International Viewpoint


Georges Ibrahim Abdallah must be freed!
The demand that Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, one of the longest-serving prisoners in France, be freed is supported by a number of French and international personalities, as well as Palestine solidarity campaigns French political parties including the Parti De Gauche, the French Communist Party, the NPA and Lutte Ouvrière.
- IV549 - October 2020 / FranceThe dragon and the goose that lays the golden eggs
“There are therefore elements for a long-term resistance strategy to emerge. It remains for the international left to contribute, in particular by getting involved in solidarity in the face of repression.”
- IV549 - October 2020 / Hong KongJudgment of Golden Dawn Nazis
The verdict that Golden Dawn is a "criminal organization" was given on 8 October. This article gives a picture of the mobilization around this case.
- IV549 - October 2020 / Greece, Far RightCADTM rejoices in the united anti-fascist mobilization in Athens on 7 October 2020 and the judgement against the neo-nazi Golden Dawn party
The CADTM congratulates demonstrators for the success of the united antifascist mobilisation in Athens this Wednesday 7 October, as well the Athens penal court for its decision to label the neo-nazi Golden Dawn party as a ‘criminal organization'.
- News from around the world / Far Right, GreeceDaily Dawn editorial on GB politics takes up the case of Baba Jan and others
This editorial was published in the English-language Pakistani daily newspaper Dawn on 8 October 2020.
- News from around the world / PakistanThe Hypocrisy of Baba Jan's Imprisonment
“The degree of tacit sympathy — explicitly fostered by the state — that has flooded the airwaves for people who slaughtered or tried to slaughter their fellow Pakistanis is rarely afforded to those engaged in nonviolent struggles for people's rights. There are few cases which illustrate this hypocritical standard of justice in Pakistan better than that of Baba Jan.”
- IV549 - October 2020 / PakistanJustice requires the legal system be abolished and replaced
The decision of the Kentucky Grand Jury ‒ a secret body ‒ to not file murder charges against the two white cops who killed Breonna Taylor shows the United States legal system is criminal, unjust and needs to be abolished and replaced.
- IV549 - October 2020 / USA, Anti-racism