A piece from the archives by Daniel Bensaïd “The tragic solitude of the Palestinians” and 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:”.
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- 10 April – Palestine; European security
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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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Africa
The state of Africa in the new world order
10 April, by Will ShokiAfrica today stands at a crossroads, caught between internal crises, shifting global power dynamics, and the slow unraveling of the post-liberation political order. Across the continent, ruling parties that once commanded legitimacy as national liberators are losing their grip; yet the opposition remains fragmented, offering little in the way of alternative governance.
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Türkiye
Türkiye: Political Crisis and Democratic Movement
9 April, by Emre ÖngünThe mass democratic movement in Turkey following the arrest of Ekrem Imamoğlu, mayor of Istanbul and candidate of the centre-left Republican People’s Party (CHP), is a major social and political event on the doorstep of the European Union. Rallies and demonstrations are taking place throughout the country, with very large turnouts, particularly in Saraçhane Square in Istanbul in front of the town hall.
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Hungary
Hungary: Orbán’s new LGBTIphobic attacks
8 April, by Manue Mallet, HorOn 16 March 2025 the Hungarian parliament, dominated by prime minister Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz party, voted to ban the Budapest Pride March. Already, in 2021, under the pretext of “child protection”, any propaganda for homosexuality (which can be holding hands for a couple, or having a “look” identified as queer) was banned and punished with a 500 euro fine.
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...and the rest of the current issue
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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
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USA
The attacks on us all
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Philippines
Duterte in The Hague
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Economics
Liberation day
Recently posted Features
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Socialism and feminism
Why socialists need feminism
2 March 2013, by David Camfieldread article...The idea that socialists should be feminists too is uncontroversial to many revolutionary socialists. But why socialism needs feminism is still worth spelling out.
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More Banks versus the People
26 February 2013, by Éric Toussaintread article...“As the Economist put it at year-end 2006, ‘having grown at an annual rate of 3.2% per head since 2000, the world economy is over halfway towards notching up its best decade ever. If it keeps going at this clip, it will beat both the supposedly idyllic 1950s and the 1960s. Market capitalism, the engine that runs most of the world economy, seems to be doing its job well.’”
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Rosa Parkes at 100
21 February 2013, by Dianne Feeleyread article...In 1988, Rosa Parks attended a film screening of the first segment of the documentary “Eyes on the Prize” in Detroit. Afterward she spoke about her involvement in the civil rights struggle, and I was lucky enough to be in the audience. She was a small woman with a quiet but steel-sharp voice that made an ever lasting impression on her audience.
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India
‘Defend women’s right to freedom without fear! Ensure swift and sure punishment for rape!’
28 January 2013, by Kavita Krishnanread article...This is the cover story of the forthcoming January 2013 issue of the magazine of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation. It is posted at Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal with Kavita Krishan’s permission. Kavita Krisnan is secretary of the All India Progressive Women’s Association AIPWA.
France
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.
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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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Put an end to Macron and the Fifth Republic!
Statement by the New Anti-Capitalist Party (NPA-l’Anticapitaliste)
December 2024
After the vote of no confidence, let’s finish with Macron and the 5th Republic!
The result was clear: 331 votes in favour of the no confidence motion. The Barnier government resigned and the austerity budget law fell. This illegitimate government, a symbol of Macron’s decomposition of the Macron presidency, had no future. The promise of ever more austerity and authoritarianism has been rejected by the vast majority of the population.
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