Humanitarian situation worsens in Ethiopia as PM Abiy focusses elsewhere
As a humanitarian crisis threatens to spiral out of control in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, the Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed ignored the conflict to open a new highway in the south of the country. Ahmed won huge praise and a Nobel Peace Prize for his role in negotiating peace agreements for long-standing conflicts against internal rebel forces in Ethiopia and against their neighbours Eritrea. International praise of him has made way for criticism since the beginning of November however. His heavy-handed response to tensions with the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) has led to an outbreak of violence.
CP: 5th highest death rate in the world is cost of Tory incompetence
The Communist Party has issued the December edition of its news sheet Unity! focusing on the COVID-19 pandemic, the right-wing offensive inside the Labour Party, international developments and the plans for Communist Party and the YCL to hit the ground running in 2021.
WFDY: imperialism is the greatest threat to human rights, freedom, peace & sovereignty
The World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY) has issued a statement yesterday to mark International Human Rights Day 2020.
Today, on Human Rights Day, we must highlight that imperialism poses a threat to international peace, freedom, sovereignty and human rights. As we said in our 20th General Assembly, “these crimes committed by the world’s imperialist forces (such as NATO, USA, EU and their allies) on their way to advance their position in the international imperialist system, posed a serious threat to the international peace and at the same time to peoples’ own freedom, sovereignty and human rights.”
You can read the full thematic resolution on peace, freedom and human rights from WFDY’s 20th General Assembly.
Australia comes under pressure as China highlights report’s findings
The investigation, led by the Maj Gen Justice Paul Brereton, found that Australian special forces were involved in the murder of 39 Afghan civilians and subsequent planting of weapons and phones.
GMB criticises food manufacturer Bakkavör after two Kent workers die from Coronavirus
Through the GMB, union workers at a Covid-hit factory are demanding they get sick pay urgently, claiming it is “the most important” step they can take to eradicate the spread there – while staff at the site say they are scared to go to into work.
5 new passports a minute: Britain’s colonial intervention in Hong Kong
Beijing says it reserves the right to not recognise the BNO as a valid travel document – but our government estimates over 300,000 Hong Kong nationals will come to live in the UK over the next four years. This is an exodus.
The worst is yet to come as US sees new record day of COVID-19 deaths
The CDC (Center for Disease Control) has warned US citizens that this winter could very well become the hardest time in history for the country’s healthcare system. After months of harrowing news stories coming out of the United States, including 200,000 new COVID cases being recorded in just two weeks at the end of November and 778,000 first-time applications for unemployment benefits being filed in only 7 days that same week.
Over 250 million workers dissent against India’s government in national strike
On the Thursday 26th November, India experienced one of the highest strike turnouts in the country’s history. The Mazdoor Kisan strike mobilised workers from all industries in response to the Modi government’s implementation of anti-labour laws.
Communists welcome COVID-19 vaccine but slam Tory ‘shambles’
Tony Conway, the Communist Party’s Anti-Racism Anti-Fascism Officer, launched a stinging all-round attack on the Tory government’s record at a meeting of the Party’s Political Committee yesterday evening (2 December 2020). After welcoming the swift development and approval of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, he said it should not divert attention from the government’s “deadly mismanagement” of the coronavirus crisis.
France turns into chaos as citizens protest against ‘security’ bill
Since last weekend, protests have erupted in France’s urban centres against a newly proposed #SécuritéGlobale’ bill that aims to ban individuals from filming police officers. #Paris #France #Police 🔥🚔✊
