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• History (Ukraine)

  Falsehoods instead of Ukrainian reality: an emotional plague

  3 March, by BEKIER Stefan, PRESUMEY Vincent

  Vincent Présumey and Stefan Bekier examine the myths and legends that are circulated about Ukraine to deny its right to national sovereignty. A Labour Hub long read.
  Ukraine and Ukrainians are the subject of a series of myths and legends on the one hand, and erasures of their real history on (...)

• Great Britain & Northern Ireland (Europe)

  The UK spent years lobbying for this Armenian goldmine. Now Russia is funding it

  1 March, by DOWSETT James, ROWLEY Thomas

  This flagship Western investment, backed strongly by the UK, will receive funds from a bank 44% owned by Russia
  A Russian-backed development bank is set to finance a controversial mining project in Armenia which has been lobbied for heavily by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development (...)

• Social Protection (China)

  China’s social security system

  4 August 2022

  China has achieved remarkable economic growth and development over the last four decades, but it has so far failed to create a comprehensive social welfare system that can protect and support workers in old age and ill-health and provide relief in times of economic distress. As China enters the (...)

• Ecology (Canada & Quebec)

  Quebec: Lives Yes, Pipelines No!

  1 March, by KEMBLE Rebecca

  Thousands of marchers braved frigid temperatures and took to the streets of Montréal, Quebec on Saturday, December 10, 2022 in an Indigenous-led march outside the COP 15 Conference on Biodiversity.
  They came to demand strong agreements to protect land, water and all who depend on them for (...)

• History (modern) (Europe)

  How the Nazis Exploited the Reichstag Fire to Launch a Reign of Terror

  27 February, by DE JONG Alex

  Ninety years ago today, a fire engulfed the Reichstag in Berlin. The arsonist, Marinus van der Lubbe, was hoping to inspire resistance to fascism, but the Nazis used the fire as a pretext to impose a regime of violent terror against the German left.
  Ninety years ago today, on February 27, (...)

• Russia & Eastern Europe

  Is Russia Irredeemable?

  1 March, by HIMKA John-Paul

  In a previous contribution to the Ukraine Solidarity Campaign, I outlined how three historical moments of democratic transition in Russia were aborted and how the kind of centralized, repressive, and aggressive government represented by tsarism, Stalin, and now Putin has reasserted itself. I (...)

• Labor, urban poor (Indonesia)

  Indonesia: Protesters rally at parliament calling for Jobs Law decree to be revoked

  28 February, by SIMANJUNTAK Surya Dua Artha

  Leftists in Ukraine are simultaneously resisting Russian imperialism and the domestic imposition of neoliberalism.
  Jakarta -– A coalition of civil society activists calling themselves the Indonesian People’s Protest demonstrated in front of the House of Representatives (DPR) building in (...)

• Economy (Pakistan)

  Deal-or-default: Is it the endgame for Pakistan?

  5 February, by KHALIQ Abdul

  The IMF mission is currently in Pakistan on a 10-day visit to discuss the stalled ninth review of the country’s current funding programme. The loan talks were restarted after the government finally yielded to IMF demands.Pakistan secured a $6 billion IMF bailout in 2019, which was topped up with (...)

• Women (Pakistan)

  Pakistan: The other half

  8 March, by ZAKARIA Rafia

  TODAY is International Women’s Day. On this single day out of 365 days, women review the progress that they have been able to make over the past year. In most countries, it is understood that the single day allotted to women is not a measure of their importance in society but rather a day of (...)

• LGBT+ (India)

  India: IMSD deplores the demonisation of sexual minorities by Kerala’s rightwing Muslims

  17 March, by IMSD

  Indian Muslims for Secular Democracy (IMSD) strongly condemns the concerted effort by the Muslim rightwing in Kerala — including leaders of the Jamaat-e-Islami and the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), and some Muslim-run websites — to ridicule, vilify, denigrate and demonise Muslims who are (...)

