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La abstención y el voto nulo son la primera fuerza en las elecciones europeas

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Por Jose Miguel Gándara C.- La Marx España Millones de trabajadores, de jóvenes, mujeres, campesinos, jubilados, intelectuales, artistas, la mayor parte de los sectores populares de todos los países europeos le dieron la espalda a las elecciones organizadas por la imperialista Unión Europea (UE) absteniéndose de ir a votar o votando nulo. Mas de 180 millones de personas no concurrieron a votar a las elecciones europeas sobre 373 millones habilitados. En Alemania la abstención y el voto nulo alcanzaron el 46% de la población, más de 22 millones de personas,…

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Lenin. 100 years after his death

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By José Miguel Gándara C. La Marx Spain Some people may have thought that we have forgotten the anniversary of Vladimir Lenin’s death, an event that occurred exactly 100 years ago, on January 21, 1924, to be more exact. But no, how could we have forgotten an anniversary of such importance, especially when it comes to one of the most extraordinary and relevant people of all time. On the other hand, at La Marx we are very aware that Lenin carried, like any other man, his imperfections, his contradictions and…

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The British Roots of the Conflict in Palestine

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By Saurav Sarkar Israeli flags are flying over all government buildings in the United Kingdom currently, but this isn’t the first time the former imperial hegemon has put its weight behind Zionism. In 1917, the British government issued the infamous Balfour Declaration. This brief document—67 words—was a turning point in modern Palestinian history. It committed Great Britain to establishing a “national home” for Jewish people in Palestine. (The initial language promised a “Jewish state,” but was changed later.) The Balfour Declaration contained language that was meant to safeguard Palestinians, but…

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රනිල් රාජපක්ෂ රෙජීමය විසින් දන්නා එකම දේ ම්ලේච්ඡ මර්ධනය පමණක් බව නැවත නැවතත් පෙන්වමින් ඇත.

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රාජු ප්‍ර‍භාත් ලංකාලෝක විසිනි රනිල් රාජපක්ෂ රෙජීමය විසින් තමන් දන්නා එකම දේ ම්ලේච්ඡ මර්ධනයේ ලේ රස පමණක් බව නැවත නැවතත් පෙන්වමින් ඇත. තමන්ට ජනතා ප්‍රශ්න කිසිවක් හෝ විසඳීමේ හැකියාවක් නොමැති බව මෙම පාලකයන් හොඳින් දනී. 2022 ජුලි 28 වැනි දින, ගෝලීය ප්‍රාග්ධන වෙළෙඳපොළ සඳහා ණය ශ්‍රේණිගත කිරීම් සපයන ප්‍රමුඛ පෙළේ ආයතනයක් වන Fitch Ratings විසින් ශ්‍රී ලංකාව පිළිබඳව කියා තිබු කරුණු මඟින්ද ඒ බව තහවුරුවේ. ඔවුන් ලංකාව සම්බන්ධයෙන් කියා තිබුiණේ පහත පරිදිය. “ආණ්ඩුවේ පාර්ලිමේන්තු පදනම ශක්තිමත් බව පෙනෙන නමුත් රජයට ඇති මහජන සහාය දුර්වලය. ජනාධිපති වික්‍රමසිංහ යනු විරෝධතා හේතුවෙන් බලයෙන්…

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Address impunity to bring genuine reforms, OHCHR urges Prez

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Originally From: https://www.themorning.lk/address-impunity-to-bring-genuine-reforms-ohchr-urges-prez/ The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) says the predawn military raid at the Galle Face Green protest site on Friday (July 22) sends a “chilling message” to peaceful protesters. Commenting on the incident, UN Human Rights Office spokesperson Jeremy Laurence said they are alarmed by the “unnecessary use of force” by the security forces to break up the protest camp near the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo, only hours before the protesters indicated that it was due to be vacated. He stressed that…

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SAARC Journalist Forum condemns attacks by authorities on GGG

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Originally From: https://www.themorning.lk/saarc-journalist-forum-condemns-attacks-by-authorities-on-ggg/ The SAARC Journalists Forum (SJF) has strongly condemned the incident against the attacks and arrests of journalists and activists of Sri Lanka, a statement by the SJF has revealed today (22). “We come to know video journalists Chathuranga and Kasun Kumarage of Sri Lanka Press Institute has been arrested by the Sri Lanka Army just before. They were reporting the tense situation at the Presidential Secretariat of Sri Lanka. Likewise, Ex-reporter of Ravaya Newspaper Rasika Gunawardana has been assaulted by Sri Lanka Army,” the statement read. If…

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The Roar and Hope of Tears in the Indian Ocean -Interview with Sri Lankan Activist Aruni Samarakoon

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Originally From: https://newleftsoccuhk.blogspot.com/2022/07/the-roar-and-hope-of-tears-in-indian.html 7/15/2022 Interviewed by Yasoun In April 2022, demonstrations against rising prices and material shortages broke out in the South Asian island nation of Sri Lanka. The demonstrations soon turned into nationwide protests. In May, Sri Lanka’s largest opposition party— the center-left  Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) held a large-scale demonstration in the capital, Colombo’s Independence Square, followed by college students storming the National Assembly in June and July, the authorities imposing an emergency nationwide curfew, demonstrators occupied the presidential residence, and the president went into exile in the…

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In memory of P. Rajanayagam by Tamil Information Centre

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TIC Press Release 18 June 2022 Periyathamby Rajanayagam We are saddened by the demise of journalist and human rights advocate Periyathamby Rajanayagam, known popularly as ‘Tamil Times Rajanayagam’. He passed away at Lewisham Hospital on 17 June 2022 at the age of 84. Rajanayagam has been described as a ‘journalist with commitment and principles’ and was well known for his broadminded views on social justice and other issues. In Sri Lanka he was involved with the political left, and at the age of 25 was elected to the Central Committee…

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