Seventy-Five Years of Nakba

IT is 75 years of Nakba. Nakba in Arabic means catastrophe. The ‘catastrophe’ is used to describe the forceful eviction of nearly 7,50,000 Palestinians (from a population of 1.9 million) from their homeland, after the formation of Israel. Every year since 1948, May 15 is commemorated as the day of Nakba.The State of Israel was formed on November 29, 1947, through UN Resolution 181(II) adopted in the UN General Assembly that recommended the plan to partition Palestine into an Arab State, a Jewish State and the City of Jerusalem.

As Army & Rapid Support Forces Battle it Out, Sudanese Left Calls for Restoring the Revolution

TENSIONS simmering between Sudan’s army and the powerful paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) boiled over into armed clashes on the morning of Saturday, April 15, following disagreements over the integration of the autonomous RSF into the army’s command chain.The issue of integration was a key aspect of a deal that Sudan’s ruling junta was to sign with right-wing civilian forces to share power with the latter. The Left in Sudan has been critical of the proposed deal, questioning the sincerity of the parties.

The Complexities of Imperialism On the African Continent

OVER the course of the past two years, military coups in Africa’s Sahel region have resulted in the expulsion of France from an area that it had dominated since colonial times.

Results of the National Elections in Cuba

LAST March 26, the national elections took place in Cuba to sovereignly elect the 470 deputies to the National Assembly of People's Power, who will make up the X Legislature of the Parliament and who will be in charge of electing the president and vice president of the republic, as well as continuing with the legislative development of the Constitution. This was an act of popular sovereignty and citizen participation, which reflected the commitment of Cubans to the Revolution.

NCSC Submission to UN on Human Rights in Cuba

The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) through its Universal Periodic Review (UPR), conducted on a periodic basis, reviews the fulfillment of the human rights obligations and commitments by each of the 193 UN member States. The National Committee for Solidarity with Cuba (NCSC) submitted the following recommendations about the situation of human rights in Cuba, which is now up for a periodic review.The NCSC, affirms the value Cuban State accords to every person’s right to a dignified human life.

Africa Resists the US-Imposed New Cold War

AT the Munich Security Conference last month, Namibia’s Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila was asked about her country’s decision to abstain on a UN General Assembly resolution to condemn Russia for the war in Ukraine. Kuugongelwa-Amadhila, an economist who has been in post since 2018, did not flinch.

IWA Condemns Attack on Indian High Commission in Britain

Below we publish the statement issued by the Indian Workers’ Association (Great Britain)THE Indian Workers’ Association (Great Britain) condemns the disgraceful attack on the Indian High Commission and disrespect of the national flag of the Republic of India.IWA GB position on the defence of unity and integrity of India, upholding democracy and secularism is well established.We stand in solidarity with the people of India to uphold the constitution.IWA will always fulfill its patriotic duty to provide a voice for the toiling masses of India against authoritarianism

Ten Years after the Death of Hugo Chávez

EARLY into his term as the president of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez reflected on how he had read “a book by Plekhanov a long time ago and it made a big impression on me. It was called The Role of the Individual in History.” That book, written by the Russian Marxist Georgi Plekhanov and published in 1898, is a reflection on the role of the idea of “great men” driving history forward, and of the rise of individual attacks of terrorism in Russia against the entrenched and wretched Tsarist system.

Who’s Winning and Losing the Economic War Over Ukraine?

With the Ukraine war now reaching its one-year mark on February 24, the Russians have not achieved a military victory but neither has the West achieved its goals on the economic front. When Russia invaded Ukraine, the United States and its European allies vowed to impose crippling sanctions that would bring Russia to its knees and force it to withdraw.Western sanctions would erect a new Iron Curtain, hundreds of miles to the east of the old one, separating an isolated, defeated, bankrupt Russia from a reunited, triumphant and prosperous West.

Devastating Earthquake in Turkey

Below we publish the statement issued by the Communist Party of Turkey on February 8.OUR country and neighbouring Syria have faced a massively destructive earthquake. We are in deep grief and very sorry to inform you that the destruction and damage caused by the earthquake seems quite massive.For brief information: The main earthquake of 7.7 magnitude occurred in the east of our country at 4:17. Severe aftershocks continue. Some of them are even difficult to be called as aftershocks.

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