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People in Guadeloupe and Martinique have been protesting against the social problems caused by French control. …

In the French West Indies, Guadeloupe and Martinique, an explosive social movement has been underway for weeks against the imposition of mandatory vaccination in workplaces and the institution of a health pass. …

On Monday, November 8, the Argentine judiciary sentenced the activists Daniel Ruiz and Cesar Arakaki …

In September, angry workers have gone on strike in several bus stations in Ile-de-France (the area surrounding Paris). …

Macron is attempting to scapegoat anti-vaxxers to deflect blame from his own government’s failures in handling the pandemic. …

The government is hesitating because it is caught between two fires – the need to show its electorate and the bosses that it is taking back the initiative, and the fear of reigniting a dynamite stick – social struggles. The abstention disrupted their well-oiled electoral system. But it will soon be forgotten. …

On June 27, 1954, the democratically elected president of Guatemala, Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán, was deposed in a CIA-sponsored coup to protect the profits of the United Fruit Company …

Voters in France show who they support in the regional elections: none of the above! …

Our fraternal organization in France urged a vote for Lutte Ouvriere in the June 20 election. …

Sanofi is laying off workers, including researchers, while paying dividends, and it has not been able to develop a COVID-19 vaccine. …

Oil refinery workers in Grandpuits, France, have been on strike against the closure of their plant. …

The lockdown has been devastating, especially for young people …

Guatemalans are saying enough is enough. …

Editorial of Convergences Revolutionnaires published by the Etincelle fraction of the New Anti-Capitalist Party (NPA) …

Since November 9, a mass movement of workers, the poor, and youth has swept across …

November 7, 2020 Translated from Convergences revolutionnaires, a publication of the fraction Etincelle of the …

Mobilizations forced the French government to take action. …

The protests in Belarus against the authoritarian Lukashenko have continued. …

October 30, 2020 – Translated from an article in Convergences Revolutionnaires, a publication of Etincelle …

Chile has voted out the Pinochet constitution, “but ballots don’t feed us” …

The people of Thailand have been protesting against the monarchy and the corruption of the government. …

Nigerians have been protesting against the brutality of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad police unit. …

Since 1944, the United States and Mexico have shared water across their border, with the …

October 19, 2020 – Editorial of “The Etincelle” (The Spark) workplace newsletters in France {An …

The southern side of the U.S.-Mexico border is dotted with maquilas – companies contracted with U.S. corporations to run factories employing workers at poverty wages …

Jair Bolsonaro, has just tested positive for COVID-19. …

In late March, India implemented one of the world’s most severe lockdowns …

White-supremacist organizations and individuals have taken to Twitter to promote their violent agenda …

This year we will surpass 418 parts per million of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere …

Climate disruption is just one of the ways human life is threatened due to the massive destruction to the environment …

On June 4, protesters in Hong Kong held their annual vigil for the victims at Tienanmen Square …

Super Cyclone Amphan devastated parts of Bangladesh and India last week. …

Schools in France re-opened May 11, at least in the areas where the virus has spread the least …

American-made weapons are still killing thousands of innocent people in Yemen, a country experiencing one of the world’s largest humanitarian crises …

For months, hospital staff in France have been fighting for better pay. Then, during the crisis, they were sent to the front without ammunition: a lack of PPE …

Government-endorsed deforestation in the Amazon rainforest threatens genocide of indigenous communities while increasing the risk of more pandemics and wildfires. …

Mass protests have broken out again in Iraq after the nomination of a new prime minister, Mustafa al-Kadhimi. …

World leaders held a virtual meeting on Monday, May 4, to raise funds for COVID-19 vaccine research. Notably absent were any representatives from the U.S. or Russia. …

Huge, often violent, protests have rocked Lebanese cities in recent days. While the COVID-19 crisis may be a contributing factor, they are in fact a continuation of …

The struggles of the international working class continue, and we draw our inspiration from them. …

The COVID-19 pandemic has been slow to reach most of Africa compared to Europe and the United States. But that is changing. …

Since the outbreak of COVID-19, there have been many exceptions to the labor laws that have resulted in deteriorating working conditions for many. …

Around the world, prisoners are stuck in overcrowded facilities where the risk of getting COVID-19 is high. …

The deep social inequality in Ecuador is a key reason the country has been vulnerable to this pandemic …

By now, COVID-19 has spread around the world, to every continent where human beings live. …

Le Monde (the world), a French newspaper, reported on two recent polls of the French …

This post is translated from French from: https://www.convergencesrevolutionnaires.org/ Around the World in 20 minutes Sunday, …

Bolsonaro and the Brazilian bosses don’t think they need to pay attention to what ordinary working people need. …