Left wing communism

Category: Strikes, occupations


The Illusions of the Lula Government and the New Cycle of Social Struggles in Brazil

Teachers in Brazil, disappointed by Lula’s government, are mobilizing for better working conditions. The strike at APEOC in Fortaleza is part of a national movement, reflecting widespread dissatisfaction with the neoliberal policies of the current government. The workers’ autonomy is challenging bureaucratic control, paving the way for potential radicalization and renewed struggles for self-emancipation.

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Welcome war refugees

Spanish, German, DutchFor Ukrainian, Russian and Greek, see below [An appeal in the Netherlands] Welcome war refugees Whatever is in your passport Demands The Dutch state participates in the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East with The workers pay…

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Traps in understanding the war in the Middle East

By Fredo Corvo Horrific images from both sides of the front lines invite viewers to take a stand, take position, and take action. The war propaganda of both warring camps responds to this with:  The first human reflex to such…

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Iran: strike of steel workers, protests of oil and gaz workers, retirees and nurses

The wars in Ukraine and between Israel and Hamas have also had a profound impact on Iran. The Ayatollah regime and Russia are part of the bloc in formation around China. Iran supplies drones to Russia and missile parts to…

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La classe ouvrière et la guerre Israël-Palestine

Par Fredo Corvo et Aníbal English, German, Dutch, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese (Brazil) En plus de la guerre apparemment sans fin en Ukraine et du nombre croissant de massacres dans le monde qui apparaissent à peine dans les médias, une…

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The working class and the war Israel – Palestine

By Fredo Corvo and Aníbal German, Dutch, French, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese (Brazil) In addition to the seemingly endless war in Ukraine and the increasing number of massacres around the world that barely appear in the media, yet another war…

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Against activism

Notes on so-called “messing up” in various recent movements[1] Friday, its’s Black Friday,Saturday it is… 1) Activism could be defined as a pathological obsession with activity, or more precisely as a voluntarist development of activity to compensate for and camouflage…

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Iran: Oil and gas workers on the move. Regime strikes a conciliatory tone as repression continues

Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch Aníbal and Fredo Corvo In the current situation, opportunities and threats arise for workers in Iran and in the energy-producing region from Saudi Arabia to Algeria and from Kazakhstan to Turkmenistan. With the movement of workers in…

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Irã, um artigo interessante sem perspectivas proletárias

English, Spanish, Dutch. Chamamos a atenção de nossos leitores para um artigo que discute alguns antecedentes pouco expostos da actual crise do regime no Irã: Amigos do comunismo de conselhos, Revolta no Irã (em português e em inglês). Curiosamente para…

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Iran, an interesting article without proletarian perspectives

Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch. We draw our readers’ attention to an article that discusses some little-exposed backgrounds of the current regime crisis in Iran: Friends of council communism, Revolt in Iran (in Portuguese and English). Curiously for a text by “friends…

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IRAN. Warning of oil contract workers: If the killing of people does not end, we will strike

The contract workers in Iran’s oil industry “warned” the government that if “the arrests, the killing of people, the oppression and harassment of women because of the hijab, and the oppression of the people do not end” they will not…

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Iran. From bread demonstrations to harsh protests after the death of a 22-year-old girl who was arrested, clubbed and killed by religious police because she did not wear her headscarf “according to the rules”

Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish youth, on Sept. 13, vacationing in Tehran with her family, is arrested in front of a subway stop by the religious police (Gasht-e Ershad) for “inappropriately wearing the veil.” Taken to a detention center for…

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