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AFGHANISTAN The United States praises the « professionalism » of the Taliban
We reprint an article published in La Tribune des Travailleurs (France) Two months after withdrawing American troops and organising the return to power of the Taliban (1), the Biden administration sent its representatives to meet the new masters of Kabul on 9 and 10 October, in Doha (Qatar). According to the US State Department, the…
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ITALY Tribuna Libera condemns the fascist attack on the CGIL trade union confederation
The editorial staff of Tribuna Libera* firmly condemns the attack on the CGIL headquarters in Rome by known members of fascist organisations. This is a very serious development, which must be met with a firm and massive response from the workers’ movement and democracy, without ambiguity, beyond any trade union affiliation or non-affiliation, and beyond…
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BRAZIL 700,000 protesters on 2 October to oust Bolsonaro
The scene – broadcast in the media – of starving people picking up refuse from a butcher’s shop to feed themselves shocked the country. This growing misery is the daily lot of a growing number of Brazilians. In the « Out with Bolsonaro! » demonstrations, which took place throughout Brazil on 2 October, there were many banners…
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AFRICA Mercenaries of the paramilitary company Wagner are being deployed in Black Africa
From the international pages of the Tribune des Travailleurs (France) « At a time when a man’s life was worth nothing, his death was worth a lot.” Thus arose the profession bounty hunters and mercenaries, considered the second oldest profession in the world. All the major powers have their « shadow armies », tasked with doing their dirty…
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AZANIA/SOUTH AFRICA 9 Years later No Justice for the massacred Marikana mineworkers and their widows and orphans
It is almost 10 years since the tragic day where the Apartheid inherited South African Police executed an instruction from the current president of the ANC and Azania/South Africa (Cyril Matamela Ramaphosa) who made it clear that the demand of the workers were criminal and required what he called “concomitant action” from the police. As…
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CHINA The US offensive against China – why?
What does Biden want? On 21 September at the United Nations, Biden declared, hand on heart, that he did not want a « new Cold War », that the US is « not in conflict » with China but only « in vigorous competition ». But a week before this speech, Biden had announced the formation of a new US-British-Australian military…
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IWC Mumbai Conference Follow-up Committee has met
Mumbai Conference Follow-up Committee has met. As our correspondents know, in 2019, activists from 52 countries called for another World Conference against War and Exploitation, for the Workers’ International. We are publishing below large extracts from the contributions made by activists from India, the United States, Azania/South Africa and France.
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CHINA Communiqué from the China Inquiry Commission
The China Inquiry Commission today learned of the decision of the Executive Committee of the HKCTU, Hong Kong’s independent trade union confederation, to prepare for the dissolution of the union, which will be put to a membership vote on 3 October. After throwing HKCTU President Carol Ng and General Secretary Lee Cheuk-Yan into jail earlier…
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ALGERIA-MOROCCO Views from both sides of the border
The escalation of declarations between the Kingdom of Morocco (encouraged by the State of Israel) and the Algerian regime led the latter, on 24 August, to break diplomatic relations between the two countries. But the workers and peoples of the Maghreb have nothing good to expect from a confrontation between the two countries. This is…
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PALESTINE Three months after the ceasefire, nothing has changed in Gaza
A correspondent living in the Gaza Strip reports (extracts) « Three months after the end of the last Israeli military attack (10 to 21 May 2021) on the Gaza Strip*, which has been under an Israeli blockade for more than fourteen years, nothing has changed, despite the mobilisation of people in solidarity with the Palestinian…
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