News from around the world

February 2013

Greece - “The belly is still fertile from which the foul beast sprang”

Estonia - Free public transport in a European capital!

Tunisia/France - Solidarity and mobilisation after the killing of Chokri Belaïd

January 2013

France - Daniel Bensaïd website launched

Bangladesh - Garment workers formed human chain demanding arrest of Tazreen Fashion’s owner

Mali/France - NO! to the French military intervention in Mali

France - Three Kurdish militants assassinated in the centre of Paris

Sri Lanka - NSSP dedicated to stand for freedom and dignity

Bangladesh - Garment workers‚ symbolic hunger strike held

December 2012

Arab revolutions - Trade union struggles in the Arab region

Tunisia - For the defence of the Tunisian revolution, solidarity with the general strike of December 13th!

Russia solidarity - Picket in Berlin

Russia/Mexico - “Your fight is our fight!”

November 2012

Russia - Free Russian political prisoners !

Greece - Call for solidarity

Palestine: - Israeli premeditated offensive against Gaza

Pakistan - Labour Party Pakistan dissolved, will be part of the Awami Workers Party

Pakistan: - Establishment of Awami Workers Party announced

Bangladesh - Demanding Punishment for Killers of Abdul Karim

October 2012

USA - Court imposes punitive fee on socialists

Canada - Pro-choice rally in Toronto

September 2012

Japan - “Stop the Vicious Cycle of Territorial Disputes”

International Viewpoint - International Viewpoint now on Twitter!

International Viewpoint - International Viewpoint now on Facebook

Pakistan - Baba Jan released from jail!

Egypt - On causing offence to Muslims

Pakistan - Call for a nationwide strike on Saturday 15 September

Pakistan - Baba Jan still not free!

July 2012

Britain - Dave Packer

Japan - Massive anti-nuclear mobilisations

Pakistan - Baba Jan and Iftikhar Hussain are now safely back in Jutial Jail

Pakistan - ALERT: Baba Jan abducted from jail by state agents!!!

Pakistan - Islamabad Rally: Hundreds demand release of Baba Jan and his friends from Gilgit Jail

Croatia - Call for solidarity with the Jadrankamen quarry workers in Croatia

June 2012

Pakistan - Gilgit (Pakistan) and the Hunza Five campaign: bail granted to Baba Jan. Solidarity campaign to continue

Paraguay - The MST rejects the illegitimate dismissal of the president of Paraguay and demands that the people decide

Egypt - Solidarity with Egyptian Workers at Pirelli Tire Company

Ireland - “Irish people bullied into voting Yes”

May 2012

Egypt - Admin workers in Cairo hospital strike against corruption

Rio+20: - International campaign of struggles: Peoples of the World against the Commodification of Nature

Pakistan - More arrests in Gilgit Baltistan

Pakistan - Defence of Baba Jan and his comrades

April 2012

International Viewpoint - Death of Gerry Foley, first editor of IV

Argentina - “A politically sovereign and progressive decision”

Sri Lanka - Success for appeal from Nava Sama Samaja Party

Britain - George Galloway wins parliamentary seat

March 2012

Quebec - Police shoot explosives at student protesters’ heads in Montreal

Greece - Hello from the occupied hospital in Kilkis

Egypt - Striking Somid Company Port workers arrested and tortured by the Egyptian Police and will stand before the Military Court

February 2012

Solidarity with Greece - Support for the Greek people

Anti-nuclear in Japan - Major anti-nuclear conference in Japan calls international day of action

Greece - Greek hospital now under workers’ control !

January 2012

Pakistan - Financial update of the 2011 Pakistan Solidarity Campaign

December 2011

Philippines - Ongoing efforts to help address the survivors of tropical storm Sendong in Iligan City

Philippines - The floods in Mindanao

Kazakhstan - Stop police violence against strikers

Europe - NPA calls for coordinated resistance across Europe

Russian - Russian socialists regroup to deepen struggle for new left party

November 2011

Pakistan - Jailed trade unionists in Pakistan need your support

Egypt - Independent Union Federation joins Tahrir sit-in

Obituary - Remberto Arias Bernal, Bolivian Trotskyist

Spanish state - Esther Vivas convoked by the police following the action against Catalunya Caixa

Greece - The appointment of L. Papademos as Prime Minister marks a turn towards authoritarianism

Morocco - FREEDOM for our comrade Agadil and STOP the harassment of Moroccan activists

Greece - Call by Antarsya for the demonstration on Friday 4 November

Greece - No to the 50% haircut, no to the new occupation. Cessation of payments and debt audit!

