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On the Mecca Defense Pact

The search for alternatives has led Saudi Arabia, the most powerful and independent of the Gulf monarchies, to construct an alliance with Pakistan and Turkiye. Today, the pact has been formalized as the Mecca pact, involving three countries. This new defensive military alliance, grants Saudi Arabia security under Pakistan’s nuclear umbrella and the security of Turkish military power. For Turkiye and Pakistan, it provides reach into the wider Arabian Peninsula while for Pakistan, allows it both economic support from the Saudis (in exchange of military security) and potential for economic and diplomatic blackmail against India, as Saudi Arabia remains one of India’s main oil suppliers.
Middle East

26 de set de 2026
Nepal floods: The cost of global warming

Nepal floods: The cost of global warming
Over one thousand lives lost, countless villages and towns destroyed. The visuals of a raging torrent of mud soil and stone reducing concrete buildings to rubble will be forever etched into our collective memories. Far from being an abstract concept, this is what global warming looks like.
Nepal

15 de set de 2026

Turkiye: No to attacks on LGBTI+ organisations and activists! We stand with the oppressed!

Turkiye: No to attacks on LGBTI+ organisations and activists! We stand with the oppressed!
On the morning of September 13, we woke up to terrible news regarding the LGBTI+ movement in Turkey. Police raids were conducted on the homes of the board of directors and supervisory board members of Kaos GL Association. Numerous executives, including alternate members, were detained, and the association building was searched. News reports indicated that more than 10 LGBTI+ activists were taken into custody. At the center of the investigation are allegations of "obscenity" under Article 226 of the Turkish Penal Code and opposition to the Law on Associations.
Türkiye

14 de set de 2026

New British Prime Minister Andy Burnham: Saviour or More of the Same?

New British Prime Minister Andy Burnham: Saviour or More of the Same?
Whilst Burnham is a more capable and charismatic politician, despite his rhetorical claims, he is unlikely to reverse Thatcherism’s policies of privatisation and deregulation, and the anti-trade union legislation. Nor will he reverse the brutal immigration controls being introduced, as he voted for the Immigration and Asylum Bill at its second reading in July.
Britain

12 de set de 2026

Far-right breakthrough in Germany: A report from Saxony-Anhalt

Far-right breakthrough in Germany: A report from Saxony-Anhalt
On Sept. 6, the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (Alternative for Germany or AfD) trounced its opponents in the state election in Sachsen-Anhalt (Saxony-Anhalt) state. For the first time in German postwar history, a party of the far right has won a state election. Everyone here from the far left to the liberal center sees this as one of the darkest moments of German postwar history.
Germany

11 de set de 2026

The teachers’ struggle and the social movement in Mexico

The teachers’ struggle and the social movement in Mexico
Interview with a CNTE teacher  A writer for Workers’ Voice in the United States interviewed Francisco Bravo, a veteran Mexican teacher and social activist, and a member of the National Coordination of Education Workers (CNTE), a militant teachers’ organization within the National Union of Education Workers (SNTE). 1. What are the historical reasons behind the […]
Mexico

10 de set de 2026

We Stand With Peace, Against the Palace!

We Stand With Peace, Against the Palace!
While armed organizations in the region are losing strength, central states are being strengthened with the financial and diplomatic support of imperialism. This process has reached its current point because Erdoğan has either eliminated all centers of power within the state or made them dependent on himself.
Middle East

08 de set de 2026

SOCIALIST WORKERS’ LEAGUE OF PERU

SOCIALIST WORKERS’ LEAGUE OF PERU
The SOCIALIST WORKERS’ LEAGUE is a Trotskyist political current aspiring to become the Peruvian section of the IWL-FI. A handful of men and women from various regions of the country are organizing, determined to build the liberation tool that the workers and oppressed of Peru and the world need to free ourselves from the capitalist-imperialist yoke. With this supreme objective, we are giving birth to a new internationalist national organization, rooted in the need to contribute to resolving the crisis of global revolutionary leadership faced by workers and revolutionaries in Peru and around the world.
IWL-FI Statements

