Hundreds of people broke into the Congress building in Guatemala City, Guatemala on Saturday and burned part of the building down as part of a 10,000 strong demonstration, the latest in a wave of intensifying protests in the Central American country. They were protesting the passing of a controversial new budget that increases the national debt, but cuts education, health, justice and human rights spending.
Category Archives: International
Socialist Vietnam’s economy set to grow despite COVID-19
Vietnam’s astounding economic progress is set to continue into the new year despite COVID-19 and the general disruption in international economies and supply chains caused by worldwide lockdown this year. All the while having far fewer deaths than countries such as the UK even with a much larger population and sharing a massive land border with China, the outbreak’s origin.
WFDY marks International Students’ Day highlighting demands for education
The World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY) celebrated International Day Students’ Day by highlighting the analysis and demands for education made during WFDY’s 20th General Assembly held in Cyprus last year. You can read the full resolution here.
Communist Party of Greece met with unprovoked police violence at memorial demonstration
On Tuesday 17th November, the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) were met with physical violence from the police force during a demonstration in memory of the 1973 Athens Polytechnic Uprising.
Huge queues at Texas foodbank as Coronavirus continues to spiral out of control
Thousands of families queued up in Dallas on Saturday for the North Texas Food Bank for what the organization called it its largest ever handout.
Ceasefire in Artsakh called as imperialist powers encircle
The latest bloody flare-up in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict came to a tentative end last week, with a decisive victory for Azerbaijan. In 6 short weeks the aggressors have managed to claw back cities and territory had been under de-facto Armenian rule since the fall of the Soviet Union. Huge concessions have been made by the Armenian government, and the independent Artsakh republic has all but been handed over to the Azeris in a Russia-brokered peace deal which will have huge consequences for the balance of power in the region.
WFDY condemns occupation of Western Sahara and Moroccan attacks on civilians
The World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY) has issued a statement denouncing the ongoing occupation of Western Sahara by Morocco in breach of international law and recent violent actions which have included attacks on civilians.
Feminist’s 24 year prison sentence upheld by Iranian court
An Iranian court has upheld a draconian 24 year prison sentence given to a feminist activist that protested against the law that forces women to wear a hijab in public places.
YCL: “Trump’s loss is a victory but the fight against US imperialism continues”
The Young Communist League has issued a statement on the implications of the victory of Joe Biden over Donald Trump is last week’s US election.
Kurdish filmmaker Kutbettin Cebe found guilty of “creating terrorist propaganda”
Kurdish filmmaker Kutbettin Cebe has been found guilty of “creating terrorist propaganda” and sentenced to two and a half years in prison in Turkey for his documentary “Roza – The Land of Two Rivers” about the Rojava revolution filmed in 2016.