Turkey - Urgent Appeal: Stop Arbitrary Detentions in Turkey!

October 2011

Labour Party Pakistan helps 4000 rain affected families

India - New Trade Union Initiative (NTUI) condemns arrest of veteran trade-union leader

Malaysia - PSM activists discharged but not acquitted

Indonesia - Indonesian feminists: ’Don’t blame the victim!’

Indonesia - The state is obliged to protect striking PT Freeport Indonesia workers

September 2011

Japan - Good Bye Nuclear Power demonstration

Pakistan - Free Baba Jan and all political prisoners!

Pakistan - Save the life of Baba Jan

Denmark - Danish Elections: Tripled support for Red Green Alliance, and a left government

Greece/Spanish state - Let all indignados in all the squares join together

August 2011

Libya - Gaddafi falls, let the people decide

Pakistan - Solidarity with victimised telecom workers in Lahore

Malaysian Socialist Party 6 released

Indonesia - Papuan activist detained, then released

July 2011

Norway - “We’re going back to Utoya”

Malaysia - Release PSM political detainees immediately!

Sri Lanka - Bahu warns that Northern elections will be under martial law

June 2011

IIRE Manila and Amsterdam - Dig deep for Global Justice Schools in Manila and Amsterdam

Spanish state - Should 15-M movement end occupations of Sol and other plazas?

Sri Lanka - Pension Bill kills young FTZ worker

Sri Lanka - Workers protest against pension reform

May 2011

Spanish state - Political victory for the Barcelona "indignant"

Spanish state - "If they don’t let us dream, we won’t let them sleep!"

Thailand - Free Somyot Pruksakasemsuk!

April 2011

International Viewpoint - International Viewpoint available in PDF format

Sri Lanka - Petition campaign success

March 2011

Japan - Japanese unions organise solidarity

Libya/Brazil - Full support for the Libyan people’s resistance! Down with Gaddafi! No to imperialist intervention!

Libya/Portugal - Portuguese Left Bloc condemns attacks on Libya

Libya/Italy - Gaddafi out! No to imperialist military intervention!

Libya/France - Support for the Libyan people against the dictatorship.

Japan - An urgent appeal for financial solidarity

Arab revolutions - Following the developing revolutions

Indonesia - A plan for International Women’s Day

February 2011

Egypt - Victory! Hosni Mubarak has gone!

January 2011

Tunisia - Ben Ali has fled, support the revolution underway!

December 2010

Sri Lanka - NSSP General Secretary attacked at airport

November 2010

Portugal - Biggest general strike in Portugal’s history

Portugal/NATO - Counter-summit to NATO

Japan - "No APEC People’s Forum"

October 2010

IIRE - Marxist school holds successful seminars in Islamabad and Manila

September 2010

Pakistan - Norwegian solidarity with Pakistan

August 2010

Pakistan - Solidarity with Pakistan flood victims

Pakistan - More than 12 million people suffering from floods in Pakistan

Russia - Russian anti-fascists appeal for solidarity

July 2010

European Social Forum - Statement by the Assembly of Social Movements

June 2010

Morocco - In Morocco as elsewhere repression won’t stop the revolt against anti-social policies

May 2010

Obituary - Denise Comanne 1949-2010

Kazakhstan - Solidarity against repression in Kazakhstan

April 2010

Fourth International - Neither martial law, nor state of emergency, nor coup d’etat! Democracy and social justice.

