Thousands of Starbucks workers continue their fight for a union contract with strikes and rallies across the country. The latest strike began on November 13 and continues off-and-on at stores across the country. In mid-December some 3,800 Starbucks baristas were on strike at more than 180 stores in over 130 cities. The union, Starbucks Workers United claims a total 14,000 members at about 650 stores.

“Thirty years ago, the largest mass mobilization since May 68 thwarted the Juppé Plan, the public sector pension plan, and clearly stood in defence of a model of society based on solidarity and public service.”

Syria's post-Assad leadership is failing its people, igniting protests over poverty & inequality. Joseph Daher reflects on a year under Ahmed al-Sharaa.

Cyclone Senyar has caused deadly floods and landslides in several Indonesian provinces. The toll looks set to be very heavy, and the government's (non-)risk prevention policy is once again under scrutiny.
A week after the cyclone passed, it is still impossible to measure the full extent of the devastation in the provinces of Aceh, North Sumatra and West Sumatra. At least 961 people have lost their lives, with nearly 300 still missing, over 156,000 homes have been damaged or destroyed, (…)

Ukrainian leftists hope for an end to the war, but remain sceptical of the “peace deal” on offer.

“Gilbert's commitment was the antithesis of sectarianism. For several years, he had systematically drawn attention to the urgent need for unity in anti-capitalist action in the face of the danger of the far right exploiting social frustrations within the working class itself in order to recruit disaffected elements to the service of reaction. Denouncing electoral illusions, he tirelessly advocated a united front, "the only way to ensure the mobilization of all those called upon to fight if they wish to live with dignity, freedom, and protection from abject poverty." ”

On Friday, 28 November 2025, the International Committee of the Anti-Fascist Conference and for the Sovereignty of Peoples was launched. The conference will be held from 26 to 29 March 2026 in Porto Alegre. The virtual meeting, led by the Brazilian committee from the capital of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, brought together more than 80 comrades from different parts of the world.

The youth movement in Morocco is part of the evolution of Moroccan society over almost twenty years, and in particular the difficulties of the workers' movement and of all resistance forces in their relationship to the power of the state.

Serge Chasseuil , my friend and comrade, has passed away. He had been experiencing health problems which had kept him away from activism in recent months, hence his absence from various gatherings in the Charente region.

As the world spearheads 16 Days, an annual awareness campaign to prevent violence against women and girls that covers the period from November 25 to December 10, a new humanitarian analysis conducted by CARE in the Philippines reveals a stark reality. In Northern Cebu province of Philippines, thousands of women, girls, and boys are living and sleeping in the open. They have no walls, no lighting, and no sense of safety they once knew. “Living Without Fear” is CARE's focus during the 16 Days awareness campaign.

"On the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, observed globally from 25 November to 10 December, Free Women will conduct simultaneous national actions in four cities under the theme 'Decent Work and Freedom from Violence Will Not Be Achieved Under an Anti-Democratic Regime'. This is an effort to strengthen the global commitment of the women's movement to end torture and violence against women."

An interview with Feminist Workshop (Ukraine) by Patrick Le Tréhondat (ENSU, France).

Samir LARABI, a doctoral student in the Sociology Department of Abderahmane Mira University in Béjaia (Algeria), has been subjected to repeated obstructions for 29 months, following abusive refusals by the rectoral administration to allow him to defend his doctoral thesis. Validated by his research supervisor, the validity of his thesis has been confirmed three times by the scientific bodies of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. Despite validation by the faculty's Scientific Committee of the changes imposed by the rectoral administration, the latter persists in refusing to allow him to defend his thesis.

President Donald Trump has intensified his attack on immigrants, particularly immigrants of color, with outbursts of racist language and a barrage of new regulations. But the resistance is also growing.

“At a time of rising nationalism with a nauseating undertone, both in France and in Poland, there is no better antidote than this concrete solidarity across borders against the same boss.”

As the dust settles after COP30 in Belém, the scale of the failure becomes impossible to ignore. The world is on a path toward catastrophic warming, ecological systems are collapsing, and millions across the Global South face annihilation, not in the distant future, but today. The world's political and economic elites arrived in the Amazon to negotiate when the 1.5°C target had already slipped out of reach, and they left with little more than symbolic gestures. No binding emissions cuts. No serious plan to phase out fossil fuels. No meaningful climate finance for adaptation. No accountability for the destruction already unleashed.

“This is not simply a humanitarian appeal—it is a call to uphold our shared global commitment to justice, dignity, and collective care. As climate disasters intensify, international leftist solidarity remains essential to ensure that working people everywhere can survive, rebuild, and continue the struggle for a more just world.”

This statement is by the United Left Platform. This is an initiative of a group of revolutionary and independent socialist organizations to actively seek opportunities for joint work, given the unprecedented authoritarian assaults facing the left, oppressed communities, and the working class as a whole in the U.S. and internationally. It is united by a commitment to political independence, a strategic focus on social struggle and mass action, and democratic organizing in all efforts. The organizations of the ULP are International Marxist Humanist Organization (https://imhojournal.org), Socialist Horizon (https://socialisthorizon.org), Solidarity (https://solidarity-us.org), Tempest Collective (https://tempestmag.org), and Workers Voice (https://workersvoiceus.org).

A complaint against TotalEnergies for complicity in war crimes in Mozambique has just been lodged with the National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor's Office (PNAT), following the ‘container massacre'.

Your Party's founding conference was a battleground between unelected bureaucrats and the left, but in the end it has produced a new socialist and working-class party.