• Financial and economic crisis (World)

  Banks on the Brink? The Origins, Nature, and Trajectory of the Crisis

  20 March, by ROBERTS Michael, SMITH Ashley

  The banking industry has been beset by a series of failures, government bailouts, and takeovers. The crisis in these banks has sent stock markets around the world into gyrations. What caused all of this? Is this a passing crisis? What impact will it have on the real economy? Spectre’s Ashley (...)

• Financial and economic crisis (World)

  Bank busts and regulation

  21 March, by ROBERTS Michael

  Stock markets are jumping back up today. It seems that financial investors think the monetary authorities and banking supervisors have got the banking crisis under control. That could be wishful thinking.
  The banking crisis of 2023 is not over yet. The Californian ‘tech’ bank Silicon Valley (...)

• Ukraine

  Ukraine: Voices of Resistance and Solidarity

  27 February, by GREENE Nóirín, HERASYM Halyna, KOSTICK Conor, Ó BRÍAIN Donnacha

  Ukraine: Voices of Resistance and Solidarity is a book edited by Fred Leplat and Chris Ford, published by Resistance Books and Ukraine Solidarity campaign. It contains essays by Mick Antoniw, Welsh Labour MP; John-Paul Himka, history professor; Taras Bilous, activist for Sotsialnyi Rukh / (...)

• Anti-War Resistance (Russia)

  Russia: Memo to activists before 24 February

  21 February, by Feminist Anti-War Resistance/FAS (Russia)

  It will soon be one year since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Many activists have welcomed the start of the war in isolation cells and detention centres. It is likely that there will again be sweeps, raids and preventive detentions before the anniversary of the war.
  The (...)

• Russia & Eastern Europe

  On the Anniversary of Russia’s War on Ukraine: Analyzing the Roots of Russian Imperialism

  27 February, by LA BOTZ Dan

  The Russian war on Ukraine is the result of the imperialist ideology and the economic and geopolitical objectives of Vladimir Putin and the Russian state. Russia is, as it has long been, an imperial power seeking to eliminate Ukraine as an independent state and even to erase the Ukrainians as a (...)

• Indonesia & West Papua

  Against Racialized Labour Politics: Chinese Capital and Conflict in Indonesia

  15 March, by SHU Song

  On Jan. 14, 2023, following a three-day strike organized by the National Workers Union of Indonesia (Serikat Pekerja Nasional, or SPN), a violent clash between Indonesian and Chinese workers took place in the facilities of PT Gunbuster Nickel Industry (GNI) in Morowali, Central Sulawesi. The (...)

• On the Left (Europe)

  Building Left Solidarity with Ukraine in Northern Europe

  21 March, by Sotsialnyi Rukh (Social Movement) Ukraine

  On 19 March, a representative of the Social Movement, Oleksandr Kiselyov, addressed the XXV Congress (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1S6lK5Ig7AQ4f9hCdtBquVd4iK2vzWiTwKPMzAbwglDM/edit?usp=sharing) of one of Norway’s largest political forces, the Socialist Left Party (SV - Sosialistisk (...)

• Climate (Ecology)

  Scientists deliver ‘final warning’ on climate crisis: act now or it’s too late

  20 March, by HARVEY Fiona

  IPCC report says only swift and drastic action can avert irrevocable damage to world
  Scientists have delivered a “final warning” on the climate crisis, as rising greenhouse gas emissions push the world to the brink of irrevocable damage that only swift and drastic action can avert.
  The (...)

• Economy, social (USA)

  American Bank Failures Once Again Threaten Everyone

  20 March, by LA BOTZ Dan

  The failure of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) in California on March 10 set off a chain reaction as depositors withdrew funds causing it and other small banks to fail or face serious problems, among them Signature Bank in New York, and First Republic Bank in San Francisco. Stock markets worldwide (...)

• China and Russia

  Strength of ‘limitless’ China-Russia ties to be tested at summit

  14 septembre 2022, par DAVIDSON Helen

  Ukraine setback weakens Russian position as leaders prepare to jostle for regional influence in Uzbekistan
  Major setbacks for Moscow’s forces in Ukraine will further test the “limitless partnership” between China and Russia when their leaders meet this week for the first time since the invasion, (...)