LGBT/16th World Congress - Motion on attacks on transgender/intersexed people

March 2010

Mexico/16th World Congress - Against militarization and for human rights in Mexico

Sri Lanka/16th World Congress - On the situation in Sri Lanka

Mexico/16th World Congress - Solidarity with the Mexican workers’ struggle

Climate Change/16th World Congress - Make the Cochabamba gathering a new stage in the fight for an anticapitalist response to climate change

Peru/16th World Congress - Solidarity with the peoples of the Peruvian forests

February 2010

Obituary - Hugo Gonzalez Moscoso (1922-2010)

France - "What I actually said to Le Figaro regarding the headscarf"

January 2010

Fourth International - Commemorations of Daniel Bensaid

December 2009

Mauritius - LALIT calls for Diego Garcia military base Inspection by IAEA

Pakistan - Four Labour Party leaders killed

November 2009

Mexico - International Solidarity with SME urgently needed

October 2009

Mexican - Urgent need for international solidarity with electrical workers

Greece - The Right is routed in the legislative elections

September 2009

Portugal - Left Bloc doubles its number of MPs

Serbia - Police cancel permission for Belgrade Pride 2009

August 2009

Pakistan - Socialists save Christians’ lives

June 2009

Honduras - British left condemn the coup

May 2009

Europe-wide anti-capitalist campaign for European elections takes off

April 2009

European elections - Besancenot Tour Boosts Anti-Capitalist Left Intervention

Veteran Vietnamese Trotskyist dies - Hoang Khoa Khoi, 1917-2009

A slander on our movement - ISO rebuts SWP (US) charges of anti-Semitism

March 2009

France - NPA launches newspaper

Sri Lanka - 40,000 march in Europe for Tamil self-determination

Workers’ parties demand Sri Lanka ceasefire

January 2009

British socialists’ appeal - Stop the massacre in Gaza

December 2008

Solidarity with Gaza - On the side of the Palestinian people

United States - Nearly 1000 NYers Protest Israeli Attacks on Gaza

November 2008

Spain - Espacio Alternativo becomes Izquierda Anticapitalista and decides to stand in European elections

October 2008

Brazil - PSOL’s João Alfredo elected in Fortaleza

Italy - Critical Left: freedom for Hugo Blanco

September 2008

French Communist League Reaffirms Solidarity with Cuba

New Anti-capitalist Party making waves - International press astonished by the ’Red Postman’

United States - Peter Camejo dies - an advocate for the poor and oppressed

August 2008

Spanish state - Police intimidate international youth camp

Fourth International - 560 attend 25th youth camp

July 2008

Britain - Respect mobilises against racist Cologne conference

June 2008

Pakistan - Thousands demonstrate againt neoliberalism and price hikes

April 2008

Britain - The best memorial to Greg is to continue the fight for socialism

London’s mayoral election - Ecosocialists say vote Berry 1, Livingstone 2

March 2008

Pakistan - Workers take over Sugar Mill in Sind

Venezuela - Website will organise and diffuse socialist ideas

France - A rejection of the liberal policies at the local and national level

LCR statement after council elections - Strong rejection of Sarkozy

Sri Lanka - NSSP appeals for international solidarity

January 2008

Poland - Strike - Ken Loach supports Polish miners

Poland - Strike - Urgent need for solidarity

Spanish state - Espacio Alternativo conference success

Pakistan - LPP delegation at Naudero & Larkana

Poland - Strike - Urgent support needed for striking miners

December 2007

Russia - A Draw for Ford but a Victory for All

International Institute for Research and Education - 120 attend Gramsci conference

December 8 Day of Action - London - 15,000 demand climate change action

December 8 Day of Action - Brussels - 4000 join climate protest in Belgium

Russia - Appeal by strikers at St Petersburg Ford factory

November 2007

In the face of a vacant left, Besancenot occupies the radical space - The LCR, star of the march

Nisar Shah Released

Support for resistance in Pakistan - International solidarity in Catalonia

Police seize Pakistani socialist leader - LLP Chairperson Arrested In Islamabad

October 2007

Sister journal of International Viewpoint - FI launches new Spanish language web magazine

Pakistan - Against the repression of the democratic movement

Germany - Occupied Bike Factory Resumes Production

July 2007

Two-disc DVD available - “Ernest Mandel – A life for the revolution”

June 2007

Pakistan - Farooq Tariq Released!

Palestine - Gaza - Stop inter-Palestinian fighting

Portugal - Fifth Convention of the Left Bloc

Pakistan - Farooq Tariq arrested - again!

