Milei vetoes pension increase and doubles down on repression
The brutality of Milei’s far-right government has been put on display with the heavy handed repression doled out to elderly pensioners in the country who have been protesting for an increase in their pensions
Europe’s shift to the right must be countered with mass mobilization and politicization
The European elections held on Sunday June 9 consolidated the rightward trend in European politics, but the result has given important insights to the left
Argentine student movement erupts against Milei’s adjustment
Thousands mobilize in Buenos Aires against budget cuts to higher education and to preserve the public university system
Greeks demand justice on first anniversary of Tempi train collision
A deadly train collision in Tempi, Larissa, last year, killed 57 people. People’s movements have blamed criminal negligence, underfunding, and privatization of the railways by the government for the accident
Over 2 million join human chain in Kerala against BJP-led national government’s apathy
The human chain was organized by the Democratic Youth Federation of India. The national government has been accused of discriminating against Left-led State of Kerala , while also putting up administrative hurdles to its developmental programs
European trade unions march in Brussels to protest the EU-imposed austerity
The protests took place in the context of the likely enforcement of the European Union’s (EU) Stability and Growth Pact which will lead to combined cuts worth EUR 45 billion from the budgets of 14 member states
Greek health workers intensify protests for pay hike, more staff
Workers are demanding a significant pay rise to compensate for cuts in their real wages, made as part of structural adjustments as dictated by the European Troika
Privatization or cuts to pensions? What’s next for Argentina with Milei
Milei anticipated that there will be a very hard six months in the country, but did not explain which sectors of society will be most affected. Is the public sector the only thing that the government is going to cut?
IMF pushes world’s poorest countries into “starvation diet” as debt burdens spiral
As the IMF and World Bank commence their annual meetings, an Oxfam report shows how their failed policies of austerity will force the world’s poorest countries to cut USD 229 billion in public spending while hemorrhaging billions in debt payments.
Ghana witnesses fresh protests against rising cost of living
People took to the streets of Accra for a three-day action under the slogan #OccupyJulorbiHouse to protest the rising cost of living and worsening economic conditions. Ghana is facing a severe debt crisis and has entered into its 17th loan program with the IMF, raising fears of further austerity measures
Decades of austerity leave school and hospital buildings crumbling in the UK
The Department for Education ordered over a hundred schools to be fully or partially closed due to the imminent danger of collapse of roofs, ceilings and other parts of the buildings where reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) has been used
Widespread outrage in Greece over government handling of floods, wildfire
Around 5,000 people have been evacuated from the flood-ravaged parts of Thessaly and around 73,000 hectares of farmland have been ravaged. The Greek Left has criticized the austerity policies of the government for eroding the systemic ability of the country to respond to such crises
- Edmundo González has left Venezuela.
- 300,000 march against Macron’s appointment of conservative prime minister
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- Macron faces protest over appointment of right-wing PM
- Cry of the Excluded marks 30 years defending “true independence” in Brazil
