2 dias 7 horas ago
“Another world is possible – a joyful, creative, new world which emancipates us all from oppression and frees us all from exploitation, and where we live in harmony with nature and one another. This is socialism! This is worth fighting and sacrificing for.”
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Features
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New parties of the left,
South Africa
Zabalaza for Socialism (ZASO)
2 dias 7 horas ago
“At the same time, the growing worldwide indignation towards the genocidal massacre of Palestinians, including growing protest within the United States itself, is a further indication of the persistence of a significant potential, especially among the youth, in support of progressive causes, such as opposition to imperialist and colonial wars, to racism in all its forms, to gender oppression, to the continuous neoliberal dismantlement of all social gains achieved in the previous century, to capitalism itself.”
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IV590 - March 2024
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New parties of the left,
South Africa
Brian Ashley, Gilbert Achcar
2 dias 23 horas ago
On March 22, one of the worst terrorist attacks in the history of modern Russia was carried out in Moscow Crocus City Hall: several armed men stormed the building and shot a crowd of civilians at point-blank. As of 4 p.m. March 23, Russian authorities reported that 133 people were killed and more than 100 wounded. We extend our condolences to all the victims and their loved ones — innocent civilians should not become targets of political violence.
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IV590 - March 2024
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Russia
Posle
3 dias 21 horas ago
Having succeeded two years ago in overturning Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision that previously provided federal protection for abortion rights, and then having passed abortion restrictions in several states that have virtually eliminated abortion, the right is now advocating that birth control pills should be eliminated.
Claiming to be defending women who might be harmed by hormonal contraception, and arguing that they are also protecting women's dignity and the family, rightwing (...)
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IV590 - March 2024
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United States (USA),
Women,
Abortion and reproductive rights
Dan La Botz
5 dias 9 horas ago
After Milei's political defeat in the legislative debate on the withdrawal of the "omnibus" law, there followed a period of political isolation and confrontation with the centrist and even allied governors.
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IV590 - March 2024
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Argentina
Martin N.
6 dias 9 horas ago
“Faced with the rise of the far right and the announcement of a radicalized right-wing government, the left has a dual mission: to organise the struggle against the new government and to present a credible alternative.”
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IV590 - March 2024
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Portugal
Adriano Campos
1 semana ago
“So the People's Congress has done a great job, again, in reminding the people that with Xi Jinping as their leader no one should worry about anything – he is so good at eliminating problems by eliminating those who report the problems, as the Chinese saying goes.”
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Features
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Economy,
China
Au Loong-Yu
1 semana ago
Daniel Tanuro
1 semana ago
“The far right and conservative Catholics claimed credit for the outcome but so have progressive disability rights and carers' activists. So who is right? Was this a victory for reactionary or progressive ideas, or is the truth more complicated? ”
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IV590 - March 2024
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Ireland,
Women
Diana O'Dwyer
1 semana ago
Attempts to resolve the crisis are coming up against the interference of foreign powers and the leaders of militias who are profiting greatly from the country's troubles.
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IV590 - March 2024
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Libya
Paul Martial
1 semana 2 dias ago
“We are optimistic; we believe that sooner or later this regime will fall. Thousands of Sandinistas, state workers, soldiers and policemen are no longer with the regime, even if they remain in their jobs because they can't make a living from anything else.”
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IV590 - March 2024
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Nicaragua
Mariana Sanchez, Mónica Baltodano
1 semana 3 dias ago
“This is not a Ukraine-Russia conflict over borders and mutual security, but a brutal, absolutely unjustified invasion and occupation of Ukrainian territories by the Russian army.”
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IV590 - March 2024
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France,
Ukraine
Daria Saburova
1 semana 4 dias ago
“One positive approach adopted by the TIP is not to only try and win new members and support from the secular, non–religious sectors, the educated youth and intellectuals but also to reach out to the base of the more religious orientated working class and poor through work around working class demands.”
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IV590 - March 2024
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Turkey
Dave Kellaway, Uraz Aydin
1 semana 5 dias ago
“In 2003, Kurdish women close to the PKK came up with this slogan: if women are not free, society is not free. Women mean life, victory and freedom. Since 2013, we have been using it in all our actions. We find it very difficult to get men to say it.”
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IV590 - March 2024
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Turkey,
Kurdistan
Berivan Firat, Olivier Besancenot
1 semana 6 dias ago
“That is why I call on left groups, parties and trade unions in different countries to realise this and lend a helping hand to Russian socialists who are now regrouping and preparing for the future struggle.”
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IV590 - March 2024
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Russia
Federico Fuentes, Mikhail Lobanov
2 semanas ago
Some 19.5 million viewers tuned in on Sunday, March 10 for the 96th annual Oscars to learn who won best movie, best actors, and best of the rest. It was quite a spectacle and very political. An “Artists for ceasefire” pin worn by many at the Oscars.
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IV590 - March 2024
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United States (USA)
Dan La Botz
2 semanas 1 dia ago
“That women's ability to have children should be abused in this way, making it a tool at the service of “nation”, and in such militaristic terms may make our blood run cold - but it should also fire us up with anger.”
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IV590 - March 2024
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France,
Women
Penelope Duggan
2 semanas 1 dia ago
“The involvement of women in the movement, who held a resounding demonstration on 8 March, has had the effect of shaking up the political class.“
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IV590 - March 2024
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Women,
Morocco
Luiza Toscane
2 semanas 2 dias ago
“Now that even the social liberal left are out of power, defending social gains and the living standards of working people will need increased mobilisations in the workplaces and communities. Increased polarisation and instability could increase rather than decrease with these election result.”
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IV590 - March 2024
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Portugal
Dave Kellaway
2 semanas 2 dias ago
In her election night statement, Mariana Mortágua emphasized that despite the turn to the right in the electoral results, the Bloco managed to resist, maintaining its mandates and with more votes than in 2022.
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News from around the world
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Portugal
Bloco de Esquerda
Marcado
5 horas 54 minutos ago
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