Manifiesta 2023: 15,000 voices amplify call for solidarity and hope
Close to 15,000 people attended Manifiesta 2023, drawing inspiration from international struggles and solidarity. Speakers from diverse sectors emphasized the concrete experiences in building socialism
Manifiesta to kick off a new political year for the left in Belgium and Europe
Thousands are gathering in Ostend for Manifiesta, the fest of solidarity on September 9-10. The program is shaped to address pressing topics such as workplace rights of health personnel and the climate crisis, while also emphasizing the significance of feminism, anti-imperialism, peace advocacy, and solidarity with the Palestinian struggle and the Cuban Revolution
Sander Claessens: ‘We defend a socialist society where people and the planet come first’
The president of the Comac student movement in Belgium spoke to Peoples Dispatch about organizing students and youth to fight against oppression and injustice
At ManiFiesta, a different health system is no mere vision
At ManiFiesta, the fest of solidarity, Medics for the People sparked discussions about pressing problems in the health system in Belgium, offering people-centered, public alternatives
What makes the Workers’ Party of Belgium tick?
Bert De Belder of the Workers’ Party of Belgium reflects on the transitions that enabled his organization to emerge as a powerful force throughout the country at a time of increasing fracturing of the polity
- Rights groups denounce Israel’s entry into US visa waiver program
- Youth groups intensify campaign for release of Italian-Palestinian activist Khaled El Qaisi
- US refuses to acknowledge systemic use of torture by its armed forces in Iraq
- Saudi Arabia says establishment of Palestinian state prerequisite for normalization with Israel
- 49th Odigits Festival in Greece reinforces working-class solidarity
