Sonja Grusch is a member of Sozialistische LinksPartei (ISA in Austria). The 1.8 million strong global youth strike on the 15th of March made it clear: the threatening climate catastrophe is having a politicizing effect around the globe. The ongoing destruction of our natural world in all its aspects cannot be ignored any longer: there […]
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John Hird is a member of CWI Basque country. An important victory for the mass feminist movement In an important victory for the mass feminist movement, the Spanish supreme court has increased the convictions in the Pamplona ‘Wolf Pack’ case to 15 years imprisonment for the five guilty men. It also ruled that the 18 […]
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Both Justin and his father Pierre Trudeau are good at fine sounding words. But their actions are different. Fifty years ago, Pierre Trudeau’s Liberal government released the White Paper Statement of the Government of Canada on Indian Policy, which proposed eliminating the legislative and constitutional status of Indigenous people, claiming it would end discrimination. […]
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We Need Jobs not Climate Disaster As the government owns the Trans Mountain pipeline to Vancouver it is no surprise the government has approved its construction. They are hardly neutral judges!! The pipeline will boost climate change by increasing the use of fossil fuels. This approval comes as eastern Canada is still recovering from devastating […]
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Cities around the world, from Vancouver to Toronto, New York to London, and Berlin and many others have experienced housing crises over the last decade. While the local details may differ, the root cause is the same – rampant profiteering from homes. Housing Movements in Cities Around the World In Los Angeles, where California laws […]
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Vincent Kolo is a contributor to chinaworker.info. Incredible movement in Hong Kong. Sunday, June 16’s demo was two million, outnumbering last Sunday’s one million, which opened the floodgates. This means more than 1 in 4 of Hong Kong’s population (7.5m) joined the march. A statement on behalf of the Chief Executive Carrie Lam, who may […]
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Dikang is a member of Socialist Action (CWI in Hong Kong). Protests escalate as government refuses to bend over extradition law One million marchers on June 9 vented their anger and defiance against the government’s proposed amendments to the extradition law. It was the biggest demonstration in Hong Kong since the handover to Chinese rule, […]
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Serge Jordan is a member of the Committee for a Workers’ International. On Monday June 3 before dawn, the military regime and its thugs brutally dispersed the sit-in which had been camping outside the military headquarters in Sudan’s capital Khartoum since April 6, and which had served as the focal point for the ongoing uprising […]
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A very significant surge for the Greens, huge loss of seats for Sinn Fein, and losses for the Left were the headline stories of Local and European Elections May 2019. While the elections absolutely did not represent any ringing endorsement for the Government or political establishment, the combination of the impact of a late Greens […]
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Anna Barnett is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. Fifty years ago the modern LGBTQ movement burst onto the scene. Mass anger at the repression of LGBTQ people had been bubbling under the surface. It exploded at the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City’s Greenwich Village. A routine police raid […]
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