We, the undersigned organisations, stand in solidarity with Singaporean abolitionist activist Kokila Annamalai Parvathi, criminally charged on 23 April 2026 for defying a correction direction under Singapore's Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA). In October 2024, she spoke up about the cruelties of the death penalty regime and how it impacted Azwan Bihari and his family. The state's response was not to answer her concerns but to order her — under threat of law — (…)

The recent wave of workers' protests across Noida, Manesar and nearby industrial belts did not come out of nowhere. These regions employ millions of workers across manufacturing, logistics and related sectors, and have long been marked by low wages, long working hours and widespread contract employment. What appears as a sudden eruption is better understood as the outcome of pressures that have been building for some time. Across the NCR [National Capital Region] industrial belt, wages (…)

On the 140th Commemoration of the International Labor Day, the world honors the power of the working class collective, we celebrate a hard-won triumph for the working class. After 50 days of unwavering resolve, the 95 workers of the Newtech Pulp Supervisory and Staff Union and the Newtech Pulp (Rank-and-File) Workers Union—both proud members of the Federation of Democratic Labor Organizations (FDLO)—have successfully held their line. They have officially settled their deadlocked Collective (…)

The radical-left party Razem has become one of Poland's most articulate parliamentary advocates of nuclear power. The Polish parliament has is a near-total cross-party consensus. Razem's developmentalist case --- pairing renewables with state-owned reactors and presenting Chernobyl as an obstacle to overcome rather than a precedent to learn from --- has neutralised most left opposition. Critique now comes principally from outside parliament - Poland's Green Party and the coastal (…)

La troisième édition des « Cinq heures pour les libertés et les droits humains au Maghreb » a eu lieu le 2 mai 2026 à la Bourse de Travail du Paris. Nos organisations à l'origine de cette journée s'étaient déjà données rendez-vous dans cette même salle pour débattre et échanger sur un sujet d'une importance capitale. Nous avions réuni les représentant.es d'organisations de défense des droits humains de tous les pays du Maghreb pour faire l'état des lieux des libertés qui sont piétinées et (…)

This is the annual report of Pakistan Kissan Rabita Committee for the donations and contributions received from ESSF, a year which was, in particular, marked by a consistent struggle and resistance against corporate farming and against an unjust distribution of water among the four provinces. This report presents in detail how these donations we mostly received from many individuals through ESSF were used to organize partly these events. During the Ramazan [Ramandan] in 2025, dry food (…)

Transcription de l'intervention de Gilbert Achcar lors d'une réunion publique « pour l'arrêt de la guerre en Iran et au Moyen-Orient », organisée par la CGT, la FSU, l'Union syndicale Solidaires et Solidarité socialiste avec les travailleurs en Iran (SSTI), le 10 avril à la Bourse du travail de Paris. Je remercie les organisatrices et organisateurs de cette rencontre en solidarité avec le peuple iranien. Je voudrais commencer par poser la question de savoir ce qui est nouveau dans ce qui (…)

Les programmes et les discours de la gauche portugaise sur l'UE expriment trois approches bien distinctes : l'approche souverainiste (PCP), l'approche de confrontation radicale (Bloco) et la perspective fédéraliste (Livre). Introduction La question européenne est, pour les trois partis de gauche portugais, un sujet de division. Le Parti communiste portugais (PCP), le Bloco de Esquerda (BE) et Livre (L) apportent trois réponses distinctes à la même question fondamentale : quelle relation (…)

Cet article constitue la conclusion du dossier sur l'Europe publié dans la revue mensuelle du Rede anticapitalista, qui regroupe des membres du Bloco de esquerda attachés à son développement militant et engagé.e.s à tous les niveaux de responsabilité. Les articles des auteurs et autrices cité.e.s ci-dessous sont parus dans ce numéro de mai [PV]. 1. Qu'est-ce que l'Union européenne ? L'UE actuelle est née d'un rapprochement rapide entre les bourgeoisies européennes : l'accord sur le (…)

During a White House Easter lunch, US President Donald Trump made racist comments on people of Somali origin, calling them “low-IQ” and “bad people”. On Wednesday, 1 April, US President Donald Trump attended an Easter lunch in the East Room of the White House. During the event, Trump called Somalia “just terrible” and “probably the worst, most dangerous country” with “no government” and “no police”. In his view, Somalis “have no money, no nothing” and “just shoot each other all day long”. (…)