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Zionist expansionism in Lebanon seizes upon Hezbollah as a pretext

1 day 1 hour ago

Never had a military initiative of the Lebanese Hezbollah (literally, Party of God) been so much repudiated in Lebanon as its decision on March 2 to launch rockets across the country's southern border with the Israeli state, in retaliation against the killing of Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. This opening salvo was immediately seized upon by the Zionist state as a pretext to launch a long-premeditated invasion of southern Lebanon.

- IVP615 - April 2026 / Israel, Lebanon
Gilbert Achcar

A Revolutionary Feminist Position on Iran: Vs. Authoritarianism, Vs. Imperialism, Vs. Zionism, and NO TO WAR!

1 day 15 hours ago

A REVOLUTIONARY FEMINIST position on Iran must refuse the false and damaging binary that demands choosing between defending the Islamic Republic and endorsing US-imperialist and Zionist intervention. This is a constructed choice designed to collapse political judgment into campism. It converts solidarity into a competition of moral allegiances and leaves ordinary people, workers, women, youth, and minorities to a reality shaped simultaneously by internal repression as well as external militarized destruction.

- Feminism / Women, Iran, Far Right, Anti-imperialism
Anonymous

Land Day, day of struggle for Palestine

2 days 4 hours ago

Land Day, on 30 March, marks a central moment in Palestinian history: in 1976, a general strike broke out in historic Palestine against the confiscation of land belonging to Arabs by the state of Israel. It was the first mass mobilization of Palestinians in the 1948 territories, where they are supposed to be “equal”. The targeted lands are located in particular in Sakhnin, Arraba and Deir Hanna, as part of the policy of “Judaizing Galilee”. On that day, six unarmed Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces during demonstrations. 50 years later, the Palestinians are still there and continue to fight against the confiscation of land and the bloody repression of the Israeli state.

- IVP614 - March 2026 / Palestine, France
Édouard Soulier

Millions march Against Trump's war and immigration policies

3 days 5 hours ago

Eight million people in the United States participated in 3,300 No Kings protests against President Donald Trump and his policies, marching in all 50 states on Saturday, 28 March . I marched with my family in Brooklyn, New York.

- IVP614 - March 2026 / United States (USA)
Dan La Botz

The people's vote has rejected the right‑wing's government's subversive plan

4 days 2 hours ago

The people's vote has rejected the right‑wing's government's subversive plan. Now let us mobilise to bring down the government, stop the war and rearmament, and reclaim the civil and social rights taken from the working class!

- IVP614 - March 2026 / Italy
Sinistra Anticapitalista

No to antisemitism – no to all racism

5 days 1 hour ago

The arson attack on four ambulances in a North London synagogue car park [1] was an antisemitic hate crime. ACR condemns this unequivocally. We call on others to do the same, regardless of the claimed motives of the attackers or the alleged views of some synagogue members. Israel's genocidal war crimes in Palestine and across the Middle East offer no justification for an attack on a public service provided by the Jewish community in Britain.

- IVP614 - March 2026 / Britain
Anti*Capitalist Resistance

Weaponising Gender: How gender became the perfect scapegoat for far-right and authoritarian actors

5 days 21 hours ago

Anti-gender mobilisation has become a defining feature of far-right movements since around 2015; and is now a tactic widely adopted by authoritarian governments across the political spectrum. From overturning abortion rights in the United States (US) to rescinding protection against domestic violence in Türkiye, institutions that defend women's rights are being systematically dismantled. These patterns align with a global decline in democracy, with over 75% of the world's population now living under restricted freedom. The correlation is not coincidental. As democratic institutions weaken, attacks on gender-based rights accelerate the decline and provide a roadmap for it.

- Sexual politics / Women, Far Right, Sexual politics, Features
Aminah Jasho, Esme Abbott, Julisa Tambunan

After the municipal elections, build an anti-fascist front

5 days 21 hours ago

The results of the local elections reflect a confusing picture of the political landscape. On Sunday evening, on the television programmes, everyone from the RN to LFI claimed to have emerged as the winner from this round of elections.

