The violence and criminalisation targeting Delpedro Marhaen (Director of Lokataru Foundation) alongside other young activists such as Khariq Anhar, Syahdan Hussein, Muzaffar Salim, Figha Lesmana, Saiful Amin and Laras Faizati, as well as dozens of young activists detained today, constitutes terror against Indonesian democracy. Several of them were not only arrested and detained, but experienced torture, abuse, and forced abduction. One victim, a young alumnus from Padjajaran University in (…)

Déclaration initialement publiée dans Quatrième Internationale n°9-10 (nouvelle série), septembre-octobre 1973. Le Chili était devenu l'épicentre de la lutte des classes en Amérique latine depuis la défaite de la classe ouvrière bolivienne en août 71. Le mouvement révolutionnaire international suivait les événements du Chili avec la conscience qu'une épreuve de force était inévitable. Cette épreuve de force – préparée au cours de deux années par des confrontations partielles, d'une âpreté (…)

Joanna Misnik (1942-2025) a longtemps été l'une des dirigeantes des militants de la Quatrième Internationale aux États-Unis. Nous publions ici les premiers hommages reçus. C'est avec une profonde tristesse que je dois vous annoncer que Joanna Misnik, fondatrice et dirigeante de longue date de notre organisation, est décédée hier soir (3 septembre) à Chicago. Il y a quelques semaines, Joanna a été victime d'un grave accident vasculaire cérébral et d'un anévrisme cérébral profond. Il (…)

Governments Should Sanction Israeli Officials for Mass Starvation; Protect Flotilla Activists Ships that are part of the Global Sumud Flotilla heading to Gaza are anchored off the coast of Sidi Bou Said in Tunis, Tunisia, September 9, 2025. © 2025 Anis Mili/AP Photo In the absence of international action to stop the Israeli government from continuing its grave crimes against Palestinians in Gaza, people from around the world are embarking on flotillas aimed at breaking Israel's illegal (…)

Les gouvernements devraient sanctionner les dirigeants israéliens responsables de la famine massive et protéger les militants des flottilles Les navires faisant partie de la Clobal Sumud Flotilla en route vers Gaza sont ancrés au large de la côte de Sidi Bou Said à Tunis, en Tunisie, le 9 septembre 2025. © 2025 Anis Mili/AP Photo En l'absence de mesures internationales pour empêcher le gouvernement israélien de poursuivre ses graves crimes contre les Palestiniens à Gaza, des personnes (…)

The coup in Chile on 11th September 1973 was a chilling example of counter revolution, backed by Western powers. This statement from the Fourth International condemning the military take over was first published in International, Volume Two, Number Two, Summer 1973. An Inevitable Confrontation After the defeat of the Bolivian working class in August 1971, Chile became the epicentre of the class struggle in Latin America. The international revolutionary movement followed events in Chile (…)

The string of attacks and the assassination of presidential pre-candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay led to a shift in President Gustavo Petro's strategy. In a pre-electoral year, heading towards the 2026 elections, security returns to the centre of the agenda, with the risk that armed groups will increase violence whilst awaiting the new government, while confronting each other for territorial control. On 21st August, two violent attacks shook different regions of Colombia. In the morning, Front (…)

East Timorese students demonstrated for the second consecutive day against the purchase of cars for deputies. The main parties assure they will reverse the acquisition, but a third day of protest is already scheduled against social inequalities. On Tuesday, for the second consecutive time, there were protests in Dili. This time there were more than 2,000 demonstrators, double the previous day, protesting against the purchase of cars for each of the country's 65 deputies. The acquisition (…)

Plus de 726 millions de dollars américains (618 millions d'euros) de financement destinés à lutter contre le travail des enfants, l'esclavage moderne et la répression sur les lieux de travail s'évaporeront bientôt à cause du démantèlement des protections des travailleurs par l'administration Trump, révèle Equal Times. Les abus et l'exploitation des travailleurs ainsi que la répression des syndicats seront très certainement exacerbés par ces coupes budgétaires, estime Kelly Fay Rodriguez, (…)

More than US$726 million (€658 million) of funding to prevent child labour, modern slavery and workplace repression is set to be axed in a bonfire of worker protections being stoked by the Trump administration, “Equal Times” reports. Worker abuse, exploitation and union-busting will almost certainly be turbo-charged by the cuts, according to the former US Special Representative for International Labour Affairs under the Biden administration, Kelly Fay Rodriguez. “Unfortunately, it is (…)

On the left, there is an urgent need to return to basics, where door-to-door canvassing and grassroots work in factories and schools are not just carried out during election periods, but because they are an effective way of countering misinformation and laying the foundations for changing the material reality and deepening the reality of activism. Toupeira Vermelha – The Red Mole, a collective of militants of the Fourth International I. Introduction 1. Fifty years ago, Portugal held its (…)

Many of us were on vacation last month, but President Donald Trump was hard at work, dismantling American democracy and creating a reactionary authoritarian state. Trump, in an attempt to take personal and absolute control of the federal government in unprecedented moves of dubious legality, terminated three top level government officials. First, he fired Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer, claiming she had “faked” jobs numbers to make it look like Trump's economic (…)

