The following article written by Emma Lee, was first posted by Left Voice (USA). It describes yet another US police murder of an unarmed ethnic minority citizen. POLICE MURDER BRONX TEENAGER FOR CARRYING WATER GUN An off-duty corrections officer, Don Middleton, shot and killed 18-year-old Raymond Chaluisant, who was playing with a water gun while…
From Palestine to San Antonio, from Melilla to the Polish border – United for a world without walls
The following article on the murderous impact of walls upon migrants was first posted by Stop the Wall in their Urgent Letter Nº 3. FROM SAN ANTONIO TO PALESTINE, FROM MELILLA TO THE POLISH BORDER – UNITED FOR A WORLD WITHOUT WALLS This is hell. It’s on fire. Ghassan Kanafani, “Men in the Sun”…
Over 50 migrants found dead in Texas: Biden has blood on his hands
How little has changed in the USA following Biden’s election has been highlighted by the Supreme Court overthrow of the Roe v Wade ruling on abortion rights; and now by the death of more than fifty migrants in Texas. Robert Belano wrote this article for Left Voice (USA). OVER 50 MIGRANTS FOUND DEAD IN TEXAS:…
Why has Putin invaded Ukraine?
Allan Armstrong has written a two-part article, Why has Putin has invaded Ukraine? The first part was posted on bella caledonia and the Irish Left Archive. This has now been amended following the helpful comments from Connor Beaton, Nick Steff and Sairah Tariq. Part 2 has been posted on Allan’s Intfrobel blog. The contents of both…
On the frontier of whiteness? Expropriation, war and social reproduction in Ukraine
The following article written by Olena Lyubchenko was first posted by LeftEast. It addresses the tensions amongst the Ukrainian resistance to Russian imperial aggression. It opposes Ukrainian nationalist attempts to promote Ukraine’s future as a ‘white European nation’ and champions the Left’s attempt to locate the struggle within a global framework against all exploitation and…
Macron, the ‘President of the Rich’, reelected in France amid record abstention
The following article by Damien Bernard was posted by Left Voice (USA). Emmanuel Macron has won a second term as president of France in an election marked by record abstention. As he prepares to continue his war against French social gains, the Far Right is consolidating its base in opposition to the failures of Macronism.…
The human cargo of voluntary departure
The following article written by Mike Small first appeared in bella caledonia. It examines the ongoing assault on migrants, which has become the centre-piece of the Tories’ attacks on democratic right across the board in Brexit Britain , THE HUMAN CARGO OF VOLUNTARY DEPARTURE “Anyone entering the UK illegally… may now be relocated to…
An open letter from Asad Ghanem to the Ukrainian president
In an open letter, first published in Al Jazeera, political analyst Asad Ghanem urges the Ukrainian president to stop employing double standards and to support the Palestinian struggle. Dear Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Your recent speech before the Israeli Knesset was a disgrace when it comes to global struggles for freedom and liberation, particularly of the…
EL&SD coverage of Migration
The issue of migrants has been very important for the RCN. The RCN was central to getting the SSP to support the free movement of people and affiliating to ‘No One Is Illegal’. After ceasing to be a platform in the SSP on June 22nd 2012 , the RCN continued placing emphasis on…
‘From Pre-Brit to Ex-Brit’ update
EL&SD is posting a new conclusion to Allan Armstrong’s book From Pre-Brit to Ex-Brit FROM AN EX-BRIT END TO THE BRITISH UNIION AND EMPIRE IN AN ‘INTERNATIONALISM FROM BELOW’ CAMPAIGN FOR A EUROPEAN REPUBLIC TO A ‘UNIVERSALISM FROM BELOW’ GLOBAL COMMUNE Despite the claims of liberal EU supporters, the EEC did not bring peace to…