A piece from the archives by Daniel Bensaïd “The tragic solitude of the Palestinians”; a Belgian view on European security “For an anti-capitalist and internationalist security policy, against the Trump-Musk-Putin axis and neoliberal authoritarian European governments:” and from Left Bloc of Portugal “ Europe in the Trump-Putin Axis Trap”. Gilbert Achcar argues “In support of “synchronized global disarmament””. GIppò Mukendi Ngandu calls “ For a campaign against rearmament, wars and imperialism”.
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- 15 April – Palestine; European security
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Mali
Mali: the dead end of all-out war
15 April, by Paul MartialAn alliance is emerging between jihadist forces and pro-independence forces in northern Mali, which would improve their balance of power in the ongoing conflict.
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Serbia
Serbian students cycle to Strasbourg, Macron prefers to receive the autocrat Vučić
14 April, by Jean-Arnault Dérens“A hundred students have set off on bicycles from Novi Sad on 3 April to reach Strasbourg, where they are due to arrive on 15 April to present their demands to the European institutions. In this long 1,400-kilometre race ‘to wake up Europe’, they were welcomed as heroes in Budapest - the mayor of the Hungarian capital, an opponent of Viktor Orbán, joined the Serbian diaspora - and in Vienna. In the Austrian capital, all the Balkan diasporas gathered to cheer the student cyclists in Marie-Thérèse Square, recalling that, in all their countries, ‘corruption kills’.”
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Palestine
Palestine: Land Day, March 30th
13 April, by Louison le GuenSince 1976, the Palestinian people have celebrated Land Day every March 30th, a day rooted in the history of Palestinian resistance and emblematic of the current struggle for survival. In 1976, the Israeli government launched a plan to Judaize the Galilee, confiscating 20,000 dunams of land (18 km2) in the midst of Arab villages. The aim was to build Jewish settlements on land belonging to Palestinian Arab citizens - the majority of the region’s population. Everywhere in Palestine, from the Galilee to the Negev, in towns and villages, there were general strikes and demonstrations.
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Chad
Marine Le Pen invited by the Chadian dictatorship
12 April, by Paul MartialFrance’s far right Rassemblement national (RN) party has been trying to establish relations in Africa for several years now, and party leader Marine Le Pen’s visit to Chad from 14-16 March 2025 is the latest avatar. The RN leader, accompanied by one of her close associates Louis Aliot, was received by Mahamat Déby, the Chadian president who has been in power for over three years thanks to a coup d’état ostensibly supported by Emmanuel Macron. Even if relative, the RN leader’s interest in Africa, the source and cause of the much-hated “migratory submersion”, seems counter-intuitive to say the least.
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Ukraine solidarity
Brussels conference lifts Ukraine solidarity to higher plane
11 April, by Dick NicholsThe Brussels Solidarity with Ukraine conference on March 26–27drew together about 200 activists from a score of countries, in support of the Ukrainian people’s national and social rights.
