Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by ALAM Badrul, BKF
We would like to thank ESSF and all the donors for the support we received in 2022. This year, we thought it would be useful to introduce this report by presenting the current political context and some information about our own history. [€ 10 000 were sent through ESSF in 2022]
Last year (...)
, par CHOAT Isabel, The Guardian
Last Tuesday, a report revealed the extent of sexual assault against female surgeons ; on Wednesday a poll showed that sexual harassment was contributing to girls’ declining happiness ; at the weekend the Russell Brand revelations dominated the news cycle. On Sunday we heard how students are (...)
, by CARRINGTON Damian
First complete ‘scientific health check’ shows most global systems beyond stable range in which modern civilisation emerged
Earth’s life support systems have been so damaged that the planet is “well outside the safe operating space for humanity”, scientists have warned.
Their assessment (...)
, by KUCHIPUDI Suresh V.
Researchers still don’t know how well BA.2.86 will evade immunity or whether it will cause more severe disease than its predecessors.
The latest variant, or sublineage, of SARS-CoV-2 to emerge on the scene, BA.2.86, has public health experts on alert as COVID-19 hospitalizations begin to (...)
, by FRIEDMAN Sam, KAY Suzie
Over the last fifty years, few public health professionals have considered Marxism relevant, and few Marxists have treated pandemics as an imminent concern. We offer this paper to help both public health professionals and socialists view pandemics through a Marxist lens. Although our theory is (...)
, by PA Media
Royal Society review looks at non-pharmaceutical interventions when applied in packages of several measures
Experts looked at the effectiveness of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) – not drugs or vaccines – when applied in packages that combine a number of measures that complement one (...)
, by NIRANJAN Ajit
Public money still flowing into industry despite agreement to phase out ‘inefficient’ subsidies, thinktank says
The amount of public money flowing into coal, oil and gas in 20 of the world’s biggest economies reached a record $1.4tn(£1.1tn) in 2022, according to the International Institute (...)
, by Crofter Foundation, PKRC
Thank you contributors of ESSF for the support of European Solidarity Without Borders for the activities and support to the farmers, workers, and landless peasantry linked with Pakistan Kissan Rabita Committee (PKRV and Crofter Foundation during the whole year 2022.
This is an appeal to all (...)
, by DEUTSCH Judith
How many people are dying due to climate change? How does climate change cause death, and what are some of the omissions, deceptions, and confusions about fossil fuels, climate change, and mortality?
In the US, climate-related deaths are narrowly classified as heat-related, so simple google (...)
, by LI Promise
Gilbert Achcar’s The New Cold War is a welcome addition for socialists to understand how we have found ourselves in the midst of heightening geopolitical tensions today. Achcar has long been a politically astute commentator on international politics and has written a number of useful (...)
, by ANDERSON Max, MATHEWS Fiona
Almost all scientific research on pollinators happens during the day, which means we know little about what happens at night. So we designed a study to compare the contribution of nocturnal and day-active pollinators.
If you’ve ever felt underestimated and ignored, spare a thought for your (...)
, by MINTZ Laurie
Women have fewer orgasms than men. But this gap is cultural, not biological. Closing it is possible, both on a societal and personal level.
Imagine a steamy sex scene involving a woman and a man from your favourite television show or movie. It’s likely that both parties orgasm. But this (...)
, by LA BOTZ Dan, SHALOM Stephen R.
A petition titled “McCarthyism Is Back—Together We Can Stop It” is currently being circulated by a number of organizations and individuals on the left. It is motivated by a recent New York Times article that describes relationships between the multi-millionaire Roy Singham and a variety of (...)
, by WALKER Susan
Contraception today may not be perfect but it’s better than methods of the past.
If you have access to it, it’s easy to take today’s contraception for granted. But key discoveries over the last century or so changed the lives of women.
Before the invention of modern intra-uterine devices (...)
, by VALLE Camila
Sinéad in a Malcolm X shirt. Sinéad pregnant and bald and screaming on the cover of The Lion and the Cobra (belly cut off). Sinéad at a pro-abortion rally. Sinéad with the Public Enemy logo painted on the side of her head. Sinéad walking down St. Mark’s Place, her “favorite place in the (...)
, by RIECHMANN Jorge
“How can a young person (especially one from the big city) face the deepest problems, the misery of society, without succumbing at least temporarily to pessimism? There is no counter-argument there, only our consciousness can help us: no matter how bad the world is, you were born to sort it (...)
, by LA COMBRE Mandy , MEEHAN John
I think this photo was taken in August 1989 at a FADA (Forum for a Democratic Alternative) march outside the RDS, Ballsbridge. It was a protest marking the 20th anniversary of British troops taking over the streets of the six counties after the 1969 Battle of the Bogside. Other speakers (...)
, by FLANNERY Denis
The death of Sinéad O’Connor (1966-2023), the Irish, singer-songwriter, performer, activist, actor and memoirist, was announced on July 26. She is probably most well-known for her cover of the Prince song, Nothing Compares 2 U. The hit transformed her career but there is so much more to her (...)
, by MALAN Mia
Getting scientists to develop a medicine is a relatively small part of the solution to a pandemic. The more difficult thing is to get the medicine to the people who need it
If you were a South African health journalist during the late 1990s and early 2000s, you were mostly an Aids reporter. (...)
, by DALE Gareth, FLECKENSTEIN Paul
Degrowth identifies and critiques growth as fundamental to the capitalist system. Growth enriches property owners and the wealthy, leaving the rest of humanity behind with devastating environmental consequences. Tempest member Paul Fleckenstein interviews Gareth Dale on the politics of (...)
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