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MOROCCO Long live the Algerian revolution! Up with the fight for the Maghreb federation of sovereign and free nations, free from oppression and exploitation! A declaration of the editorial board of the Tribune des Travailleurs (Workers Tribune – Morocco)
The people and workers of Morocco have followed your revolutionary mobilisation with particular attention and enthusiasm. You have mobilised to build a democratic Algeria and a Constituent Assembly that will institute the sovereignty of our brother people of Algeria. The fates of our sister peoples have been bound together for centuries upon centuries for historical…
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ALGERIA Declaration of the Organising Committee of the Internationalist Socialists (COSI) After Bouteflika’s Resignation: « Down with the Regime! Let the People Speak! Sovereign Constituent Assembly! Let’s Get Organized! »
Abdelaziz Bouteflika is no longer president of the Republic as of Tuesday, April 2, 2019. This is the first victory of the entire people since they erupted onto the streets of the country’s cities and municipalities on February 22 to oppose « a fifth term » of the incumbent president. It’s a first victory only because all…
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For workers’ democracy and free discussion in the labour movement, against falsifications (2)
In our last letter, we published a clarification by Daniel Gluckstein concerning the falsification of his positions, as well as a list of British activists who have associated themselves with this clarification. This week we are reporting on the signatures that have poured in internationally.
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For workers’ democracy and free discussion in the labour movement, against falsifications
The international labour movement can live and achieve its tasks only if it recognises the legitimacy of free discussion, workers’ democracy, and the right of all activists, currents and organisations within its framework to freely defend their point of view. The International Workers’ Committee Against War and Exploitation, For the Workers’ International (IWC), which was…
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CHINA Document Non-stop repression against Chinese labour activists since 2015
The International Workers Committee has been informed of a document being circulated by the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions (HKCTU), informing the international labour movement that “since 2015, the labour movement in China has entered a harsh winter. After a series of crackdowns, it is evident that the Chinese government’s suppression of the labour…
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BRAZIL Against the « Reform » of Retirement Pensions
In Curitiba, the call from the CUT (Central Unica dos Trabalhodores the Unified Workers’ Central) to form committees of resistance against the « reform » of retirement pensions has been taken seriously. The far-right Bolsonaro government has announced publicly its plan for the counter-reform of the “Previdencia” (retirement pensions and healthcare). In Curitiba (in the state of…
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ALGERIA March 10 : The working class enters the scene
Our correspondents in Algeria report on a new, eventful week — from March 6 to 10 — in the revolutionary process that began in Algeria on February 22. Algiers, March 10, 2019 Wednesday, March 6. While the higher-up officials of the regime seem not to want to back down, there are increasing calls to demonstrate…
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INDIA & PAKISTAN The labour movement against the escalation of the war
(…) a war would cause incalculable harm and damage to the working people, the poor and the marginalized in India and Pakistan and it would fetch huge dividends to a handful of corporate houses in weapon business and their cronies in other fields as well.
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VENEZUELA — A statement of US activists : Stop Trump’s « Humanitarian » Intervention! U.S. Hands Off Venezuela! Respect the Sovereignty and Right to Self-Determination of the Venezuelan People
The Trump administration, with the complicity of governments and political leaders of all stripes, is stepping up its intervention in Venezuela, trampling upon this nation’s sovereignty and self-determination in the guise of so-called « humanitarian aid. » Who can accept such hypocrisy! The U.S. government — under George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and now Donald Trump —…
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CATALONIA Release all the political prisoners immediately !
For the last four months, repression has been unleashed in Catalonia. Jordi Cuixart and Jordi Sanchez, officials of democratic associations, were thrown in jail more than three months ago; Oriol Junqueras, who was nevertheless elected as a member of the autonomous Parliament on 21 December, is still being detained. The deposed President and three other…
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