the people of the Antilles is no longer in dispute: in 2021, the French government has finally recognized the prostate cancers of people who have worked for at least ten years in contact with chlordecone as an occupational disease, allowing them to be compensated.”
The struggle for national liberation is linked to the struggle for social liberation
18 October 2023, by“A Manca continues to link the struggle for national liberation to the struggle for social liberation, with the clear prospect of a break with capitalism and with the imperialist domination of which Macron and his henchmen remain the representatives. ”
Homophobia that has exposed more than 300 people to sexual violence for decades
17 October 2023, by“This incident also highlights the deep-seated social structures in Japan that cannot be changed, as well as the problem of how gender and sexuality are perceived by the Japanese media.”
Israel-Palestine War Roils U.S. Politics Top to Bottom
16 October 2023, by“As politicians debate policy, thousands of Americans have poured into the street to support Israel or Palestine, as the left divided over the issue.”
At stake in the Polish elections: preserving democracy
15 October 2023, byTwo weeks before the parliamentary elections, between 600,000 and one million people opposed to the populist conservative government of the Law and Justice party (PiS) demonstrated in Warsaw on 1 October.
The domestic and geopolitical challenges in India - an overview
14 October 2023, by ,“The Left must provide a counternarrative to the two major nationalist narratives, that of the Congress and that of the BJP, in an era of duelling hyper-nationalism.”
Mobilization against the high cost of living and corruption in Ghana
13 October 2023, byFaced with a major economic crisis, the President of Ghana has been obliged to call on the IMF to restructure the country’s debt while at the same time implementing a policy of austerity against the population.