Around the world – Page 21 – Struggle

Pakistan’s misery continues

February 10, 2024 Michael Roberts

Pakistan has a general election on 8 February. It will decide on the next government of the world’s fifth-most populous nation and the governments of its four provinces — Punjab, Singh, Balochistan, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. […]

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‘We will fight in the streets of Nairobi for our brothers and sisters in Haiti’

February 7, 2024 Pavan Kulkarni

Despite the prohibition by Kenya’s High Court, President William Ruto has vowed to deploy policemen within this week to Haiti. Communist Party of Kenya leader Booker Omole says Ruto is selling the country’s foreign policy […]

Washington announces sanction resumption against Venezuela, Caracas responds (+migrant repatriations)

February 3, 2024 Orinoco Tribune

Caracas (OrinocoTribune.com)—The United States government confirmed that it will not renew the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) License 44, which partially and temporarily relaxed some of the illegal sanctions imposed on Venezuelan oil […]

Maude Leblanc, Haïti Progrès’ director, has died

February 1, 2024 Kim Ives

Marie Maude Leblanc, the longest-serving member of the socialist weekly Haïti Progrès, died of lung and brain cancer on Jan. 25, 2024, at the age of 69. Born Aug. 31, 1954, in Port-au-Prince, she spent […]

Argentina: More than a million and a half people hit the streets against Milei’s ‘adjustment’

January 27, 2024 Resumen Latinoamericano

The general strike against the austerity measures and the Omnibus Law was strongly felt throughout the country yesterday. Although the mobilization had its epicenter in the Capital, in the main cities of the interior, there […]

Argentina: Milei’s blitzkrieg and the unconstitutional plan

January 25, 2024 Maria Fernanda de la Quintana

The rush to violate the Argentine Constitution and constitutional guarantees is part of a deliberately executed plan to carry out the biggest plundering of resources transfer while implementing a model of famine. Article 29 clearly […]

The U.S. military’s real intentions in Ecuador

January 22, 2024 Alejandra Garcia

History repeats itself. For centuries, the United States has sought ways to intervene in Latin America to strengthen its military presence and dominance in the region whenever a country is in crisis. And it is […]

75 years of Lao People’s Army

January 21, 2024 Struggle - La Lucha

Celebrations are ongoing across the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, marking 75 years of the Lao People’s Army. The army was founded on Jan. 20, 1949. By 1953 — along with allied Vietnamese forces — this […]

If I must die / You must live / To tell my story …

January 21, 2024 Iña Martinez

If I must die / You must live / To tell my story … These are the first three verses of a poem written by Refaat Alareer, a Palestinian professor assassinated by Israel on Dec. […]

Luxemburg-Liebknecht memorial: Police in Berlin attack Palestine solidarity activists

January 16, 2024 Nick Brauns

“Viva Palestine” could be heard from afar during the kilometer-long demonstration that marched under red flags to the Socialist Cemetery. Israel’s war against Gaza was the dominant theme at the traditional memorial demonstration for Karl […]