Le premier mai c'est NOTRE journée, la journée internationale de lutte pour les droits des travailleurs et des travailleuses, la seule journée chômée et payée, fêtée dans 163 pays du monde. C'est la mobilisation qui nous a permis de l'arracher il y a plus de 100 ans et de la conserver il y a quelques jours, alors que les macronistes alliés à la droite et à l'extrême droite ont tenté de faire passer une loi pour contraindre 1,4 millions de salarié·es à travailler ce jour-là. Nos (…)

NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, Philippines – Nineteen people were killed on Sunday, April 19, in a clash between government forces and suspected communist rebels in a remote village in Toboso town, an encounter that has stirred shock and condemnation on Negros Island and renewed questions about the cost of a long-running insurgency.
San Carlos Bishop Gerardo Alminaza issues a pastoral letter mourning the deaths, while the University of the Philippines Office of the Student Regent condemns what it (…)

As a retired professor at the University of the Philippines, I am devastated and outraged at the death of UP Diliman student leader Alyssa Alano, who was slain in a military offensive in Negros Occidental, along with 18 others. The Philippine Army's official position that all casualties are members of the “Communist Terrorist Group” must be seriously scrutinized.
Many young people like Alyssa visit the countryside to investigate the lives of deprived communities, and there are credible (…)

More than 1.4 million displaced Gazans are living amid infestations, sewage, food scarcity and constant waiting, while war and bombardment continue overhead
A municipal worker disinfects tents and pathways at a camp in Khan Yunis after a major pest infestation, southern Gaza Strip, in April. Fleas come out at night, toddlers cry in pain, and no one sleeps through the night. Credit: Bashar Taleb / AFP
Rats tap-dance into the tent at night, skipping over sleeping children and parents (…)

While an independent investigation of the armed forces seems warranted here, the CPP-NPA also faces a profound ethical and political accountability regarding its recruitment and the deployment of the youth
The death of Alyssa Alano and 18 others during a firefight in Toboso, Negros Occidental, is a tragedy that should resonate far beyond tactical reports and kneejerk, polarized reactions from social media. From the lens of transitional justice, her death is not merely a casualty of war; it (…)

Partido Manggagawa joins the growing call for an immediate, independent, and impartial investigation into the Negros encounter that left 19 people dead, including a UP student and an independent media practitioner who reportedly were in the area for social research when the encounter happened.
The military's claim of a legitimate operation does not settle the matter. The reported killing of non-combatants raises grave concerns of possible violations of international humanitarian law. (…)

Though he has been dead for more than 100 years, Vladimir Lenin continues to stand at the centre of debates about modern Marxism for his leading role in the Russian Revolution, for his reputed strategic and tactical acumen, and for his vaunted political theories. Evaluating Lenin, however, is a complex task, because of the turbulent and complicated times in which he lived and all that followed. Exalted in the Soviet Union, vilified elsewhere, we must be discerning to discover the (…)

There are two levels of significance in the presence of the Pope, on an official visit, in Algeria: it serves the existing regime and reinforces its alignment with the theses of the neo-liberal, capitalist and imperialist West on the one hand. It opens a rift in the founding myth and the national narrative of the Algerian nation, on the other.
First, this visit undeniably serves the government of president Abdelmadjid Tebboune and army chief Saïd Chengriha. Diplomatically mistreated by (…)

Cole Tomas Allen, a 31-year-old man from Torrance, California, raced through a Secret Service checkpoint in an attempt to attack President Donald Trump, members of his cabinet, and leaders of Congress, all gathered at the White House Correspondents Dinner on April 26 at the Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C. Agent succeeded in stopping him before he entered the ballroom where dinner was being served. Allen was armed with a pistol, a shotgun, and knives.
Allen is a college graduate with a (…)

À l'occasion du 40^e anniversaire de la catastrophe nucléaire de Tchernobyl (dimanche 26 avril), la BBU rend hommage aux victimes de l'industrie nucléaire et réclame à nouveau la sortie totale du nucléaire en Allemagne, mais aussi à l'échelle internationale. Lors de veillées, de réunions d'information ou encore de services religieux, des mouvements antinucléaires et d'autres organisations rappellent la catastrophe de Tchernobyl et mettent en garde contre les dangers actuels de l'industrie (…)