‘It is not social rights that produce mistrust and hostility among employees, it is on the contrary the fact that these rights are not for everyone and are increasingly restricted, giving the feeling that aid is “for others and never for me”.' - IV573 - October 2022 / France, Public services

“The junta started its reign in a brutal and bloody way, it was however recognised by Emmanuel Macron, present at the funeral of Idriss Déby Itno. Demonstrations organized by political groups, human rights associations, and trade union organizations were violently repressed (eight dead and more than five hundred arrested), their leaders were arrested.”

“The regional resistance is perhaps the most important. It has the greatest potential right now to sabotage the mobilization and challenge Putin.” - IV572 - September 2022 / Russia

“No doubt the Republican governors will win the support from Trump's political base. But photos of the families with their children standing on American streets looking lost and afraid will also cost them the votes of many independents.” - IV572 - September 2022 / United States (USA), Migration

“The initial slogans, generally directed against the morality police, were very quickly enriched by mass chants such as: “Death to the dictator”, “Down with the Islamic Republic”, “No Shah, no Supreme Guide”, “Woman, Life, Freedom”, or “Bread, Work, Freedom”. The movement was highly politicized from the start, and it was no longer a purely protest movement.”

An initial analysis of the results of the Italian general election. - IV572 - September 2022 / Italy, Far Right

Former president of the TransAfrica Forum Bill Fletcher interviews Vladyslav Starodubtsev, historian of Central and Eastern Europe, and a member of Sotsyalnyi Rukh, for his thoughts on the war in Ukraine and the response from the Western left. - IV572 - September 2022 / Ukraine

“The mobilization announcement looks like a desperate step and a challenge for a regime that had relied on mass depoliticization.” - News from around the world / Russia

“Railroad workers were driven to threaten this strike by continuous employer pressures for greater productivity, by their lack of sick days, and by rising prices.” - IV572 - September 2022 / United States (USA), Trade unions/workplace organizing

“As a first step we call on feminists around the world to raise prominently solidarity with Ukrainian and Polish women in their mobilizations in defence of abortion and reproductive rights on the occasion of 28 September, International Day for Abortion Rights.” - IV572 - September 2022 / Poland, Women, Ukraine

“As in the past, women are at the forefront of the protests and by taking off their scarfs, and they have shown that they are protesting not only against the hijab but also against the entire brutal structure of the Islamic Republic.” - IV572 - September 2022 / Women, Iran

“The mobilisation at Mine No. 9 is not the only protest in the western Ukrainian coal fields during Russia's invasion of the country.” - IV572 - September 2022 / Ukraine, Trade unions/workplace organizing

“While the reversal of Roe has been a major setback for the reproductive justice movement in the Valley, the fight for liberation is far from over. The community's outpouring of support for La Frontera Fund and South Texans for Reproductive Justice's efforts shows otherwise.” - IV572 - September 2022 / United States (USA), Women

“Cancel the debt, or let the Bretton Woods group profit from climate disaster.” - IV572 - September 2022 / Pakistan, Solidarity after disasters , Climate, Debt

“The Sweden Democrats, on the other hand, increased by over three per cent and is by far the largest party on the right. A coming bourgeois government is entirely dependent on their support. This means nothing less than an earthquake in Swedish politics.” - IV572 - September 2022 / Sweden, Far Right

“On September 25 Italy will hold elections following the resignation of Prime Minister Mario Draghi and the concern is palpable. The Economist wrote that they could hardly come at a less opportune time, in the midst of at least three interconnected crises: the invasion of Ukraine, the energy crisis and inflation, which in late August reached 8.4% in Italy,

“A new wave of feminist internationalism is now evident in the huge marches to defend women's rights to abortion in Poland, and in the recent Green Wave of feminist militancy (symbolized by women waving or wearing large green handkerchiefs) that has swept across Latin America, with huge mobilizations to end violence against women and secure women's reproductive

Breaking the Impasse: Electoral Politics, Mass Action, and the New Socialist Movement in the United States, by Kim Moody. Chicago: Haymarket Books, 2022. 242 pages. $19.95 paperback - Reviews section / United States (USA), New parties of the left, Reviews

“The material reality of the attack on working class living standards is cutting through the pomp and circumstance.” - News from around the world / Britain, Trade unions/workplace organizing

