Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by Open Caucasus Media
A three-hour general strike in Georgia demanding new and fair parliamentary elections has seen thousands of employees walk out of their jobs, with businesses temporarily shutting down.
The strike was held to varying degrees in towns and cities throughout Georgia from 15:00–18:00 on Wednesday. (…)
, by FARHADOVA Aytan
Afiaddin Mammadov was arrested in September 2023 and was accused of several crimes. Mammadov was just one of several members of the Azerbaijani labour rights group the Workers Table Unions Confederation (WTUC).
Mammadov was sentenced to eight years in prison on charges of hooliganism and (…)
, by BUDRAITSKIS Ilya, ERADZE Ia , NAKHUTSRISHVILI Luka, REKHVIASHVILI Lela, SMITH Ashley
Tempest’s Ashley Smith and Posle Media’s Ilya Budraitskis interview Georgian activists and scholars Ia Eradze, Luka Nakhutsrishvili and Lela Rekhviashvili about the roots of the uprising, its trajectory, and Georgia’s place in global capitalism and the imperialist order.
The country of (…)
, by LAKOMÁ Aneta
The ongoing mass protests in Georgia against the government’s EU integration reversal have exposed deep-rooted issues in the country’s democratic framework. As hundreds of thousands take to the streets, Aneta Lakomá explores the complex dynamics between protesters, opposition forces, and the (…)
, by CSUPORT Virág Emma , MIHÁLY Robo, VASIĽ Michal
The victory of the ruling Georgian Dream party in the October 26, 2024 elections is described by activists, the pro-Western opposition and President Salome Zourabichvili as manipulated by interference from Moscow. Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze announced two days later that EU accession talks (…)
, by May Student Movement
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 (…)
, by Caucasus Feminist Anti-War Movement
Caucasus Feminist Anti-War Movement—C-FAM is an emerging movement of feminist and anti-war/peace activists from Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. Unified in our defiance, C-FAM originated from a powerful solidarity action to confront the greenwashing practices at COP29 taking place in Azerbaijan (…)
, by CARRINGTON Damian
Exclusive: Those with ‘interest in keeping world hooked on fossil fuels’ should not oversee climate talks, say report authors
Azerbaijan, the host of the Cop29 global climate summit, will see a large expansion of fossil gas production in the next decade, a new report has revealed. The authors (…)
, by AROSHVILI Alexandra , SABUROVA Daria, SHENGELIA Mariam
In April-May 2024, tens of thousands of Georgians took to the streets to protest against the new “Law on Transparency of Foreign Influence,” which was finally passed by the parliament on May 28th, overturning the presidential veto. This law requires NGOs that receive more than 20% of their (…)
, by ERADZE Ia , KARTVELISHVILI Giorgi, NAKHUTSRISHVILI Luka, Posle Editorial, QEBURIA Tamar, REKHVIASHVILI Lela, Tempest
In this joint interview conducted on behalf of Tempest and Posle Media, Georgian activists and scholars Ia Eradze, Giorgi Kartvelishvili, Luka Nakhutsrishvili, Tamar Qeburia, and Lela Rekhviashvili answer questions about the roots, nature, and trajectory of the country’s social movements and the (…)
, by AROSHVILI Alexandra , ERADZE Ia , ERISTAVI Konstantine, NAKHUTSRISHVILI Luka, REKHVIASHVILI Lela
We co-wrote this article at the beginning of May. On May 28, the Georgian parliament overrode the presidential veto and finally adopted the Law Against Foreign Influence. Although written at an earlier stage of the protests, everything that happened since then has largely confirmed the (…)
, by KITACHAYEV Bashir, OHANESIAN Zhanna
In his public speeches, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev often refers to Armenia’s sovereign territories as “Western Azerbaijan.” After Azerbaijan’s victory in the 2020 war in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh), the blockade that left 120,000 Armenians cut off from the world, and the fighting in (…)
, by KINCHA, Shota
Georgia’s ruling party has announced sweeping amendments to the constitution that would outlaw what it terms queer ‘propaganda’, including banning public demonstrations or publications that it deemed to ‘popularise same-sex family or intimate relations’. The proposed changes would also ban (…)
, by Open Caucasus Media
Georgia has come a long way since the 1990s, a decade marred by civil war, political instability, and a faltering economy. But there’s one area where the country has, quite literally, remained stuck in that distant past: its minimum wage.
Georgia’s private sector minimum wage was last updated (…)
, by TUTUM Marksist
A photograph from Beyazıt Square. Once you have seen this photo, you will never forget it. Gallows lined up behind each other, bodies in white shirts swinging from the rope with white placards hung about their necks. What the black and white photograph doesn’t show are the lush green trees in (…)
, by BARSEGHYAN Arshaluys
Operation of the contested Amulsar goldmine has been greenlit after Armenia’s government accepted a 12.5% share in the mines on Thursday.
The agreed project also notes that the Ministry of Economy will manage the share once the mines are operational.
The share was agreed upon when Lydian (…)
, by Open Caucasus Media
The leaders of a new opposition bloc in Abkhazia have called on opponents of the transfer of the Pitsunda dacha to Russia to unite and fight to ‘preserve Abkhazia’s sovereignty’.
The new opposition platform was announced on 8 January by a group of opposition activists, public figures, and (…)
, by CHETERIAN Vicken
It is of course difficult to predict how Azerbaijan might organize the COP29 in 2024. Azerbaijan is not known for its expertise in environmental matters, for innovations in fighting climate change. But Baku is historically associated with oil. Remember, in the year 1900 Baku produced half of the (…)
, by BALDRIAN Sona
I first started working on this article on September 17. I was supposed to turn in a draft article about the high risk of Azerbaijan launching an offensive at Nagorno-Karabakh and next invading Armenia within a week. I told my editor we needed to publish the article as soon as possible because (…)
, by AZIMOV Rauf
I grew up in wartime Karabakh – I know the pain Armenians face. But I was attacked online for empathising with them
When I posted a recent Twitter thread about Azerbaijan’s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh, nothing could prepare me for the ruthless attacks I received from my fellow (…)
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