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“What we do urgently need is to turn these protests onto the offensive. This means avoiding the isolation of the protests, broadening them and involving more and more social sectors.”

“The perspectives on the left are for the moment blocked, which reinforces the role of the mass movement and should push the radical and revolutionary left to come out of its reflexes of self-affirmation, which are of little use in offering credible perspectives on the left.”

“A mass response is the only way to stop neo fascist ultra-nationalist forces. It is never by elections.”

Comparing the history of the Covid-19 pandemic in Asia and Europe (as well as between Asian and European countries) aids discussion of the choices and means of a health policy. The answers to some questions may be obvious, or prove much more complex.

“Will DSA be able to continue to grow in this new terrain? Will workers take action? Will social movements revive?”

With a vote that threatens to break the polarization between supporters and opponents of Ecuador's former president Rafael Correa, the indigenous movement claims a place on the ballot. The narrow margin of votes in dispute indicates turbulent times.

Catalonia goes to the polls on Sunday 14 February (14-F) in elections for the devolved parliament and government (“Generalitat”), The elections will be closely watched in Scotland, particularly by the independence movement looking to learn from the struggle. Glasgow Radical Independence Campaign and Dundee Radical Independence Campaign will shortly hold a joint public discussion meeting on the elections.
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“The composition of the recent protests – which have drawn in a large number of new participants whose main demand is social justice – opens up a space for socialist ideas.”

“To get rid of Modi and his clique, the Indian people will have to rely on their own forces.”

“It is with this approach that we fight the very project of a Draghi government and we will fight its policies even more so if they succeed in setting it up.”

“We support the call of many organizations to maintain a permanent mobilization to ensure that the popular vote is respected.”

Women farmer leaders talk about what goes behind the making of a successful movement.

“It is in the encounters between the demonstrators, the discussions in the street and the police stations, that a new relationship with politics, another politics, can be built.”

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“It is terribly hard to say goodbye to such a wonderful friend and comrade as Ernie, a real working class intellectual who combined amazing political and human qualities. It is of course a huge loss for Jess to whom we send our love and solidarity.”

Comrades from the NPA Grenoble pay tribute to Moroccan-born activist Lotfi Chawqui (1967-2020).

“ Although Russians are far from enamoured with the present regime, in the traditional Russian fashion, based on historical memory, they fear what might come to replace it.”

Swiss citizens will vote in March 2021 on the popular Islamophobic initiative "Yes to the ban on concealing one's face". The main objective is a new stigmatisation campaign against Muslim populations.

“The coup in Myanmar has exposed the faulty foundation of the country's democratic transition. We spoke with an organizer in Myanmar's burgeoning labor movement — which will be central to the fight against authoritarianism in the coming days and months.” Kevin Lin and Michael Haack.

“[S]ome of the anger could well fuel a movement whose political significance seems quite similar to the anti-mask demonstrations that have marked Germany.”