“Against the social crisis and the employer's arbitrariness, localized strikes are being organized.” - IV572 - September 2022 / Tunisia, Trade unions/workplace organizing

It was with great sadness that Anti*Capitalist Resistance heard of the death of our comrade Sarah Parker, at the age of 67. For two years Sarah had been suffering from breast cancer. She will be remembered as a tireless fighter for socialist feminism, anti-racism and solidarity with the struggle of the Kurdish people for national self-determination. At the

“Ukrainians, including miners, need humanitarian and military aid. Any help would be greatly appreciated.” - IV572 - September 2022 / Ukraine, Trade unions/workplace organizing

“Those who now tolerate a Russian victory also tolerate a victory for both global and “domestic” fossil and commodity-based capital, which is closely intertwined with the Russian fossil and extractive sectors. Therefore, a new anti-militarist movement must uphold solidarity with the civil as well as armed resistance of the Ukrainian people, and with the

“I think it speaks to the way that the Camp functions as a space for a kind of pre-figurative politics, a way of testing out some elements of socialism via collective, co-operative living. ” - IV572 - September 2022 / Youth camp, Scotland, LGBT

“It's a hurtful feeling when you don't have no water, especially when you've got newborn babies.” - IV572 - September 2022 / United States (USA), Ecology and the Environment, Climate

“There should be no illusion about Ankara's policies; they have constantly served Turkey's political interests which run against those the Syrian uprisings.” - IV572 - September 2022 / Syria, Turkey

“As left-wing activists in the climate movement, we sometimes feel stuck by what can be seen as a lack of strategic perspectives within the movement. How can we radicalize the climate movement and why does the movement need a strategic debate in your opinion?” - IV572 - September 2022 / Youth camp, Belgium, Sweden, Fourth International, Climate

“If the whole system is put in place, it will be the end of the period opened by the “Tunisian Spring” of 2011.” - IV572 - September 2022 / Tunisia, Arab Revolutions

“We have to oppose the false argument that the fight is just with stopping the neo-fascist Meloni and therefore the only ‘useful' or tactical vote is to back Letta and the PD. ” - IV572 - September 2022 / Italy, Far Right

“The Taiwanese are today hostage to a geopolitical conflict that is beyond them. The recent Strait crisis is not the cause of the rise in geopolitical tensions between the United States and China, but rather its consequence.” - IV572 - September 2022 / United States (USA), China, Taiwan

“Despite the defeat, it is also a fact that the days of the old Pinochetist gang are numbered and that a new constituent process will soon open […] it will be necessary for the mobilised vanguard and the organisations of the working class to rekindle the flame of the mobilisation and the popular councils of 2019. - IV572 - September 2022 / Chile

“Some 15 to 20 million people participated in the Black Lives Movement of 2020, and movements such as that must become political to change the balance of forces.” - IV572 - September 2022 / United States (USA)

“We have therefore seen the greatest rise in industrial action in Britain for many decades over the last few months – and the wave is far from over.” - IV572 - September 2022 / Britain, Trade unions/workplace organizing

“He continued to help the Fourth International build revolutionary organizations to the very end.” - Tributes to Alain Krivine / United States (USA), France, Obituary, Fourth International

Energy prices skyrocket and the powers-that-be offer no solutions, what is the potential of mass non-payment of bills being organised by Don't Pay UK? - IV572 - September 2022 / Britain

“Xiang Qing often joked that he might have 120 years of life, which he ultimately did not. But I know that he would not mind: he joyfully lived a simple and virtuous life, without any care for his own self-interest.” - In Memoriam - Obituaries and appreciations / Fourth International, China, Hong Kong

Russia's political capitalists waged war in order to survive as a class, to continue accumulating wealth through the exploitation of the state – says Volodymyr Ishchenko, a research associate at the Institute of East European Studies, Freie Universität Berlin. However, this war, depending on what happens on the battlefield, may equally bring about a fall

The Democratic Socialists of America organized a panel discussion on Ukraine on August 28, but it made no reference to the central issue of Ukraine's right to self-determination. - 2022 - Ukraine / United States (USA), Ukraine, Ukraine debate

“The Russian-Ukrainian war put an end to the post-Soviet period. The nature of the emergent period, including our current moment, will be decided on the battlefield. If Ukraine wins, we will finally have a chance for progressive changes not only in Ukraine, but also in the larger post-Soviet space.” - 2022 - Ukraine / Russia, Ukraine, Eastern Europe, Ukraine

