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The congress of the leading Italian trade union confederation was held from 15 to 18 March. Monica Grilli, a CGIL activist, spoke to us. In his introductory report, Secretary General Landini – reelected at the end of the congress – made some obviously justified criticisms of the policies of Meloni’s extreme right-wing government, its refusal to finance schools and hospitals, to raise wages and pensions, its worsening of the Fornero law (which « softens » the terms of dismissal – ed. note), etc. But Landini also said that he wanted to « hear » what the government had to say to the Congress. And, quite unusually, Meloni had been invited to address the Congress directly. The leitmotif of her speech was to draw the confederation into national unity with her government: « We all work according to our differences, with the same objective, which is the good of our nation ». But what did Landini say? That it was necessary to « combine the competitiveness of [...]

By Berthony Dupont, editor of Haiti Liberté (29 March) US imperialism has never disarmed or despaired in its attempts to impose, if not renew, its neo-colonial domination over Haiti. The entire history of our relations has been marked by harrowing situations, created to counter our independence and emancipation. From coups d’état to bloody coups de force, through twisted and violent moves to liquidate the Haitian people’s right to self-determination and to repress their national liberation struggle, American imperialism has done and tried everything. It is a fact that Western imperialist domination, which succeeded colonisation and slavery, has only accelerated and aggravated our misfortunes. Dominant capitalism has shaped the Haitian economy according to its own hegemonic aspirations and needs. The Haitian political class, the authentic heir to this mentality, is only a renewable instrument at the service of the guardian powers. Let us recall that when the United States [...]

Hasina Sadet, an activist of the Radical Left of Afghanistan (LRA), spoke at the meeting of the POID Working Women’s Commission on 11 March in Paris. She spoke about the situation of Afghan women since the US administration organised the return to power of the fundamentalist Taliban religious militia in August 2021. Can you tell us about the latest initiatives of the Spontaneous Afghan Women’s Movement*? During the week of March 8 (which was the start of the school and university year), our younger generation of female students, together with other female students, gathered in front of their former schools and universities to protest against their exclusion, by the Taliban, from all educational institutions. On 8 March, the Movement held small clandestine meetings in flats – not on the street, because all rallies were banned, and we were unable to organise larger demonstrations, especially in Kabul. At the moment, our comrades and activists are under close surveillance by [...]