Workers’ Day 2023
“Revolt, for you have nothing to lose but your chains and your tents!” – George Habash
Palestinian Trade Unions’ Anti-Apartheid Call
Occupied Palestine, April 10th, 2023 – The global trade union movement, which has played a key and inspiring role in its commitment to workers’ rights and human rights more generally, has stood in principled solidarity with the oppressed across the world, adopting concrete, ground-breaking, labour-led sanctions against oppressive regimes.
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Words of condemnation are not enough – South Africa must act against apartheid Israel
“Until South Africa acts against apartheid Israel we are complicit in its oppression of the Palestinian people” warned Ronnie Kastrils, Patron of the South African BDS Coalition.
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Women’s rights at the heart of the fight over pensions in France
This year’s International Working Women’s Day in France holds special significance because of a nation-wide call by trade unions and people’s movements to bring the country to a standstill from March 7
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South African solidarity needed against a relentless apartheid regime: Support Palestinian struggle for liberation.
“There has been many experiences of massacres for the people of Palestine at the hands of Israel and children are the biggest target; my young children have lived through two massacres”, said Haidar Eid. “Gaza is the largest open-air prison.
Iranian Labor Unions Have Led Inspiring Solidarity Strikes Amid the Uprising
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The State of Journalism since COVID 19
The Impact of the recent global pandemic on different aspects of life, has led to a rapid transition from traditional media to an introduction of a new focus in mass media.
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Palestinians protest continued Israeli siege of Shuafat refugee camp near occupied East Jerusalem
The Israeli occupation has left nearly 130,000 people stranded inside the camp as Israeli forces continue their search for a suspect in the killing of a soldier at a checkpoint last week.
The Seeds Africa Needs
Famara Diédhiou of the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) has over 15 years of experiences working mostly in rural development in African countries, particularly in the establishment of community seed banks and advocacy for sustainable agriculture and to advance the food sovereignty struggle and to push for African driven solutions.
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Protests erupts in Tunisia over rise in prices of essential commodities
The protests add to the ongoing political uncertainty in the country, as major opposition parties have announced a boycott of the upcoming legislative elections in December
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Residence of Swazi pro-democracy leader bombed
Mlungisi Makhanya, president of one of the largest pro-democracy political parties, PUDEMO, whose house was attacked “remains unshaken, defiant”
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How Maasai Women Are Resisting Land Grabs
In Mwanza, Tanzania, Nairukoki Leyian-Naisinyai tells me that here, “Corporations come with papers from the government claiming that they have the right to our land.” She points to the large corporations that have entered the lands of the Maasai people to mine rubies and tanzanite.
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