Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, par ZHANG Yueran
What the world remembers about the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests were the students. But above all, it was a mass workers’ uprising for socialist democracy.
Public discourse on the 1989 Tiananmen Democracy Movement has been dominated by two narratives. The most prevalent interprets the (...)
, by KADIRGAMAR Ahilan
Since the end of the war, Sri Lanka’s economy is being transformed through a rapid process of financialisation. Such widespread financialisation facilitated infrastructure development, a real estate boom linked to urbanisation and expansion of credit leading to increasing indebtedness of the (...)
, by NUPL (Philippines)
Military, police and politicians should stop labelling civic activists as terrorists!
1. Concept
In an article published by the International Peace Observers network (IPON)”,” red tagging” or “red baiting”
“describes the practice of state actors to publicly and detractively classify (...)
, by BHUTTO Fatima
When my country, Pakistan, flooded last year, women faced particular suffering. That’s true around the world
Last summer, a third of Pakistan was underwater. My country, the fifth most populous in the world, was submerged. Two million homes were destroyed, thousands of acres of agricultural (...)
, by Aung Zaw
As the US steps up its engagement with Myanmar’s shadow government and signals a willingness to support the democratic opposition and ethnic armed groups, neighboring China is taking steps to counter any increase in US influence. But is it adopting the right strategy?
China’s newly appointed (...)
, by DAVIDSON Helen
‘He is my best friend’: 10 years of strengthening ties between Putin and Xi The Russian and Chinese leaders have met more than 40 times in recent years, fortifying personal and formal relations
A visit by China’s president, Xi Jinping, to Moscow this week has shone a light on his strengthening (...)
, by IMSD
Indian Muslims for Secular Democracy (IMSD) strongly condemns the concerted effort by the Muslim rightwing in Kerala — including leaders of the Jamaat-e-Islami and the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), and some Muslim-run websites — to ridicule, vilify, denigrate and demonise Muslims who are (...)
, by YAMANAKA Karen
March 11 marks 12 years since the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, tsunami devastated northeastern Japan, and the Fukushima nuclear disaster of Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO). The 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster which released radioactive caesium-137 equal to that of 168 Hiroshima bombs. (...)
The memorandum has been handed over to the Delegation of the European Union to Malaysia and the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Kuala Lumpur on 15th March 2023.
We, the undersigned organisations, are deeply concerned over the prolonging of the war in Ukraine.
The illegal Russian (...)
, by SHU Song
On Jan. 14, 2023, following a three-day strike organized by the National Workers Union of Indonesia (Serikat Pekerja Nasional, or SPN), a violent clash between Indonesian and Chinese workers took place in the facilities of PT Gunbuster Nickel Industry (GNI) in Morowali, Central Sulawesi. The (...)
, by ABBAS Qammar
Participants highlight the role of women in the fight for climate justice
Lahore: More than forty bikers took part in the all-women Pedal for People and Planet bike actions held at Bagh e Jinnah to celebrate International Women’s Month.
The bike action aimed to raise awareness on climate (...)
, par HAWKINS Amy, KWAN Rhoda
Coronation sets up Xi, who has overseen consolidation of power, to become modern China’s longest-serving head of state
Xi Jinping has been handed an unprecedented third term as president, capping an ascent in which he has become China’s most powerful leader in generations.
In a carefully (...)
, par Women’s Peace Network
We, Women’s Peace Network, take this International Women’s Day to reaffirm our solidarity with women across the world and our resilient resistance for equity and liberation. From Iran to Ukraine, women are the creators, innovators, and leaders of our intersectional movement for a world free of (...)
, by ALEN Michael A.
China and Russia’s relationship is complex. But China’s decision to support Russia’s war on Ukraine could ultimately come down to China’s own political interests.
China is considering sending weapons, ammunition and drones to Russia, according to information the Biden administration declassified (...)
, by ZAKARIA Rafia
TODAY is International Women’s Day. On this single day out of 365 days, women review the progress that they have been able to make over the past year. In most countries, it is understood that the single day allotted to women is not a measure of their importance in society but rather a day of (...)
, by BELLO Walden
As the US dramatically expands its military presence, colonialist history is repeating itself.
When the news broke in early February that Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. had struck a deal to allow the United States to dramatically expand its military presence on the archipelago, many (...)
, by HIOE Brian
A PIECE IN The Atlantic in December by Damir Marusic, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, proves yet another example of when soi-disant western experts parachute into Taiwan and conclude they know Taiwan better than Taiwanese in a matter of days.
Though the piece is from a few months ago, (...)
, by BAHL Aditya
July 1957. A 26-year-old Romila Thapar waits at Prague Airport. She is dressed in a sari. The pockets of her overcoat are bulging with yet more saris. ‘It is blasphemous’, she laments in her diary, to have crumpled ‘the garment of the exotic, the indolent, the unobvious, the newly awakening East’. (...)
, by HIOE Brian
CIVIL SOCIETY GROUPS held a press conference in front of the Taipei Fish Market on February 20th to call for wi-fi access for migrant fishermen. Participant groups included the Taiwan Association for Human Rights, Stella Maris Kaohsiung, Global Labor Justice – International Labor Rights Forum, (...)
, by Internacional de Trabajadores de la Construcción y la Madera (ICM)
Bangladesh on 24 January passed a law that seeks the universalisation of pension schemes towards the social security coverage of Bangladeshi citizens.
Called the Universal Pension Management Bill, the measure is a response to the low number of people in Bangladesh who enjoy social protection. (...)
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