“Putin wants to turn the wheel of history backwards (as far as his army can) to give the oligarchs the Russian empire that he believes they should never have lost.” - IV572 - September 2022 / Russia, Historical events and figures

“It is obvious that economic interests come before human rights, which is in the nature of imperialisms that impose their power on the world.” - IV572 - September 2022 / France, Algeria

Incessant monsoon rains and flash floods have devastated Pakistan affecting millions of people and incurring huge economic losses. - IV572 - September 2022 / Pakistan, Solidarity after disasters

IN 1986, MASS protest overthrew Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos. Thirty-six years later, his son was elected president. The 2022 elections have crowned a decades-long project aimed at returning the Marcos dynasty to power and shown the support for Rodrigo Duterte's authoritarianism. A late surge in the campaign of Marcos' main rival, the liberal

“Our main goal now is to win this war. We understand that it can be protracted, and it is not a quick process, and there are hopes for it. What is critical to victory is not to let the war and all the terrible events in Ukraine disappear from the world's agenda.” - IV571 - August 2022 / Russia, Women, Ukraine

Donald Trump still dominates the Republican Party, but he and his party are vulnerable. Last week in the Republican Party primary in Wyoming, Trump's candidate, Harriet Hageman, trounced Liz Cheney, Trump's most vocal and important critic in the Republican Party, winning by 40 points. - IV571 - August 2022 / United States (USA)

“The impersonal and destructive logic of capitalism is the main cause of poverty and ecological crisis.” - IV571 - August 2022 / South Korea, Climate

Phil Hearse looks ahead to a bleak Autumn and argues the left must mobilise and shout together 'Enough is Enough'. - IV571 - August 2022 / Britain

Devastating floods in Pakistan - An urgent call for financial solidarity - IV571 - August 2022 / Pakistan, Solidarity after disasters

A government that is not capable of providing security to the nation must be replaced – democratically – by one that can. - IV571 - August 2022 / South Africa

“Nuclear war – along with climate change and pandemics — represents one of the existential threats facing humanity. The very future of our species could be ended in the event of a full-scale nuclear war.” - IV571 - August 2022 / United States (USA), Russia, Ukraine, Nuclear power

“The abortion ban solves no social problems that most of the electorate actually understands as such. Forced births have consequences that Republican state legislators have been unwilling to name or confront.” - IV571 - August 2022 / United States (USA), Women

“On behalf of comrades of the IUSF and MONLAR, the Samajawadi Janatha Sansadaya appeals to the international labour movement and all those in solidarity with the people's struggle in Sri Lanka, to launch actions for the immediate release of all political prisoners, for the repeal of the Prevention of Terrorism Act, and for the democratic rights of the peoples

The model of devolution in Britain is a complex one. Cymru/ Wales has had a separate legislative chamber since 1999 at the same time as the Scottish Parliament was reintroduced. (The question of Ireland is a seperate one we don't deal with here.) While the two new chambers were introduced at the same time and the Westminster (uk-wide) parliament had reserved

“The climate war has begun and it is a class war. By this I mean that it requires a point of view on the REAL needs of men and women, that is to say a point of view freed from commercial alienation and the race for selfish profit which stands reality on its head.” - IV571 - August 2022 / Climate, Ecosocialism

The first Congress of Democracia Socialista (DS - Socialist Democracy) opened in San Juan last weekend with discussion on the climate crisis and ecosocialism as the alternative. Congress activities began on Friday, August 5 with a presentation by Professor Jorge Colón entitled, “The Climate Crisis and the Ecosocialist Alternative.” - IV571 - August 2022

“We must break the vicious cycle of provocations and stop the nuclear arms race in the East Asian region by tenacious anti-war resistance to the remilitarization. ” - IV571 - August 2022 / United States (USA), China, Taiwan

“For our part, we think it is necessary to support it and search as much as possible for collective work in the construction of a political alternative, and that this must always have a clear class orientation.” - IV571 - August 2022 / Italy, Far Right

It has been a year since Taliban's takeover of Kabul after the ignominious fall of Western-backed regime of Ashraf Ghani. The so-called democratic experiment of American imperialism and allied Western countries, built by militarily overthrowing Taliban back in 2001, came to an end after twenty years of colossal military expenditures. - IV571 - August 2022

