An interview with historian Mathilde Larrère on the role of women in the Paris Commune. What can we say about the role of women during the events of 18 March 1871 which marked the beginning…
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Kenya: Journalist assaulted and killed at her home
Brussels, April 9th, 2021 – Betty Mutekhele Barasa, a senior video editor and television producer working for the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC), was assaulted and shot dead at her home in Nairobi, on 7 April by…
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Brussels 9 April 2021 – Giorgos Karaivaz, a veteran Greek television journalist who specialised in reporting on crime was shot dead on April 9 near his home in Athens. The International and European Federations of Journalists…
Read More Greece: Crime journalist killed outside his homeWe Obtained New FBI Documents on How and Why Fred Hampton Was Murdered
BYAARON J. LEONARD CONOR A. GALLAGHER Republished From:https://jacobinmag.com/2021/03/fred-hampton-black-panther-party-fbi-documents FBI files related to the 1969 murder of Fred Hampton, newly obtained by Jacobin, shed light on two key aspects of the bureau’s anti–Black Panthers operation: one, FBI informant…
Read More We Obtained New FBI Documents on How and Why Fred Hampton Was MurderedThe Dutch Left’s Collapse Shows How It Failed to Politicize the Pandemic
BY KEVYN LEVIE On Wednesday, the Netherlands held Europe’s first national election since the start of the pandemic — and the entire center-left took just 20 percent of the vote. While the crisis provided a…
Read More The Dutch Left’s Collapse Shows How It Failed to Politicize the PandemicGreece: Students and workers fight state repression
By CJ LAPOINTE Students are mobilizing across Greece in opposition to authoritarian measures that look to turn back the clock on university “asylum” laws that protect students from government repression and police brutality while on…
Read More Greece: Students and workers fight state repressionAgainst the military order, solidarity with the peoples of Myanmar!
Latest news: on Sunday 28 February, riot police and soldiers fired, often indiscriminately, on the population in many parts of the country, killing, according to the Burmese daily The Irrawady, at least 13 people and…
Read More Against the military order, solidarity with the peoples of Myanmar!Nava Sama Samaja Party (NSSP) removed from the Fourth International (FI)
The Nava Sama Samaja Party’s suspension from the Fourth International (FI) has been overwhelmingly supported by the FI’s leadership body, the International Committee, in its annual meeting which ended on 25 February 2021. The NSSP’s membership was…
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Press Statement IF WE DO NOT STRUGGLE, WE WILL DIE! EVERY STRIKE IS A POLITICAL STRIKE! The call by the South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) for a National Stay-Away and targeted pickets, protests…
Read More Support the SAFTU National Stay-Away!Yemen: IFJ calls on appeal court to reject death sentence against 4 journalists
Brussels, February 26, 2021 – Four journalists arrested in 2015 by Houthi forces in the Yemeni capital Sana’a will launch their appeal hearing on 28 February against a death sentence handed down after their conviction on charges…
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