Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
We are launching our annual appeal to fund our permanent Asia Solidarity Fund for the year 2025. We are in the midst of a deadly spiral of worsening crises - from the international ‘reactionary acceleration’ symbolised by the election of Donald Trump to global warming spiralling out of control. Maintaining solidarity, in all its forms, is a matter of the utmost urgency. Our association is committed to ensuring the continuity of this solidarity, including financial one, with the movements whose work we support in four Asian countries, for the help they provide to populations deeply affected by disasters of human or natural origin.
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ESSF is an association for international solidarity. Its website informs on peoples struggles as well as on in-depth debates. It wishes to be a tool for all those fighting for a world of solidarity.
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Portugal: Bloc launches petition to guarantee rights for shift workers Mariana Mortágua announced a petition to make shift work allowances mandatory, to bring forward the retirement age and to set a maximum of 35 hours for those who work shifts. The Bloco coordinator also spoke about the dangers of Uberization and the challenges facing unionism today.
The Left (…)Croatia: Freedom for Palestine in the backstage The largest protest against the genocide against the Palestinian people was held on Friday. H-Alter’s associate spent the day with organizers who demanded: a clear and public condemnation of the genocide and a demand for a ceasefire, an end to Croatia’s participation in the genocide, a severance (…)
Evacuation of the wounded, crowdfunding and fatigue. Ukrainian soldiers describe a typical day on the Kharkiv front A report from the Kharkiv direction of the front and an interview with medic Kuba describe how the position of women in the army has changed during the ten-year war. On the Bakhmut direction, drone operators from the Black Raven company admit to fatigue, but also unwavering motivation.
We are (…)Georgia : How To Defeat Ivanishvili During Ivanishvili’s rule, particularly during mass rallies involving thousands, especially after the issue of European integration was repeatedly put on the agenda, protests were characterized by a division among participants. This division is so stark that class enemies often stand side by (…)
United States: Trump’s victory and the tasks of the Left - Part Two: Resisting authoritarian populism The Left, social movements, and unions cannot rely on the Democrats, who are responsible for Trump’s victory, Ashley Smith argues. Instead, we must unite against all the looming attacks, defend migrants and trans people in particular, and build an independent resistance committed to fighting for (…)
Open Call to the Japanese Government and International Community to Act Immediately to Stop the Escalation of Crisis in Gaza and the Expansion of Israeli Wars This is the third Appeal Issued by a Group of Japanese Researchers Specialized in Middle Eastern Studies.
The situation in Gaza is catastrophic. At least 43,000 people have been killed since last October, as a result of Israel’s full-scale assault and indiscriminate killing of civilians. (…)North Korea’s Kim calls Putin ’closest comrade’ Kim (R) and Putin (L) toasted their friendship when they met in North Korea in June. Getty Images Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un toast during a reception at the Mongnangwan Reception House in PyongyangGetty Images
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has sent a (…)Drones, threats and explosions: Why Korean tensions are rising Visitors use binoculars to look at the North Korean side of the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) dividing the two Koreas. Getty Images Visitors use binoculars to look at the North Korean side of the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) dividing the two Koreas, from South Korea’s Odusan Unification Observatory in (…)
Do a majority of Ukrainians want Ukraine to stop fighting? The Stop the War Coalition and its periphery on the UK left are crowing about polling that underlines war-weariness in Ukraine. But closer analysis reinforces what anyone seriously engaged with Ukrainians already knows, that weariness is not the same as willingness to surrender.
To state what (…)North Korea fires banned missile in longest flight yet North Korea has been test-firing long range missiles such as the Hwasong-18, shown in this photograph from 13 July last year. Reuters Hwasong-18 intercontinental ballistic missile is launched from an undisclosed location in North Korea in this image released by North Korea’s Korean Central News (…)
North Korea: Kim Jong Un is China’s ally - but has become the ’comrade from hell’ A tall building on the edge of Fangchuan has become a tourist attraction for the view it offers of North Korea
Chinese tourists huddle together against the brisk autumn breeze on a 12-storey building, vying for the best spot to photograph the point where their country meets Russia and North (…)What we know about North Korean troops in Ukraine Photo. Some observers now say we should not be too quick to dismiss North Korea’s military capabilities
When rumours first emerged in October that North Korean troops were about to start supporting Russia’s war in Ukraine, it wasn’t immediately clear what role they would be fulfilling.
Their (…)PPP Neutralizes Vote to Impeach South Korea’s President With the ruling party holding a meeting to avoid the vote, the National Assembly was short of a quorum.
On December 7, South Korea’s ruling People Power Party (PPP) succeeded in preventing South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol from being impeached over his short-lived declaration of martial (…)Interview: Understanding the rebellion in Syria The rebellion in Syria has taken the world by surprise and led to the fall of the Assad family dictatorship, which has ruled Syria since Bashar al-Assad’s father, Hafez, took power in a coup d’etat 54 years ago. Neither the regime’s military forces nor its imperial sponsor, Russia, and its (…)
A bed in exchange for sex or cleaning. The strange housing adverts targeting Ukrainian women in Czechia Unaffordability of housing in the Czech Republic has a number of negative impacts. Including offers where it is sometimes difficult to see how they are actually intended.
Two and a half years ago, hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian war refugees, mostly women, children and the elderly, came to (…)A Massive Database of Evidence, Compiled by a Historian, Documents Israel’s War Crimes in Gaza A woman with a child is shot while waving a white flag ■ Starving girls are crushed to death in line for bread ■ A cuffed 62-year-old man is run over, evidently by a tank ■ An aerial strike targets people trying to help a wounded boy ■ A database of thousands of videos, photos, testimonies, (…)
Opinion | What Else Needs to Happen for Israelis to Shake Off Their Apathy? What else needs to happen before Israel’s citizenry shakes off its paralyzing apathy? What further horrors must take place so that middle-of-the road media outlets deign to fulfill their role and report them? What could crack the October 7 narrative Israel is mired in, with the shocking claim (…)
B’Tselem Report : Israeli Soldiers Systematically Abusing Palestinians in Hebron ’One of the soldiers grabbed me by the hair and slammed my face into the back door, three times in a row’ said one victim in his testimony. ’These aren’t isolated incidents’ B’Tselem’s director said, rather ’systematic behavior’ led by the Israeli government
Closed stores in the Old City of (…)Elections (Ireland): Brittle Opposition “While the left-populist wave of the 2010s may now seem rather distant, we still have much to learn from the unconventional, insurgent politics associated with its high points.”
Back in 2011, as the political effects of the Great Recession were just beginning to appear, Peter Mair wrote about (…)Venezuela: Amid fears of new sanctions, disputed election, Maduro proposes more privatisations Venezuelan Confederation of Industries president Luigi Pisella (left) said President Nicolás Maduro had informed his organisation of plans to fully or partially privatise ‘between 500 and 600 companies’. Photo: conindustria.org
Speculation of more privatisations by the Nicolás Maduro (…)
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