INTERNATIONAL
VIDEO: High School Student Brutally Beaten by French Riot Cops
On Thursday March 24, riot police clashed with French students protesting over the implementation of a vicious labour reform. The day of action brought thousands into the streets in several cities across the country.
Révolution Permanente
March 26, 2016We’ll Take All the Plazas
Around 6 thousand people marched with the PTS to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the military coup.
Tre Kwon
March 25, 2016The Case for a Constitutional Assembly
An interview with Diana Assunção, a militant of the Revolutionary Workers Movement (MRT) in Brazil, on the current political crisis and what it means for the left.
Esquerda Diário
March 24, 2016LGBT People and Refugees: Fighting and Resisting Together!
Q: Tell us a bit about LGSMigrants. How did you begin and what demands are you fighting for? A: LGSMigrants was set up in autumn of last year. We had been watching the horrific consequences of European border policies all spring and summer, including all the drownings in the Mediterranean, the worsening situation in the […]
Hovhannes Gevorkian
March 22, 2016Left Platform Leads the Vote for the NPA National Conference
At preparatory meetings for the NPA’s National Conference on March 19 and 20, the platform that unites the left of the party is in the lead with 41% of the vote.
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March 20, 2016The Brazilian Crisis in 10 Points
What you need to know about Brazil’s current situation.
Tre Kwon
March 20, 2016#May19: Europe-wide Anti-racism Day Demonstration
Major mobilisations are taking place in London, Scotland and Wales. Tens of thousands across Europe are predicted to take the streets, saying #RefugeesWelcome, #BlackLivesMatter, No to Islamophobia, Anti-Semitism & Scapegoating Migrants, and #YesToDiversity.
Alejandra Ríos
March 19, 2016France: Day of Protests Against Labour Law
The ‘French Spring’ has begun. Students and young workers protested in cities across France on Thursday against the new labour law. The reforms make it easier to sack young employees. Over 150 k protested across France.
Alejandra Ríos
March 18, 2016Singing the Bosnian Reality
We interviewed the members of Bosnian music band Dubioza Kolektiv, who describe in their words Bosnian society and the post-socialist Balkans after the dissolution of Yugoslavia – a reality of corruption, unemployment, criminal privatization and mass emigration.
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March 16, 2016Calais: Refugees sew their lips shut in hopes of making themselves heard
Helplessly facing the inevitable destruction of their camp in Calais, eight refugees decided on Wednesday to express their profound distress by sewing their lips shut with wire and needles. On Thursday, nine other Iranian migrants repeated the operation in front of cameras and the French riot police, hoping to finally be heard by the entire international community.
Paul Carson-Saher
March 10, 2016