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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Elections (Ireland) - GE24: Changing of the Mudguard People Before Profit’s (PBP) slogan during the election campaign was “End 100 years of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael”. But now we are facing into yet another Fianna Fáil-Fine Gael (FF-FG) government. Why has this happened? Are we stuck in a never-ending Groundhog Day or does hope for radical change (…)
A Soft Approach: How Unionists Paved an “ASEAN Way” to Success Institutionalising Labour’s Voice in ASEAN: The ASETUC Initiative
A Case Study by Melisa R. Serrano
Acts of confrontation such as sit-ins, strikes, and demonstrations are common tactics adopted by unions trying to win labour disputes. What better way to show the power of a united workforce (…)“Some dance to remember, some dance to forget”: Empirical insights from working on books on activism insurgency and Martial Law in the Philippines [Short presentation version of a paper prepared for a panel discussion on “Not Forgetting: Memory and Activism in Tumultuous Times” for the Australian National University (ANU) Philippines Update Conference on the theme “Beyond Geo-Politics: The Philippines in the New Marcos Era,” October 30-31, (…)
United States: The Party’s Over - The Crisis of Left Electoralism The experiment of socialist and left-progressive electoral action on the Democratic ballot line now faces a fundamental crisis. The momentum created by the 2016 Sanders presidential primary campaign, which helped propel the Squad to political office and inspired the rapid growth of the (…)
Russian anti-war prisoner Igor Paskar: ‘I acted according to my conscience’ Solidarity Zone, which supports people arrested in Russia for anti-war actions, tells the story of political prisoner Igor Paskar. Reposted from Solidarity Zone’s web site.
Igor Paskar has been sentenced to eight-and-a-half years’ imprisonment for two anti-war actions.
In June 2022, in the (…)LOW PAY, NO SUPPORT: Sri Lanka Delivery Drivers Fight for Worker Rights CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL REPORT.
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Click here to subscribe to ESSF newsletters in English and or French.For Syrians in the Golan, Assad’s fall sparks hope and uncertainty Residents of the occupied Jawlan celebrated the regime’s collapse, but remain wary amid political instability and further Israeli encroachment inside Syria.
Residents celebrate the fall of the Assad regime in Syria, in Majdal Shams, Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, December 9, 2024. (Chaim (…)‘As much and as quickly as possible’: Israeli settlers eye land in Syria, Lebanon With the Israeli army advancing into Syria following Assad’s fall, a group promoting settlements in Lebanon is casting its gaze eastward.
Within hours of the fall of the Assad regime, Israeli forces were already pushing into Syrian territory, conquering the Syrian side of Mount Hermon/Jabal (…)‘Democracy won’t come to Syria overnight. But now, we have hope’ From exile, Bassam Al-Kuwatli long dreamed of Assad’s fall. As head of the Syrian Liberal Party, he now plans to return to push for a democratic future.
Syrians in Germany celebrate the fall of Assad Regime, December 8, 2024. (Wikimedia Commons)
On Nov. 25, the Syrian Liberal Party (Ahrar) (…)Neither left-wing catch-up with the West nor nationalism. For a new class politics in Eastern Europe The West is not a model of solidarity and progressive society. Those of us who live in the former state socialiist periphery have to fight for solidarity and progress ourselves. We can start from the shared, class interests that unite us.
In an interview on the anniversary of the protests (…)Israel : 100 Hostages, 435 Days in Captivity | ’We Are a Family of Zombies – a Little Alive, a Little Dead’ Noam Dan had multiple family members kidnapped on October 7, including two who returned in a hostage deal. ’If we let them remain there, it will fracture what’s left of the life-loving nation I grew up in. From that, we will not recover’
Noam Dan, this week. « There is only one person who (…)South Korea: People’s power on verge of victory as President Yoon set to be impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol broke his silence on December 12, delivering a speech to the nation in which he claimed his declaration of martial law on December 3 was simply a warning to the opposition and not intended as a revolt. Unsurprisingly, his ridiculous excuses backfired, with the leader of (…)
Interview : The Collapse of the Assad Regime [Gilbert Achcar has been a major left commentator on international affairs for many years. He grew up in Lebanon and has lived and taught in Paris, Berlin, and London. He is just retiring as professor of Development Studies and International Relations at SOAS, University of London. His many (…)
The South Korean crisis as seen from France President Yoon Suk Yeol’s imposition of martial law on 3 December was quickly defeated. Good news, but not the only news.
The reasons behind President Yoon’s ill-prepared putsch remain unclear (as does Emmanuel Macron’s decision to dissolve the National Assembly at a highly inauspicious (…)Chinese Influencers in Taiwan Face Wave of Threats from Chinese Nationalists CHINESE INFLUENCERS residing in Taiwan, often the spouses of Taiwanese, have reported receiving threats in the last month from Chinese online nationalists.
It is thought that there are around 80 YouTubers in Taiwan, among 380,000 Chinese spouses who are living in Taiwan. The reason as to why (…)Crisis in Lebanon : The Enemy of My Enemy is My Enemy Lebanon became embroiled in Israel’s latest war on Gaza almost immediately after its beginning in October 2023. On October 8, 2023, Hezbollah began launching rockets at Israel in support of Gaza, which continued as Israel’s war on Gaza intensified. Israel soon began to bombard the south of (…)
Interview with Dr. Sadiq Jalal Al-Azm: The Syrian Revolution and the Role of the Intellectual Doctor Sadiq Jalal al-Azm (born in 1934 in Damascus) is one of the most important Syrian intellectuals of the 20th and 21st centuries. His interests cover a variety of issues, ranging from criticism of religious thought, to Arab political affairs after the defeat of June 1967, to freedom of (…)
Why The Son Of A Hated Dictator Won The Philippine Elections The failures of liberalism made illiberalism popular. But the inevitable crises of the Marcos-Duterte regime offer opportunities for progressive organizing.
As a progressive activist, I am dismayed at the election of Ferdinand Marcos Jr., son of the former dictator, by a landslide in the (…)Philippines: Next administration urged to improve spending, tax the rich Analysts are pushing for targeted spending and a tax on the wealthy as the government prepares a fiscal consolidation plan to address the Philippines’ growing debt.
“In general, a fiscal consolidation plan should involve raising more taxes and cutting government spending. Both, however, can (…)Philippines: Celebrate The Freedom of Leila De Lima, Send Rodrigo Duterte to the International Criminal Court After 6 years, 10 months, and 21 days, former Senator Leila de Lima is finally free. Judge Gener Gito of Branch 206 of the Regional Trial Court in Muntinglupa, Rizal, granted her bail after she posted a P300,000 bond. Her complete exoneration from the charges leveled against her by the (…)
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