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The Global Anti-Apartheid Conference for Palestine held in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 12th May 2024, attended by over 400 participants from 32 countries, adopted the ‘Johannesburg Declaration on Israel’s Settler-Colonialism, Apartheid and Genocide: Towards a Global Anti-Apartheid Movement for Palestine’. The Declaration urged people and organisations globally to expand and escalate actions in solidarity with the Palestinian people’s courageous liberation struggle to end genocide, ethnic cleansing, occupation, settler-colonialism and apartheid ‘from the River to the Sea’. Since the Johannesburg conference, and despite the provisional measures issued by the International Court…

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By Simon Gallagher – La Marx US  The candidacies of Joe Biden and Donald Trump represent and defend the interests of the ruling classes. Their candidacies serve the interests of bankers, millionaires, Wall Street, and Pentagon bosses. Both parties are responsible for the growing poverty and inequality of our people, as well as for the war crimes that are perpetrated against the peoples in Palestine, Ukraine, and in the past in Iraq, or Vietnam. Don’t vote for them! Annul your vote, vote blank, or abstention in the 2024 presidential elections! U.S.…

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Beatriz González (Colombia), Señor presidente, qué honor estar con usted en este momento histórico (‘Mr President, What an Honour to Be with You in This Historic Moment’), 1987. Dear friends, Greetings from the desk of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. There are times in life when you want to set aside complexity and return to the essence of things. Last week, I was on a boat in the Caribbean Sea, travelling from Isla Grande to the mainland of Colombia, when it began to rain heavily. Though our boat was modest,…

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Leave a Comment / Economics, History, Philosophy, Politics / By left Prof. Ameer Hamza Virk Many political scholars agree that most post-colonial nations have failed to achieve full independence, as imperial powers continued to issue policy directives to their subordinate ruling elites. What we also call modern neo-colonialism in political language. In third world countries, whenever a popular political leader raised his voice against modern colonial powers, establishment or exploitative forces, he got a lot of praise. Polarization occurs when a society splits into different factions at the extremes, without…

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As global crises deepen, social movements the world over are striving toward new visions and experimenting with new strategies. From Palestine to the US and beyond, radical politics have re-emerged as necessary for both survival and full liberation. At this critical juncture, the Socialism 2024 Conference will be a vital gathering space for today’s left. A four-day conference featuring dozens of participatory discussions, lectures, and workshops organized by activists from all over the country, the Socialism Conference will host exchanges between existing organizers and organizations, while bringing in new layers…

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We are publishing here a transcript of an interview with Éric Toussaint by journalist and publisher Mario Hernandez for the radio programme “Metropolis”, broadcast on June 13, 2024 on Radio del Pueblo (People’s Radio), AM 830, in the city of Buenos Aires. Mario Hernandez : This is an analysis of the elections for the European Parliament, where far-right forces have made headway, particularly in the Netherlands, Austria and above all in France with Marine Le Pen’s victory, which led President Macron to call early elections. In terms of results, it’s…

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Une Europe qui vire au noir et au brun 24 juin par Eric Toussaint printer printer text Photo : Gregor Fischer, Flickr, CC, https://www.flickr.com/photos/gonzo_photo/4067870123 How should we interpret the results of the EU parliamentary elections? In Croatia the voter turnout was only 21.35% The first observation: in the EU elections held in all 27 member countries between 6 and 9 June 2024, voter turnout was once again very low. The average for the entire European Union was 51%. But keep in mind that countries where voting is compulsory also figure…

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Members of Pakistan Chapter deeply mourns the passing of eminent labour rights activist Karamat Ali, whose contribution to labour rights in Pakistan and in the wider South Asian region will not be easily matched. A founding member and Executive Director of the Pakistan Institute of Labour Education and Research (PILER), Mr. Karamat Ali spent decades advocating tirelessly for the rights of bonded labourers, migrant workers, peasants & industrial workers. He was an expert to promote for the right to collective bargaining and social security for workers. As a labour leader…

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Join us in Chicago for a four day conference of socialist politics, education, and community. August 30-September 2, 2024 100 years after Vladimir Lenin’s death, his exhortations to learn and think in the concrete remain urgent for our movements. What does it mean to approach our political practice not as an abstract set of rules, but as a collective rehearsal of coming worlds? Join Ruth Wilson Gilmore as she explores how we can perceive, expand, and connect contemporary world-experiments rehearsing abolitionist, communist, and anti-imperialist movement around the planet. Don’t miss…

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