Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
The year 2021 has been, for our association, one of the most intense both in terms of political commitments to solidarity and donation drive. It was exceptional in both respects.
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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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History (France): The Defeat of François Mitterrand’s Reform Program Still Haunts the French Left Despite Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s strong showing in the recent presidential campaign, France’s left was defeated again by the neoliberal center and far right. The roots of that weakness lie in the Mitterrand government’s capitulation to neoliberalism in the 1980s.
France has once again come out of a (...)Social Movement (Ukraine): What’s going on in Ukraine and why left solidarity is important Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal — Nataliia Lomonosova and Oleksandr Kyselov, the delegation from Ukraine’s Social Movement (Sotsialnyi Rukh) to the annual conference of the Danish Red-Green Alliance (Enhedslisten), gave these greetings to its delegates on May 15.
The Red-Green (...)Russia: a new wave of anti-war protest Three months into Russia’s assault on Ukraine, PAVEL LISYANSKY reports that anti-war protesters, pushed back in March by a fierce legal clampdown, are finding ways to make their voices heard
While the Russian media claims wholesale popular approval of the Kremlin’s military aggression, Russians (...)Sri Lanka: Wheels coming off taxi industry The fuel crisis impact on three-wheeler and cab drivers’ livelihoods
To most Sri Lankans, hailing a taxi to commute to work has become an arduous and frustrating task, and exorbitant taxi fares have compelled them to think twice about taking a taxi even if they could find one. With the lack of (...)Sri Lanka: How a little protest grew to a loud people’s roar Back in 2019 the Sri Lankan citizenry elected the Gotabaya Rajapaksa regime with high hopes based on the assurance of establishing national security while placing their trust in his Vistas for Prosperity and Splendour manifesto. Two years later, people have lost hopes on this government as they (...)
Canada: Quebec Can Reduce GHGs By 2030 and Not Exceed 1.5°C In their electoral platform for the fall election, Québec solidaire, which has 10 MPs out of 125 in Quebec’s parliament, is proposing to achieve a reduction of greenhouse gases (GHGs) of 55 to 65% by 2030. But as the awareness of the climate catastrophe is becoming widespread, so is the pessimism (...)
Stop The War On Ukraine! I
We stand with Ukraine against the war being waged on it by Russia, and demand that Russia immediately stop bombing Ukraine, and withdraw its military from Ukraine territory and airspace.
All disputes must be settled only through diplomatic means.
Russia must immediately call a halt to its (...)Ukraine: Man of War. The Political Trajectory of Anatoly Shariy After 2014, much has changed in the political landscape of Ukraine. The main reasons for the changes were, of course, the Maidan, the annexation of Crimea, and the war in Donbass. However, the growing influence of the Internet media and Ukrainians’ long-standing demand for new faces in politics (...)
Sri Lanka: Workers’ remittances inflow halves in 1Q Workers’ remittances inflow has more than halved in the first quarter of this year to $ 783 million from a year ago. As per the Central Bank data, the January to March figure is down by 58% from $ 1.86 billion achieved in the first quarter of last year.
In March workers remittances inflow (...)Missing persons’ Families to go after perpetrators of late 1980s disappearances in Sri Lanka The Families of the Disappeared organisation in Sri Lanka is calling on the Parliament to release all the names collected by Presidential Commissions of Inquiry (CoIs) into the alleged perpetration of enforced disappearances in the late 1980s, including the list that names President Gotabaya (...)
The dreaded F-word: How can Sri Lanka avoid a famine? Although the rising prices of essential food items is a major topic amidst the current crisis, the matter has been a growing concern for several years, especially following the Government’s decision to adopt an organic fertiliser-only policy last year. The country’s agriculture sector was (...)
Why the son of a hated dictator won the Philippine elections - The fallout from the results As a progressive activist, I’m dismayed at the election of Ferdinand Marcos Jr. by a landslide. But as a sociologist, I can understand why.
I am not referring to the malfunction, intended or non-intended, of one thousand plus voting machines. I am not alluding to the massive release of billions (...)The Charters of Sudan’s Political Landscape Almost six months since the military coup in Sudan, peaceful protests continue to take place according to weekly schedules issued by resistance committees. New forms and tools of resistance have emerged—even after more than 90 protesters have been killed by the state forces in protests, and tens (...)
USA: When should we stop excusing the Russian invasion? The Russian invasion of Ukraine has been met with strange responses on the part of segments of the USA Left and among many progressives. While, generally speaking, there has been a strong condemnation of the Russian invasion, there has simultaneously been a tendency to excuse the Russian (...)
Sri Lanka: Linus Jayatilake (Sept. 1942 - May 2022). A Comrade of all Working PeopLe I first met Linus Jayatilake about a decade ago as some of us began engaging trade unions. While I had heard about Linus from my father, meeting Linus at the Commercial and Industrial Workers Union (CIWU) office on Barracks Lane, began a friendship that deeply influenced me. Linus’ sensibilities (...)
Sri Lanka: Constitutional Reform for ‘System Change’ A peaceful democratic ‘revolution’ is sweeping across Sri Lanka. It is a revolution from below, from the people. It has activated large segments of Sri Lankan people to shed the habits of passive citizenship and transform themselves into active citizens. Sri Lankan citizens have now claimed an (...)
Sri Lanka: Agriculture was a part of our culture, but now a cultural desert leaves fields bare Paddy farmers in poverty; next season maybe worse and many are switching to other crops
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) drew massive support from rural Sri Lanka at the last Presidential and general elections, with farmers making up the biggest voter (...)The Tamil Struggle, the Aragalaya and Sri Lankan Identity Of the many horrific visuals of the end of the war the one that is etched in my memory is of people crossing the Mullaivaikkal bridge. At the time it was not possible to watch it without crying. Even now, it is difficult to watch without feeling emotional, if not cry.
Why?
Violence, loss and (...)Sri Lanka: Economic crisis: A double whammy for the north east The north and east are twice as affected by the ongoing economic crisis due to the impact of the war, but private citizens are making an effort to assist as much as they can, The Sunday Morning learns.
The 26 years of civil war ravaged the Northern and Eastern Provinces, with reconstruction (...)Statement (Turkey): Our Refugee and migration policy in 6 points 1. TURKEY WILL BE FREED OF THE QUAGMIRE OF WARS IN THE MIDDLE EAST!
A significant part of the refugees and asylum seekers living in Turkey had to leave their countries due to wars and conflicts. AKP has made Turkey complicit in these wars and conflicts that displaces masses of people, such as (...)
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