On March 6, 2026, ninety-five workers at Newtech Pulp, Inc. (NPI) in Baloi, Lanao del Norte, Philippines, went on a joint strike, the first strike in the plant's 35-year history. They are demanding fair wages from Magnera, a North Carolina, U.S.A-based multinational corporation operating 50+ facilities worldwide.
The Issue:
These Filipino workers produce high-quality abaca pulp used globally in coffee filters, medical wipes, and technical applications.
Yet Magnera is offering wage (…)

A two-day Safeguarding Training was organized by the Bangladesh Krishok Federation on 9–10 March 2026 at the hall room of Bangladesh Shishu Kalyan Parishad in Dhaka. The training brought together organizers, activists, and representatives from different levels of the organization. The objective of the program was to enhance awareness about the organization's internal safeguarding policy, ensure a safe organizational environment, and develop the necessary skills for the effective (…)

Simon Pirani, British energy researcher, historian and author of the People and Nature blog, offers a sharp self-criticism of the European left's failure to engage seriously with the political and military questions posed by Russia's war, now in its fourth year. Acknowledging small steps in labour movement solidarity, he argues the deeper failure lies in the absence of genuine discussion about the war's transformation of European politics. Drawing on Ukrainian socialist voices — Taras (…)