The recovery of the dead bodies of six hostages, held by Hamas in Gaza, by the IDF over the weekend has led to an explosion of anger, directed against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Hundreds of thousands came onto the streets on Sunday in mass demonstrations across Israel. The country was paralysed by a general strike called by Histadrut (the General Organisation of Workers in Israel) this morning, Monday 2 September. Protesters hold Netanyahu responsible for the death of the hostages, given his blatant and constant sabotage of the negotiations with Hamas. This is a very serious political crisis, which could lead to the removal of the Israeli PM.
On 24 August, Pavel Durov, the Russian billionaire owner of encrypted messaging app Telegram, was arrested by French police. Interrogated for four days, he was yesterday transported to a court and charged on all counts. Now, awaiting trial, he has been released on a €5 million bail, must visit the French police twice a week, and has been prevented from leaving France. A warrant is also out for the arrest of his brother, the co-founder of Telegram.
À medida que a eleição de 2024 se aproxima de sua reta final, o recém-fundado Comunistas Revolucionários da América (RCA, na sigla em inglês) lançou uma campanha para combater o cinismo política burguesa, proporcionando uma perspectiva de luta de classes muito necessária.
Pubblichiamo di seguito una dichiarazione congiunta pubblicata da Lucha de Clases (sezione venezuelana dell’ICR) e dalla Junta Patriótica de Salvación, sull’attuale crisi politica in Venezuela. In questa dichiarazione, viene sviluppata una posizione di classe di fronte all’autoritarismo del governo e la finta maschera democratica che la destra filo-imperialista sta sbandierando oggi.
Srbiju su ponovo protresli masovni protesti koji su izveli desetine hiljada na ulicu. Ovog puta, radi se o reprizi i nastavku borbe protiv Rio Tinta iz 2021, ozloglašene multinacionalne rudarske kompanije koja pokušava da počne operacije na zapadu Srbije, i ovo je šesti put u poslednjih osam godina da se u Srbiji organizuju masovni protesti usmereni protiv režima Aleksandra Vučića.