Politics

We likewise condemn those political powers who have not tried to prevent this — first of all, the United States, a direct accomplice of the Israeli genocide of the Palestinian population and also the European Union, for not suspending its preferential Association Agreement with Israel. This could have been a crucial step, making a deep impact on the Israeli rulers and possibly prompting them to rethink their next steps. The failure to act by the EU to prevent genocide is a political and humanitarian disgrace that will tarnish the reputation of the EU forever. The European Left will continue the struggle for the national and other rights of the Palestinian people. We join with the huge global popular movement defending these rights. In solidarity with the Palestinian pe...

Announcement of the formation of the "Workers’ Solidarity Committee"  against privatization, violation of workers’ rights, and corruption in workers’ welfare institutions. In a meeting organized by the National Trade Union Federation Pakistan (NTUF) under the auspices of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), serious concern was expressed over the ongoing attacks on  workers’ rights and policy of privatization.  The meeting demanded an investigation and impartial audit of the widespread corruption in workers’ welfare institutions, where billions of rupees allocated for workers’ welfare were being embezzled. It was also stated that without a complete purge of the Labour Department and Ministry, the protection of workers’ rights was impossible, as the Labour ...

Though they died young, revolutionaries like Frantz Fanon and Patrice Lumumba made invaluable contributions to anti-colonial and national liberation struggles. Screenshot from Larry Achiampong and David Blandy (UK), Finding Fanon (2018). Dear friends, Greetings from the desk of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. In July, a few days after the centenary of Frantz Fanon’s birth, I had lunch with his daughter, Mireille Fanon Mendčs-France. When I commented that Fanon had died so young, at thirty-nine, Mireille corrected me: ‘No, thirty-six’. Even three more years would have been a gift – to him because he might have been able to finish other work and spend more time with his family, and to us because we might have gotten the book that would have come after ...