To strive for a world without war and military repression is to stand with the oppressed in their fight for liberation and to strongly and passionately support the dynamics that arise around the world for this liberation” - Ukraine / Italy, Ukraine, Ukraine debate

“As anti-capitalists we need to advance our own proposals in a unitary but at the same time radically autonomous way from social-liberalism.” - IV571 - August 2022 / France, Far Right

Anti-globalization activist Walden Bello was arrested on August 8, 2022 on charges of "libel" and "cyberlibel," a charge that carries very heavy penalties in the Philippines. - IV571 - August 2022 / Philippines

“Our activists are determined to renew networks of solidarity between the students of Ukraine, and the help of international students can contribute to this.” - IV571 - August 2022 / Ukraine, Youth and student movements

Should the Left support the division of the world into imperialist spheres of influence? A year ago, the very posing of such a question would have surprised me, since the answer seems obvious: of course not. Unfortunately, the apparent sympathy with Russian aggression against Ukraine by many on the Western left has shown that this is not so obvious. After the

On solidarity, campism and the reaction of Swedish Left on the wars in Ukraine and Kurdistan. - Ukraine / Sweden, Ukraine, Ukraine debate

“Two cutting-edge interpretations from U.S. Marxist scholars – Ronald Suny and Eric Blanc – have recently appeared, providing important insights for scholars and activists alike.” - Reviews section / Marxism, Reviews

“This massive corruption speaks volumes about the state of the ANC and reinforces a sense of hopelessness among the population, some of whom are swept up in recurring waves of xenophobia.” - IV571 - August 2022 / South Africa

Russia and Ukraine have come to an agreement on food exports. Will the deal hold? - IV571 - August 2022 / Russia, Ukraine, Food crisis

“At the same time, we do not fight this battle alone, rather, alongside other racialized communities in the fight against racism, an institutional matter that involves collectively questioning specific power relations.” - IV571 - August 2022 / Italy, Europe, Czech Republic, Anti-racism and Islamophobia, Racism, Romania

“This struggle is unfinished and is presently experiencing a serious setback. But it is undoubtedly the most uplifting and hopeful social struggle in Sri Lanka of the 21st century.” - IV571 - August 2022 / Sri Lanka

“This political moment is an essential exercise that acts as a catalyst facilitating the sharing of experiences, a festive atmosphere and above all a true spirit of camaraderie.” - IV571 - August 2022 / Youth camp, Fourth International

“We will stay in solidarity with our Ukrainian comrades and with our Russian comrades to contribute to the defeat of the Russian invasion in any way we can and help rebuild an independent and democratic Ukraine.” - News from around the world / Youth camp, Russia, Fourth International, Ukraine

“Bringing visibility to anti-fascism has been important for the people who are campaigning here.” - IV568 - May 2022 / France

“As the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China will be held soon, the government will use more extreme means to maintain political stability. ” - IV568 - May 2022 / China

Internationalist solidarity with the PST! It is because its activists are useful in the trade union and social struggles and also against the repression of the Hirak that the party is banned! - News from around the world / Algeria

Sinn Féin's victory in the elections on 5 May is a new step in the crisis that the United Kingdom is experiencing after Brexit. - IV568 - May 2022 / Britain, Ireland

“In Ireland, in Argentina, in Poland, and Chile, the abortion struggle has been fought on the streets, through direct action and unapologetic claiming of abortion as an inalienable right – not by electing politicians who will defend “the right to choose.” It is this militant action that we will need in the United States if we want to win.” - IV568 - May 2022 / United

“This situation is not due to any fatality but mainly to the consequences of the policies of the leaders of rich countries.” - IV568 - May 2022 / Africa, Food crisis

“The experience of Leni Robredo's campaign should, in the eyes of the popular currents involved in it, ensure the foundations of a lasting resistance to the Marcos presidency (which will become effective on 30 June).” - IV568 - May 2022 / Philippines

“Nor can we expect to see Labor take serious action to deal with climate change. Labor is committed to the fossil fuel industries and its carbon emissions targets are a joke.” - IV568 - May 2022 / Australia

“The May Day demonstrations illustrated the political and social tensions that are building up. On the one hand, a rally in support of the government around the CUT and the coalition parties, on the other, a left-wing opposition with a dissident class struggle trade union pole and social movements.” - IV568 - May 2022 / Chile