- IVP614 - March 2026
NPA-l'Anticapitaliste (NPA-A)

Mobilization on 21 March against colonialism

1 week ago

For several months, the French government has been trying to impose on Kanaky an exit from the framework of the Nouméa Accords, by calling into question the decolonization process, even though it is recognized by the UN. The so-called “Bougival Agreement”, imposed in July 2025 against the advice of the Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS), provides for the creation of a “state” of Kanaky-New Caledonia integrated into the French republic. A formula that in no way corresponds to independence.

- IVP614 - March 2026 / France, Kanaky
An Gwesped

Cesar Chavez, Civil Rights and Labor icon, raped girls and women

1 week ago

Cesar Chavez, who in the 1960s led the struggles of Mexican Americans for civil rights and of farmworkers for labor unions, was accused in a carefully researched New York Times article of having raped women and sexually abused girls as young as 13. Among those women was Dolores Huerta, herself a founder and leader of the union, who confirmed that he forced himself on her and fathered two of her children, secretly raised by others. Debra Rojas reported that Chavez had had intercourse with her when she was 15, which is rape under state law because she was too young to give legal consent.

- IVP614 - March 2026 / United States (USA)
Dan La Botz

Towards an international anti-fascist convergence

1 week 2 days ago

Uniting left-wing forces to counter the rise of the far right. That is the aim of the First International Anti-Fascist Conference, to be held in late March in Porto Alegre, Brazil

- IVP614 - March 2026 / Brazil
Éric Toussaint

Italy: The stakes of the March referendum on justice

1 week 2 days ago

In Italy, prime minister Giorgia Meloni's government is continuing its authoritarian offensive with a reform of the judiciary that threatens the independence of the judiciary. The referendum on 22 and 23 March is a central political issue. After the “security” decree, the reform of the judiciary is another important link in the authoritarian project promoted by Meloni's government. By changing the methods of electing members of the Supreme Council of the Judiciary (CSM), the latter threatens the independence of this body and limits its ability to act as a counter-power to the political and economic systems. The victory of the “No” vote in the referendum on 22 and 23 March is an important opportunity to destabilise Meloni's coalition and to solidify the political and social opposition camp.

- IVP614 - March 2026 / Italy
Hélène Marra

Out of the Impasse? The Avi Lewis Campaign and Left Strategy

1 week 3 days ago

Journalist and activist Avi Lewis is campaigning for the leadership of the NDP in the Canadian state, attracting much attention, dedication, and debate. Voting concludes on 28 March.

- IVP614 - March 2026 / Canada
Marcel Nelson, Nathan Rao

Collateral Damage Comes Home: Lebanon, Palestine, Iran to Michigan

1 week 4 days ago

The already unbearable horrors engulfing the peoples of the Middle East exploded into U.S. domestic news on March 12 with the attack in suburban Detroit at Temple Israel, the country's largest Reform Jewish congregation.

- IVP614 - March 2026 / United States (USA)
David Finkel

Iran: Imperialists escalate war

1 week 5 days ago

The imperialist war unleashed on 28 February 2026 by Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu against the Islamic Republic of Iran is becoming more destructive every day.

- IVP614 - March 2026
Babak Kia

On the Middle East crisis and the Philippines.

1 week 6 days ago

The global order is currently grappling with a catastrophic escalation in the Middle East. Initiated without provocation by coordinated US-Israeli attacks on Iranian strategic targets on February 28, 2026, the conflict has rapidly evolved into a multi-front war.

- IVP614 - March 2026 / Philippines
IIRE Manila

Senegal: Debt fuels authoritarian drift

2 weeks ago

Senegal has entered a zone of strong turbulence. Audits of the west African country's economic situation show that the figures published by the former government led by Macky Sall were false.

- IVP614 - March 2026 / Senegal
Paul Martial
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