The assassination of Charlie Kirk, the 31-year-old leader of the far-right youth organization Turning Point USA has intensified the political polarization in the United States and has led to calls by Trump's Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement to call for the elimination of the left from American political life. Kirk was assassinated by a single rifle shot while speaking at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah. Within two days, Tyler Robinson, a 22-year-old student, turned himself in (…)

Christian Tein, president of the FLNKS (Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front), spent a year in solitary confinement in a French prison following the May 2024 uprising in Kanaky/New Caledonia. Now on provisional release but banned from returning home, he tours mainland France to expose what he calls the French state's systematic dismantling of the 1998 Nouméa Accord—the constitutional agreement that promised a path to independence. In this interview, conducted during the NPA's (…)

Joanna Misnik (1942-2025) was a long time leader of the Fourth Internationalists in the USA. We are publishing here the first tributes received [International Viewpoint] With deep sadness I have to report that Joanna Misnik, a founder and longtime leader of our organization, died last night (September 3) in Chicago. A few weeks ago Joanna suffered a massive stroke and deep brain aneurysm. It was evident from the outset that she wouldn't regain consciousness and there was no hope of (…)

The 2022 Aragalaya ('struggle') mass protests raised hopes that Sri Lanka might finally transcend its deeply entrenched ethno-religious political divisions. The National People's Power (NPP), which emerged victorious in 2024 elections, positioned itself as a transformative force committed to bridging communal divides rather than exploiting them. However, this analysis reveals a more complex reality. Despite expectations of reform, the NPP has strategically accommodated key symbols of (…)

Greek politician Yanis Varoufakis is listed as a speaker at the BRICS Urban Future Forum 2025 to be held in Moscow, Russia, from September 17-18. Jeffrey Sachs was well recieved at last year's event. Ilya Mateev wonders what Varoufakis hopes to achieve. 1. Education for Russians is good and right. I have no idea of “cancelling those living in Russia” - my approach is precisely the opposite. I do a great deal for education, discussion and bridge-building in Russia, though for obvious (…)

Le politicien grec Yanis Varoufakis figure comme intervenant au Forum urbain d'avenir BRICS 2025 qui se tiendra à Moscou, en Russie, du 17 au 18 septembre. Jeffrey Sachs a été bien reçu lors de l'événement de l'année dernière. Ilya Matveev se demande ce que Varoufakis espère accomplir. 1. L'éducation pour les Russes est bonne et juste. Je n'ai aucune idée d'« annuler ceux qui vivent en Russie » - mon approche est précisément l'opposé. Je fais beaucoup pour l'éducation, la discussion et (…)

War continues despite the peace agreement between Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda, signed in Washington under President Trump's auspices Photo credit: DRC Kashaka and Shabindu displaced persons camp - Wikimedia Commons From the outset, observers were circumspect about the end of the conflict, due to the establishment of two parallel and intimately linked peace processes. Two peace agreements The first, sponsored by the USA, is an agreement between states, the DRC and (…)

Sashko belongs to a generation of Ukrainian artists who, despite the war, continue to be intensely creative, even though the conflict looms over “everything and everyone”. A refugee in Kyiv, this 20-year-old artist has resumed her studies at the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture, where she is the dormitory representative for her university. An activist with Priama Diia, the Ukrainian student union, “because it's necessary”, she is also active in defending student rights and (…)

« Pour répondre aux défis de notre époque, pour penser la possibilité d'un parti pour la transformation révolutionnaire de la société dans la période actuelle, pour voir le présent avec plus de recul, il est incontournable de tirer les leçons du bilan des deux siècles passés, positives ou négatives, de revenir aux grandes controverses de cette question du parti. » Troisième texte sur trois. Pour le premier, voir sur ESSF (article 76156), L'élaboration de la forme parti : de la secte au (…)

« Pour répondre aux défis de notre époque, pour penser la possibilité d'un parti pour la transformation révolutionnaire de la société dans la période actuelle, pour voir le présent avec plus de recul, il est incontournable de tirer les leçons du bilan des deux siècles passés, positives ou négatives, de revenir aux grandes controverses de cette question du parti. » Deuxième texte sur trois. Pour le premier, voir sur ESSF (article 76156), L'élaboration de la forme parti : de la secte au (…)

Sashko fait partie de cette génération d'artistes ukrainien·nes qui, malgré la guerre, poursuit une intense activité de création d'œuvres, même si celle-ci plane sur « vraiment sur tout et sur chacun ». Réfugiée à Kyiv, cette jeune artiste de 20 ans a repris ses études à l'Académie nationale des beaux-arts et d'architecture où elle est la déléguée du dortoir de son université. Militante de Priama Diia, le syndicat étudiant ukrainien, « parce que c'est nécessaire », elle est également active (…)

La guerre continue malgré l'accord de paix entre la République démocratique du Congo (RDC) et le Rwanda, signé à Washington sous les auspices de Trump. Crédit Photo. RDC Camp de déplacés Kashaka et Shabindu - Wikimedia Commons Dès le début, les observateurs étaient circonspects sur l'arrêt du conflit, du fait de la mise en place de deux processus de paix parallèles et intimement liés. Deux accords de paix Le premier, parrainé par les USA, est un accord entre États, la RDC et le (…)