“Despite their unfulfilled promise, the Gary convention — its debates and written program — and the later formation of NBIPP remain important events to study and learn from.” - IV568 - May 2022 / United States (USA), Anti-racism and Islamophobia

Why the conflict in Ukraine is a disaster for the poor of this planet. - IV568 - May 2022 / Economy, Ukraine

Tempest contributors Justin Feldman and Sam Friedman discuss the shortcomings of the Left in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and try to trace a path forward. - IV568 - May 2022 / United States (USA), Covid-19 Pandemic

Since the year 2000, government-led women's policies have been institutionalized rapidly in South Korea. But the results of the policies were further deterioration of the living environments of most women such as low-wage and unstable working conditions and double duty imposed on women as wage and domestic workers. - IV568 - May 2022 / Women, South Korea

“‘Worker, you don't need a boss!' A combativity and a call to unity that are just waiting to be developed.” - IV568 - May 2022 / Greece

“In the beginning of the Twentieth century, the international left was much clearer about how to combine opposition to all imperialisms with recognition of the right of oppressed nations to self-determination.” - Ukraine / United States (USA), Russia, Ukraine, Ukraine debate

“They [Ukrainians] alone should decide whether to carry on fighting or accept whatever compromise is put on the table.” - Ukraine / United States (USA), Britain, Russia, Ukraine, Ukraine debate

“Internationalist feminist politics must take as its starting point the voices of the people concerned. Any feminist politics that is done without these voices will ultimately be done against them, and will thus be detrimental to the construction of global feminist solidarity.” - Ukraine / Russia, Women, Ukraine, Ukraine debate

“It is no longer sustainable to reject and criminalize exiles according to their origin, nor to let people – women and LGBTIQ+ people above all – suffer the violence of the migration route.” - IV568 - May 2022 / Migration, Switzerland

What a time of powerful conflicting emotions in the United States last week as we dealt with COVID, abortion rights, and a white nationalist's mass murder. - IV568 - May 2022 / United States (USA), Women, Far Right, Covid-19 Pandemic

“The Ethiopian government is proposing national conciliation after more than 18 months of a war that has torn the country apart. While the country is experiencing a precarious calm, important issues remain unresolved.” - IV568 - May 2022 / Ethiopia

“We talk a lot in the labour movement about international solidarity and mutual aid. If any of that is real and sincere, we need to act on it now. The Ukrainian left is in a life or death struggle.” - IV568 - May 2022 / Ukraine

Right now, our international solidarity must be based on the payment of reparations to benefit Ukraine. […] It is also important to clarify that, first and foremost, reparations should be paid by the rich: officials, the nomenklatura, oligarchs, businessmen, etc. - IV568 - May 2022 / Russia, Women, Ukraine, War drive/Anti-war movements

“But, while the international press focuses precisely on the Russian oligarchs, there is no reason for the CADTM to consider that the Ukrainian oligarchs are allies of the Ukrainian people. The class struggle during the war continues.” - IV568 - May 2022 / Ukraine, Debt

“So, the limited but real risk that the left will become the main opposition to Macron and could even deprive him of a majority really frightens the presidential majority.” - IV568 - May 2022 / France

In the aftermath of its invasion of Ukraine, Ilya Budraitskis describes Russia as evolving to a new form of fascism. What had been a “managed democracy” with limited personal freedoms, has become a society and polity which requires unequivocal acceptance of the Ukraine invasion and treats any sign of deviation as treason. The article first appeared in German

“These spectacular shows of force by the Hindu far right are a way of conditioning the Indian population to accept the bigger massacres still in preparation.” - IV568 - May 2022 / India, Far Right

“But the only effective way to fight back is to continue mass actions and to make them more powerful.” - IV568 - May 2022 / United States (USA), Women

“The political polarization of recent weeks raises questions that go beyond the June deadline, in the continuation of the social struggles of recent years.” - IV568 - May 2022 / France

“Indeed, faced with the rise of the far right and the fascist danger, against the new five-year mandate of Macron and his henchmen to organize anti-social and authoritarian attacks, we want a left-wing majority for radical change – or at least as many elected members as possible – in the National Assembly. We therefore believe that a unitive dynamic would be