May 2007

Pakistan - A press conference that went ahead

Denmark - Red-Green Alliance conference

France - Statement by Olivier Besancenot on election of Sarkozy

Mexico - Atenco leaders sentenced to 67 years imprisonment

Pakistan - Farooq Tariq arrested

April 2007

French elections - Olivier Besancenot Statement on Election Outcome

French elections - Olivier Besancenot holds final campaign rally

Pakistan - Brick kiln workers strike for higher wages, against bonded labour

March 2007

Fourth International - International Committee meets

Pakistan - LPP postpone congress to join the advocates’ movement

Russia - Rallies support fighting unions

France - Besancenot successfully onto the presidential ballot

Italy - Open letter to those who supported me

February 2007

Italy - Solidarity with Franco Turigliatto

Pakistan - Aisha Amin: peace hero

Pakistan - Massive peasant conference demands end of feudalism

World Social Forum - Africa at the heart of the debates

World Social Forum - Power to the People

January 2007

AFRICAN STRUGGLES, GLOBAL STRUGGLES - SOCIAL MOVEMENTS ASSEMBLY IN NAIROBI

World Social Forum - The future of the World Social Forum after Nairobi

Marxism - Developing Marxism - Livio Maitan Study Centre to hold first conference

Socialist Resistance Books - SR Books publishes third title - "Ecosocialism or Barbarism"

December 2006

Denmark - Autonomous Youth House fights back

Sri Lanka - No war in Sri Lanka - self determination for the Tamil people

Oaxaca battles vicious repression - Marcos: Oaxaca from above - and below

November 2006

Venezuela - If we were Venezuelan we would vote for Chavez!

October 2006

Poland - Defend Polish women’s abortion rights!

September 2006

European Anti-Capitalist Left - Call for Anti-G8 mobilisation in Rostok

Aids Crisis - Time to Deliver!

August 2006

Pakistan - Gorja - a great victory for textile workers

Scotland - SSP is split by Sheridan

Brazil - Socialists of the World Support Heloisa Helena

July 2006

Scotland - ISG statement on the crisis in the SSP

June 2006

Britain - Socialist Resistance hosts Latin socialists

Scotland - New Platform in the Scottish Socialist Party

Mexico - Mega March replies to police violence

Strategy of tension in Mexico? - "Teachers killed" in Oaxaca police attack, says union

May 2006

Fourth International Summer Camp July 2006 - A new generation to build a new Europe!

Britain - Latin America: a continent in revolt

Denmark - Huge demonstration against government welfare cuts

ESF - News from the European Social Forum, Athens

Mexico - Zapatistas call Red Alert over state attacks

April 2006

Italy - Rifondazione statement on election outcome - Rifondazione "will support a Prodi government and take part in it"

Pakistan - Left groups unite

France - Chirac and the government eat their words!

World Social Forum - WSF Karachi - A short report

Pakistan - Good Books opened by Tariq Ali

Britain - One million strike to defend pensions

March 2006

USA - Million march for immigrants rights in Los Angeles

Iraq - Hundreds of thousands march against the war

France - Anti-labour law movement enters key stage

Pakistan - Brick kiln worker revolt against slave labour

France - Massive turnout against labour law

France - Student movement puts government on the defensive

Greece - Seafarers open new period in workers’ struggles

Anti-Islam cartoons - Zero tolerance for reactionary forces

Philippines - The Shadow of Martial Law

Pakistan - LPP demonstrators greet Bush

World Social Forum - WSF’s Karachi leg later this month

February 2006

Denmark - Socialist leaders arrested for ‘terrorist’ T-shirts

Europe - Together against the Bolkestein directive

Danish cartoons controversy - British media campaign’s response

January 2006

Bamako World Social Forum - Another Africa is Possible

Spanish state - Urgent solidarity appeal for sacked SEAT workers in Catalonia

Portuguese presidential election - Victory for the Right

Iraq - Joint Statement Issued by the Iraqi Trade Unions

USA - Transit union shuts down New York

EACL plans May Paris forum - Declaration of European Anti-Capitalist Left meeting

