TURKEY | 27 – 06 – 2012 | Employees of the Atılım Newspaper and the Etkin news agency (ETHA) staged a protest in Istanbul’s Taksim Square on Tuesday by selling newspapers on the street in response to a police raid into their offices the same day. Law enforcement officials Tuesday raided the offices of the Etkin News Agency (ETHA) and ...
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Civilians slaughtered by Turkish army
SIRNEX | 30 – 12 – 2011 | Following the MGK (National Security Council) meeting on 28 December, the Turkish army has made a slaughter with warplanes. At least 35 burnt bodies have been reached so far. The number of casualties is feared to increase. Around 50 civilians, some of them believed to be borders smugglers, were targeted by F-16 ...
Read More »International Migrants Day 2011: Migrants of the world, rise up against imperialism!
Resist commodification, modern-day slavery and other imperialist attacks on migrants and the people! Statement of the International Migrants Alliance on the International Migrants Day 2011 The International Migrants Day 2011 is commemorated amidst intensified attacks on the livelihood and rights of migrants under the worsening global economic and financial crisis brought about and intensified by imperialist globalization and war. At ...
Read More »Comrade Suzan Zengin has passed away!
ISTANBUL | 17 – 10 – 2011 | We are very sad to inform the international progressive public that our comrade Suzan Zengin has passed away on October 12th 2011 due to an heart damage. She had been on the emergency room since 17 days. Reason for her intense illness was the inhuman prison conditions that exist in Turkey’s prisons. ...
Read More »Demand the Immediate Production of the Six before a Court of Law
İNDİA | 01 – 05 – 2011 | Condemn the Illegal Detention of Central Committee Members of the CPI (Maoist) Vijay Kumar (Jaspal), Varanasi Subramaniam (Saroj), Jhantu Mukherjee along with Three Villagers by the Bihar Police! Demand the Immediate Production of the Six before a Court of Law! According to media reports, three Central Committee members of the CPI (Maoist) ...
Read More »Message From All Pakistan Trade Union Federation Working Women Organization
PAKISTAN | 28 – 04 – 2011 | May Day, 2011 Message From All Pakistan Trade Union Federation Working Women Organization Dear Comrades and friends, Red salute and Revolutionary May Day greetings from All Pakistan Trade Union Federation/Working Women Organization! As you know that all over the world workers are celebrating International Labor Day on May 1st to pay homage ...
Read More »Kurds in Syria ‘waiting to take to the streets’
SYRIA | 27 – 03 – 2011 | The Kurdish people of Syria have not joined the current wave of unrest with any significant demonstrations against President Bashar al-Assad and his ruling Baath party. But that could change. The Kurds, representing around 10% of the country’s population, are “ready, watching and waiting to take to the streets, as their cause ...
Read More »Risings of the People: From Algeria to Yemen
WORLD | 27 – 03 – 2011 | Unrest has swept across the Middle East and North Africa, sparked by an uprising in Tunisia that led to the ouster of the country’s ruler. Here an overview of the risings. Algeria After 19 years, the government officially lifted a state of emergency in February following strikes and protests. But protest marches, ...
Read More »ILPS CONDEMNS IMPERIALIST WAR OF AGGRESSION BY THE US, UK AND FRANCE AGAINST LIBYA AND ITS PEOPLE
ILPS | 23 – 03 – 2011 | We, the International League of Peoples’ Struggle, condemn in the strongest terms the imperialist war of aggression being launched by the United States of America, United Kingdom, France and their allies and puppets against Libya and the people of Libya. This war of aggression is a gross violation of the national sovereignty ...
Read More »Uphold Workers’ Rights and Dignity in Turkey!
WORLD | 21 – 02 – 2011 | Solidarity message of the International Migrants Alliance to the workers in DESA, Group Suni Leather and Yeşil Kundura. The International Migrants Alliance is expressing solidarity with the workers in DESA, Group Suni Leather and Yeşil Kundura who remain adamant in upholding their rights and steadfast in continuing their struggle against repression and exploitation. The ...
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