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EGYPT: Pharoah al-Sisi offers himself a third presidential term
At the head of the military regime since 2014, Marshal al-Sisi has just been re-elected president for a third term until 2030. A major factor in the imperialist « order » in the region, the Egyptian army receives a billion dollars a year from the US administration. It has contributed to the blockade of the Gaza Strip…
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FRANCE The POID is now the Workers’ Party
Address by the National Federal Council of the Workers’ Party Workers and you, young people, who take the side of the exploited, we appeal to you: together, let us build the Workers’ Party, the necessary tool for ensuring that our aspirations prevail. The Workers’ Party affirms that wor kers and young people have their own demands,…
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PALESTINE Those NGOs, media and institutions that accuse the State of Israel and its American sponsors
Press review Despite two months of intense official propaganda, it is now difficult to hide the reality of the genocide of the Palestinian people. Many NGOs, media and institutions – some of them traditionally pro-Israel – are now being forced to acknowledge the reality, and to accuse the State of Israel and its American sponsors. …
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UNITED STATES The wave of strikes spreads across North America
« I’m a single mother with two children and I live paycheck to paycheck. I can’t afford a vacation, and I’m not the only one, » explains Annick, a school janitor in Montreal (Province of Quebec, Canada). Along with Annick, thousands of strikers invaded a provincial government building on December 8, « because we wanted to emphasize that…
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COP 28: profits above all else
« The last few decades have shown that a large proportion of voluntary commitments have had no effect« . This is the initial assessment made by Le Monde (3 December) on the fifth day of COP 28, as the speeches by the official representatives drew to a close and negotiations began on a final agreement scheduled for…
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The urgent need right now
La Tribune des Travailleurs (Workers’ Tribune, POID, France). Issue No.410 (11 October 2023) – Editorial Hour after hour, the media revise upwards the number of civilian victims – particularly young people and children – who have lost their lives since 7 October, on both the Israeli and Palestinian sides. Sadly, this toll is set to…
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Statement by the Independent and Democratic Workers’ Party (POID, France)
It is with emotion that the POID deplores the hundreds of civilian victims, especially the young people and children whose lives have been brutally snatched away in Israel and the Gaza Strip. On 7 October, a milestone was reached. “We are at war!” Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu immediately declared. Do we need recall that the…
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FRANCE Statement by the POID (Independent and Democratic Workers’ Party) National Bureau, Saturday 15 April
Out with Macron, his pension reform and his war economy”! On 14 April, the “Constitutional Council”1 approved Macron’s counterreform of retirement pensions. In the wake of this approval, Macron hastened its enactment, despite the vast majority of the country’s rejection of this counter-reform. This is how « democracy » works under the Fifth Republic, a monarchy without…
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ITALYCongress of the General Confederation of Labour (CGIL): class struggle or corporatism?
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…
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HAITIThe solution must come from the Haitian people, not the US
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…
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