Racist politicians are trying to use horrific New Year’s Eve attacks on women in German cities to push back against solidarity with refugees. Their attempts are also boosting racist groups.
French police shot a man dead in Paris on Thursday of last week. Their version of events rapidly went around the world’s media.
Over 250 refugees were deported from Beirut airport in Lebanon to Syria on Friday of last week.
French authorities were set to bulldoze huge swathes of the refugees’ “jungle” shantytown in Calais by the end of this week at just days’ notice.
Dozens of women were sexually assaulted on New Year’s Eve in Germany. But rather than connecting the events to everyday sexist violence, politicians and the media have turned to stoking up racism. Silke Stöckle and Marion Wegscheider respond in this article for socialist group Marx21
Britain’s military intervention in Syria has been exposed as a farce. Westminster’s warmongers argued that it was essential.
Protests erupted in Saudi Arabia and across the region after the Saudi regime executed Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr last Saturday.
Catalonia’s parliament looked set to call new elections after failing to form a government last Sunday.
Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu has announced a wave of repression against Palestinians in Israel.
Egypt’s military-backed president Abdel Fatah el Sisi is trying to build a facade of democracy around his dictatorship with the opening of parliament due on 10 January. But his repression of all opposition continues.
Elections last Sunday brought political instability--with big gains for left party Podemos, no prospect of a stable government, and a potentially decisive role for Catalan nationalists. The real test will be deepening resistance, argues Andy Durgan
The fascist Front National failed to win control of any regional councils in last week’s elections—but it won a record vote, says Dave Sewell