31 de ago de 2026

Self-Determination in Kashmir

Self-Determination in Kashmir
During the long march from Muzaffarabad last month, one in every five individuals were out on the march for the question of Kashmir. That question, is not limited to a fair share in the water resources of Kashmir, or the specific excesses of the police and armed forces on the people. It is not limited to the right to peacefully organize and agitate. The question being posed is the question of self-determination
Kashmir

30 de ago de 2026

Water crisis in Puerto Rico: Corruption, privatization, and political maneuvering threaten communities

Water crisis in Puerto Rico: Corruption, privatization, and political maneuvering threaten communities
Parts of the metropolitan area of Puerto Rico have experienced interruptions in drinking water service to their homes and businesses since the month of June. The threat of rationing has loomed over residents of the towns of Loíza and Canóvanas, while previous breakdowns in various areas were pushed to the back burner. Before the Superaqueduct broke, residents of Miraflores and Santurce had been without water for months, relying on water tankers and draining their personal finances.
Puerto Rico

28 de ago de 2026

Jadavpur and the attack on education in India

Jadavpur and the attack on education in India
On the 19th of August, the General Body meeting of FETSU (Faculty of Engineering and Technology Students Union) was attacked by the thugs of the BJP aligned students’ union ABVP (Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad), who claimed that this meeting was illegitimate. It must be understood that these attacks are not new, for long Jadavpur University has been a thorn in the eyes of the BJP and the Hindutva movement.
India

23 de ago de 2026

PSTU National Convention Confirms Hertz Dias’s Candidacy for Country’s President

PSTU National Convention Confirms Hertz Dias’s Candidacy for Country’s President
On Friday night (the 31st) in São Paulo, The Unified Socialist Workers Party (or PSTU) officially announced their nomination of Hertz Dias' for President and Vanessa Portugal, a professor from Minas Gerais, for Vice President in the 2026 elections. The certification took place during the party's National Electoral Convention at the headquarters of the Metro Workers' Union in São Paulo, bringing together leaders, militants, and supporters from different regions of the country.
Brazil

22 de ago de 2026

The long struggle against proxy wars in Iraq

The long struggle against proxy wars in Iraq
Speaking to relatives living in Iraq during this most recent eruption of war into their lives, I could only come away with a sense of admiration bordering on awe at their resilience. In phone conversations, they spoke about continuing to lead their daily lives as if the bombs are not falling, about having been through worse in the past, and about their commitment to maintain their dignity and moments of joy as states much more powerful than theirs kick Iraq around like a football.
Iraq

20 de ago de 2026

Afghanistan, 5 Years After the Occupation

Afghanistan, 5 Years After the Occupation
On August 15, 2021, U.S. occupation forces withdrew from Afghanistan, putting an end to a criminal occupation that lasted 20 years — during which U.S. imperialism invested around 300 million dollars per day to sustain a corrupt puppet government, as well as a military force that committed all types of human rights violations against the Afghan population. In the five years since the end of the U.S. occupation, the new regime led by the Taliban has imposed a monopoly on violence in the hands of the State, securing de jure diplomatic recognition from Russia and de facto recognition from all of its neighbors, as well as international powers.
Afghanistan

19 de ago de 2026

Urgent assistance for victims and a reconstruction plan under workers’ and people’s control

Urgent assistance for victims and a reconstruction plan under workers’ and people’s control
An earthquake is a sudden, abrupt natural movement caused by the release of energy accumulated in tectonic plates. The Earth’s movement is natural and, to a certain extent, unpredictable. But it is not natural for buildings to collapse as a result of that movement. If they collapse, it is because they are poorly constructed or have not been properly maintained. Nor is it natural for people to die under the rubble because fire and rescue departments are insufficient and poorly equipped, because they live in regions without roads such as Chocó, or because the collapsed building is a hospital.
Colombia

15 de ago de 2026