Caucasus Feminist Anti-War Movement—C-FAM is an emerging movement of feminist and anti-war/peace activists from Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. Unified in our defiance, C-FAM originated from a powerful solidarity action to confront the greenwashing practices at COP29 taking place in Azerbaijan on November 2024, one of the largest events in our region in recent times. Our movement embodies the principles of feminism, anti-militarism, anti-war, anti-authoritarianism, anti-nationalism, and (…)

With parliamentary polls on November 14, a reminder that the legacy of compromising on the rights of Tamils casts a shadow on centre-Left president Dissanayake. In September, progressives around the world were cheered by the results of the Sri Lanka election as Anura Kumara Dissanayake was voted in as the country's president. Dissanayake is the leader of a centre-Left coalition called the National People's Power alliance and chairperson of the country's most popular communist party, the (…)

9 millions d'Ukrainiens sur une population de 32 millions vivent dans la pauvreté. Environ 25 % des Ukrainiens n'avaient pas assez d'argent pour acheter de la nourriture. Selon l'ONU, environ 7,3 millions d'Ukrainiens sont confrontés à des pénuries alimentaires modérées ou graves, dont 1,2 million d'enfants et 2 millions de personnes âgées. 1 sans-abri sur 4 en Ukraine est une personne déplacée à l'intérieur du pays. Street.aid.daily (SAD) est un collectif de gauche qui aide les sans-abri (…)

9 million Ukrainians out of a population of 32 million live in poverty. It is known that in June 2023, around 25% of Ukrainians did not have enough money to buy food. According to the UN, around 7.3 million Ukrainians face moderate or severe food shortages, including 1.2 million children and 2 million elderly people. 1 in 4 homeless people in Ukraine is internally displaced person Street.aid.daily (SAD) is a leftist outreach collective helping homeless people in Odessa. SAD is employing (…)

Pressure is building on Aotearoa New Zealand's government to create a humanitarian visa pathway for Palestinians fleeing the genocide in Gaza. More than 30 organisations, including World Vision NZ and Amnesty International, called on the government in March to allow Palestinians who have family members in Aotearoa to travel there under a special humanitarian visa. In recent years, similar visas have been created for Ukrainians and Afghans fleeing conflict in their home countries. More (…)

Aotearoa New Zealand's parliament was brought to a halt on November 14 during the first reading of a controversial and divisive bill that aims to undermine the rights of Māori people. The Treaty Principles Bill seeks to “redefine” the principles of Aotearoa's founding document, the Treaty of Waitangi (te Tiriti o Waitangi). It has been tabled by the libertarian ACT Party which — along with NZ First — form part of the ruling coalition government, led by the National Party. ACT leader (…)