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...and the rest of the current issue
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Africa
The state of Africa in the new world order
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Türkiye
Türkiye: Political Crisis and Democratic Movement
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Hungary
Hungary: Orbán’s new LGBTIphobic attacks
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USA
Millions protest Trump throughout United States as resistance grows
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Canada
Trump’s Trade War and Canadian Workers
Recently posted Features
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Series: The banks and the “too big to jail” doctrine (Part 1)
Banks and the New “Too Big to Jail” Doctrine
30 August 2014, by Éric Toussaintread article...We all know the saying, “Too big to fail”. The way governments have managed the crisis caused by the banks has given rise to, “Too big to jail,” [1] which is equally poetic! [2] Although the US government let Lehman Bros. go to the wall in September 2008, no other bank has been closed or broken-up, no directors have been condemned to prison [3]. The only exception in the western world is Iceland, where the courts have put three bank directors in prison. Larus Welding, the CEO of Glitnir, Iceland’s third biggest bank at the time, which went bankrupt in 2008, was condemned, in December 2012, to nine months in prison. Sigurdur Einarsson and Hreidar Mar Sigurdsson, the two principal directors of Kaupthing [4] were condemned to five years and five and a half years in prison in December 2013. [5]
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Sexual politics
21st Century Socialist-Feminism: Part 2
28 August 2014, by Johanna Brennerread article...Looking back, we can see how the fate of socialist-feminism is closely tied to the fate of the broader institutions of working-class struggle. Socialist-feminists have always engaged in a two-sided effort: to bring an anti-racist, class-based feminist perspective into social movements and left political parties and a socialist perspective into feminist politics and women’s movements. Social-welfare feminism, social-democratic feminism, revolutionary socialist feminism, revolutionary women of color feminism, indigenous feminism, are some of the different currents within socialist-feminist politics. We can think of socialist feminism very broadly— to include all feminists (whether they would identify with the label or not) who see class as central but would not reduce relations of power and privilege organized around particular identities (e.g., gender, sexuality, race/ethnicity, nationality) to class oppression. Revolutionary socialist feminism is distinguished from social welfare or social-democratic feminism in that, whether implicitly or explicitly, revolutionary socialist feminists are unwilling to allow capitalism to set the horizon for what can be envisioned or struggled for.
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Sexual politics
21st Century Socialist-Feminism: Part 1
26 August 2014, by Johanna Brennerread article...Looking back to the heady days of feminism’s “second wave” in the United States, it is distressing to acknowledge that the movement’s revolutionary moment is a dim memory, while key aspects of liberal feminism have been incorporated into the ruling class agenda. Liberal feminist ideas have been mobilized to support a range of neo-liberal initiatives including austerity, imperial war, and structural adjustment.
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Series : Bretton Woods, the World Bank and the IMF : 70th anniversary (Part 6)
The cancellation of German debt in 1953 versus the attitude to the Third World and Greece
26 August 2014, by Éric Toussaintread article...The United States cancelled the debts of some of its allies. The most obvious instance of this kind was the way the German debt was largely cancelled by the 1953 London Agreement. In order to make sure that the economy of West Germany would thrive and thus become a key element of stability in the Atlantic bloc, the creditor allies led by the United States made major concessions to German authorities and corporations - concessions that went beyond debt relief. A comparison between the way West Germany was treated after WWII and the current attitude to developing countries or to Greece today is a telling story.
USA
Ten National Unions Call for Anti-Trump Resistance
April 2025
Ten national unions and dozens of locals representing more than 3 million members have issued a joint statement demanding the release of immigrant workers recently snatched by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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Le Pen convicted, the fight against the far right continues!
statement by NPA-l’Anticapitaliste
April 2025
In the so-called case of “the parliamentary assistants to the European Parliament”, Marine Le Pen was sentenced on Monday 31 March to four years in prison, two of which were suspended, a fine of €200,000 and was banned from running for office for five years. Thus, taking into account the usual judicial delays before the holding of an appeal and the effect of political destabilization, her candidacy for the presidential election in 2027 is very much in doubt, especially if the election is called early.
- read article...Turkey
Turkish people will not accept the death sentence for their democracy
March 2025
Dear friends and allies, stand with us! Share this call with your local MPs, mayors, unions, parties, and friends.
Raise your voices for Turkey
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Support imprisoned comrade in Spanish state
February 2025
In Spain, a comrade of Anticapitalistas is in prison for participating in a demonstration against the negationist extreme right. He is 27 years old, has been in prison for one year and still has four more years to go.
- read article...Philippines
Holcim Philippines against cement workers (Mindanao): End the lockout! Support the workers just demands!
February 2025
We, the different human rights and organizations of agricultural workers and sectors in Mindanao firmly stand in solidarity with the deprived and exploited workers of the Holcim Philippines Incorporated Lugait, Misamis Oriental Mindanao Plant. We call on Holcim Philippines Incorporated to listen to the just demands of the workers and their families.
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