NAMIBIA: FOCUSED SOLIDARITY THROUGH A LABOUR TRIBUNAL - YouTube A WIN Discussion October 1923. How can workers in isolated countries such as Namibia defend union rights and union agreements and resist contract labour? This is the challenge which the Labour Tribunal investigation into working conditions in Namibia is working to resolve. This tribunal is hearing cases of victimisation and … [Read more...]
Archives for October 2023
Palestine/Israel: What can Socialists do now?
by Roger Silverman We are living through a period of existential crisis. The sudden outbreak of war in Israel/Palestine is only the latest in a series of convulsive shocks. The word genocide is one that should be used only with caution; but Israel’s blockade of Gaza, cutting off water, food and electricity while relentlessly bombing its helpless population, is virtually proclaimed by its … [Read more...]
The Lessons of Chile
THE LESSONS OF CHILE - YouTube A WIN meeting, October 2023. It is half a century since the military coup in Chile – a landmark defeat which shocked the labour movement worldwide. A popular socialist government was overthrown; a democratically elected president murdered; tens of thousands of workers and left activists rounded up, incarcerated, tortured, summarily executed. The new dictatorship … [Read more...]
To – Greek Ministry of Citizens’ Protection
From WIN to the Greek Ministry of Citizens' Protection <pressoffice@yptp.gr> with a copy going to the Coordination committee <Antifasistikos@gmail.com>"The fascists shall not pass! We are outraged at the plans of a number of fascist organisations to hold a pan-European neo-Nazi gathering in Athens on November 1st. We send our solidarity to the Anti-fascist Coordination of Athens and … [Read more...]
WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST
A Workers’ International Network meeting, October 2023 WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST - YouTube The sudden eruption of a devastating new war in the Middle East has delivered yet another shock to a world already rocked by war, recession, pandemic and climate catastrophe. Is the random killing and kidnapping of Israeli civilians by Hamas justified by the desperation of the population of Gaza … [Read more...]
Golden Dawn Gathering in Athens, November 1st 2023
From our Greek comrades - We were shocked to be informed that a pan-european neo-nazi gathering is being organised in Athens, on November 1st. The neo-nazi Golden Dawn that calls for this gathering has been convicted as a criminal organisation and they are responsible for the murder of two people and the attempted murder of several others. In August, a neo-nazi group of fans linked to Dinamo … [Read more...]
Kashmiri Women Weave Tales of Resistance
http://www.marxistreview.asia/kashmiri-women-weave-tales-of-resistance/ On October 10, in response to the call of the Awami Action Committee, women of all ages with the children from all over Pakistan administrated Kashmir poured into the streets and roads and shouted their demands so loudly that they shook the fragile foundations of reactionary religious bigotry and oppressive state violence. … [Read more...]
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: WHAT IT MEANS FOR US
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: WHAT IT MEANS FOR US - YouTube A WIN Discussion, October 2023. Recent strides forward in technology offer the potential to eliminate forever virtually every form of physical and mental drudgery. Hardly a decade ago, such phenomena as chatbots and self-drive cars would have seemed magical fantasies. But these and other more complex manifestations of Artificial … [Read more...]
Kashmir shuts down on 5 October strike
Asian Marxist Review On the call of Awami Action Committee, Kashmir witnessed another wave of historical protests and strikes. Thousands of men, women, and youth participated in the protests. Every town, district, and city in all three divisions (Poonch, Muzaffarabad, and Mirpur) saw a total shutdown, and rallies were organized. This new wave of protests came after the state’s crackdown and … [Read more...]
Kashmir Rejects State Repression
See full article here - http://www.marxistreview.asia/kashmir-rejects-state-repression/ On the eve of 29 September, the state police of Kashmir in collaboration with Pakistan’s police unleashed brutal crackdown in Kashmir, arresting dozens of protesting activists and sabotaging peaceful protest camps during night long houses raids. In the morning, the SSP Sidhnoti demanded additional 600 troops … [Read more...]