Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
Below we present a comprehensive report on our association’s activities in 2024. It includes a financial solidarity report aimed at our Asian partners, but also addresses many other issues. Preparing this report requires time and attention, which we particularly lacked (or were unable to set aside) for multiple reasons during the first quarter. Thus, we have accumulated considerable delay (even more than last year) and we apologise for this. This chronic lack of time is nothing exceptional, and we need to consider the optimal date when it could and should be published (February is probably too early and April too late) to organise ourselves accordingly. The report below therefore incorporates information up to the end of March.
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Report from Bangladesh to ESSF on activities during the year 2024 The year 2024 marked a significant period for the Bangladesh Krishok Federation (BKF, men members) and the Bangladesh Kishani Sabha (BKS, women members) in their fight for the rights of small and marginal farmers, landless peasants, and climate-vulnerable communities. We thanks all individual (…)
Iran is the enemy Netanyahu has always wanted to destroy. Even from their bomb shelters, most Israelis support his war Within Israel, Iran is seen as the ultimate threat. The prime minister knows this is his chance to rewrite his bloodied legacy
“It’s 1938 and Iran is Germany … The Jewish people will not allow a second Holocaust.” Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, recited slogans like these (…)Statement (Malaysia): End the US-Israeli war on Iran NOW! The Socialist Party of Malaysia (PSM) strongly condemns the US-Israeli military aggression against Iran. The aggression has escalated with the US joining the Zionist Israeli war on Iran by striking nuclear sites across Iran.
The latest military aggression against Iran is unprovoked, illegal, (…)Netanyahu is using Muslim women’s ‘rights’ to justify his war. What hideous, hollow hypocrisy As his troops slaughter civilians in Gaza, he claims to be standing up for Iranian women’s autonomy. He is far from the first warmonger to do so
Iranian women at a funeral for military personnel killed during Israeli airstrikes, Khoramabad, 16 June 2025. Photograph: Taraneh Bazdari/EPA
The (…)The Path Not Taken: How Czechoslovak Social Democracy and Communism Diverged After 1918 This analysis of interwar Czechoslovak politics offers crucial lessons for today’s European left. Examining the split between social democrats and communists after 1921, Boris Zala traces how two socialist traditions chose radically different paths to power. Whilst social democrats embraced (…)
Netherlands. We need more than a green social democratic party On Saturday 21 June, GroenLinks [GreenLeft] and the PvdA [Labour Party] are organising a joint members’ congress. The aim is to establish a new left party for the Netherlands. Casper Kouters from Linksboven, a left-wing network within the merged party] is not very impressed.
Photo: A (…)Beyond Geopolitics: Why Russia’s War in Ukraine Is Really About Capitalism in Crisis Putin’s war stems from the fundamental contradictions of Russian capitalism—not NATO expansion or civilisational conflict. Russia’s economic stagnation since 2008, demographic decline, and extreme inequality created an “organic crisis” that could only be resolved through external aggression. Far (…)
Solidarity, Campaigns, Rights and Food Sovereignty, Climate Justice... - Descriptive Report for ESSF support during 2024 Report to ESSF from the Pakistan Kissan Rabita Committee (PKRC) and the Crofter Foundation of their January-December 2024 activities - A “Year in Resistance and Mobilization”, fighting inequalities, defending peasants’ Rights, advancing climate Justice, fighting Corporate land grabs.
This is (…)As Living Space in Gaza Shrinks, Remaining Pockets Endure Hellish Conditions ’They moved the garbage piles and set up tents between them’: Nearly two million people are crammed into less than 18 percent of Gaza, as Israel’s expanding no-go zones fuel disease outbreaks, overcrowding, and growing hardship – especially for women and girls
Tents housing displaced (…)Political self-determination for Kashmir The recent Indo-Pakistani armed conflict, accompanied by bellicose rhetoric and jingoism between the nuclear-armed neighbours, has heightened tensions in the South Asian region. Ultimately, US President Donald Trump reportedly brokered a ceasefire. Among the most affected by this conflict are (…)
Lula Government Promotes Auction of Oil Exploration Concessions in the Amazon Brazil’s contradictory environmental politics reached a new low this week as President Lula’s government auctioned off 172 oil exploration blocks, including 34 in ecologically sensitive areas near the Amazon River mouth. Despite campaigning on environmental protection, Lula has approved (…)
Netherlands out of NATO! Whilst the genocide of Palestinians continues at full speed, the Dutch state is receiving numerous Western government leaders during the NATO summit on 24 and 25 June. Over recent years, minds have been prepared for large-scale investments in weaponry. Socialists should instead argue against (…)
Denmark’s Unity List Conference Reveals Growing Concerns Over Defence Policy Drift and Internal Democracy Denmark’s Unity List (Enhedslisten / Red-Green Alliance) annual conference marks what critics describe as a troubling shift towards mainstream defence positions and weakened internal democracy. This analysis by one of the list’s components, Denmark’s Socialist Workers’ Party (SAP) examines how (…)
Spain’s Socialist Party Corruption Scandal Threatens Sánchez Government and Emboldens the Far Right A major corruption scandal has rocked Spain’s ruling Socialist Party (PSOE), with organisational secretary Santos Cerdán stepping down amid allegations of influence peddling involving major construction companies and EU funds. The case, which also implicates former Transport Minister José Luis (…)
How Israel is engineering Gaza’s social collapse By empowering criminal gangs and weaponizing aid provision, Netanyahu seeks to fracture the Strip into rival fiefdoms — allowing only chaos to reign.
Armed and masked Palestinians secure trucks loaded with humanitarian aid entering Gaza through the Israeli Kerem Shalom Crossing, on Salah (…)Statement (Asia): On Israel Escalation Against Iran The recent attacks by Israel on Iran are a dangerous escalation by a fascist, apartheid state that thrives on regional destabilization. Israel, a colonial outpost backed by U.S. imperialism, has a long history of war crimes. From the genocide in Gaza to repeated assaults on Lebanon, Syria, and (…)
The 13th Asian Regional School Concludes with High Inspiration The 13th Asian Regional School (ARS), held from May 25 to June 14, 2025, in Quezon City, Philippines, marked another successful milestone since its inception in 2009. This year’s session was held amid global uncertainty but carried through with immense energy, hope, and inspiration.
Diverse (…)Statement (Mindanao): On current Middle East conflict iMovePeace is an interfaith network of religious, traditional, and community leaders united based on mutual respect, human rights and dignity, just peace, integrity of creation and sustainable socio-cultural and economic alternatives.
End the War and violence, Pray, and work for lasting peace (…)Joint Statement by Independent Organizations in Iran: Opposing War and Warmongering Policies In light of the current unstable and dangerous conditions in Iran and the region, the undersigned organizations consider it their duty to adopt a collective position.
The working people of Iran — workers, teachers, nurses, retirees, and other wage-earners — have never had, and never will (…)Netanyahu’s Iran gambit aimed to realign the world behind Israel. It may backfire For Iran expert Ori Goldberg, Israel overreached in starting a war with Tehran, and can only avoid getting bogged down by dragging the West into the conflict.
Five days after Israel launched a surprise attack on Iran, this volatile new war shows no signs of winding down. What began with a (…)
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