December 2005

Sri Lanka - Election outcome means political upheaval

Publishing - Verso Winter Book Sale

Pakistan - LPP organises 5000 strong anti-WTO rally

Venezuela - In Defence of Democracy

Iran - Defend Iranian Workers

November 2005

Marxism - Mandel Symposium success

France - State of emergency: the choice of repression

France - Curfew cannot stop revolt

France - Stand against privatisation

Sweden - Support needed for sacked union leader

Ecology - Demonstrate to halt climate change

Marxism - Ernest Mandel Symposium

Pakistan Earthquake - Labour Relief latest report

October 2005

Pakistan - Labour Relief Campaign update

Portugal - Left Bloc wins local representatives

Earthquake - Tariq Ali speaks at Labour Relief Camp in Lahore

Pakistan - Earthquake appeal from Pakistani comrades - update and ’how to donate’ details added 11 October

French one day strike - Workers say ’No’ again, but this time in the streets

European Anti-Capitalist Left declaration - After the ’No’ vote in France and in Holland

September 2005

Brazilian Left - Hundreds leave Workers Party to join P-SOL

Germany - Electoral breakthrough on the left

German Elections - The Winner is the Left Party-PDS

Greece - Thousands protest Greek government in Thessaloniki march

Britain - Gate Gourmet - a political and industrial challenge

Iraq - Oil Workers’ Union Confronts Occupation and Privatization

French left - LCR back with a bang

Obituary - Pierre Broué 1926-2005

August 2005

United States - Northwest Mechanics Strike Against Deep Pay/Benefit Cuts, Layoffs, Outsourcing

Scottish Socialist Party - Urgent Appeal for Solidarity

Fourth International - 22nd International Revolutionary Youth Camp held

July 2005

London Bombings - Get the troops out of Iraq

G8 demonstrations - 29 Arrested in Anti-G8 Protest in Edinburgh

G8 Counter-summit and demonstrations - Victory at Gleneagles! We did not blink!

London Bombings - Galloway and Bertinotti statements on London bombings

June 2005

Mediterranean - Mediterranean Social Forum

Mexico - Subcommandante Marcos: A letter of explanation...or perhaps farewell

Mexico - Zapatista Red Alert

Fourth International - 22nd International Revolutionary Youth Camp

Mobilise for G8 Gleneagles - G8 meanness over the debt

Morocco - Tamassint prisoners launch hunger strike

Britain - Respect prepares for new challenges

Pakistan - Telecom workers fight privatisation

France - Left ‘No’ forces must continue fight

May 2005

Germany - Regional defeat heralds early general election

Germany - Heavy Defeat for Social Democrats in North Rhine Westphalia

Europe - Toni Negri in favour of free-market constitution

Europe - French referendum crunch nears

Obituary - Roland Lew

The foundation of the "Critical Left" inside Rifondazione - The View from the Italian Left Press

Netherlands - A Left "No"

Quebec - Women’s Global Charter arrives in Québec

The election in Scotland

British General Election - Breakthrough for RESPECT

China - Appeal to defend poisoned workers

April 2005

Tsunami Catastrophe - Solidarity with the NSSP

France - LCR Rally Draws 1800

Quebec - One of the largest student strikes in Quebec history!

March 2005

Sri Lanka - NSSP needs more help to aid tsunami victims

Catalonia - Barcelona workers battle closure

February 2005

Sweden - Swedish section gives 5000 euros for NSSP tsunami fund

Tsunami - NSSP relief work for tsunami victims

Portuguese Elections - Clear Win for Socialists, Left Bloc Takes 8 Seats

France - A Warm Start to the Year

Scotland - Scottish Socialist Party Conference

World Social Forum - Globalise Struggle, Globalise Hope!

France - Nice: Demonstration against NATO Ministers Meeting

Denmark - Red Green Alliance Wins 6 Deputies in General Election

Europe - Brussels demonstration March 19

World Social Forum - Call of the Anti-War Assembly

Turkey - ODP Conference

"Imperialism is not invincible" - Chavez ends WSF with call to transcend capitalism

January 2005

Sharp debates on Lula government - World Social Forum - first report

Portugal - 14th Congress of the PSR

Spanish State - Espacio Alternativo: a congress of redefinition

France - Mass Strikes Defend Public Sector

France - LCR fund drive success!

British General Election Looms - Respect prepares Election intervention

Sri Lanka - Democratise the relief programme

Sri Lanka - No to induction of foreign troops!

Sri Lanka - NSSP comrades appeal

December 2004

Sri Lanka - Tsunami disaster

Tsunami Tragedy - CADTM France calls for debt relief in quake zone

October 2004

Britain - London ESF great success