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International Revolutionary Convergence V.1, Aug. 2020 [this article has been translated from French] Now that …

International Revolutionary Convergence V.1, Aug. 2020 [this article has been translated from French] In the …

International Revolutionary Convergence V.1, Aug. 2020 (written in April 2020) [this article has been translated …

Dozens of deaths, hundreds of wounded, civilians and soldiers: what recently was a disturbing skirmish …

On September 11, President Trump announced by Twitter that he had arranged a peace treaty making Bahrain “the second Arab country to make peace with Israel in 30 days.” …

Early this month the head of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis, published his view of the state of the world and he doesn’t think it’s pretty. …

On October 2, 1968, a peaceful demonstration of nearly 15,000 people took place in Mexico City. …

Young women in France are protesting against sexist clothing discrimination …

A week ago, the camp on Lesbos, a Greek island, caught fire. It held 12,000 people, which is four times the number of occupants the Greek government says could safely live there. …

50 miners died in Congo last week. They aren’t the first, and these types of disasters aren’t rare. The system of capitalism accepts the deaths of workers for profit. …

In a demonstration of the power of the working class, workers in Belarus have gone on strike in support of the protestors against state repression. …

On August 16, it was under this slogan that tens of thousands gathered in Minsk with flowers, balloons and flags …

A single massive chemical explosion at the port killed at least a 137 people and injured five thousand …

On July 26, the Iranian Supreme Court upheld death sentences against five Iranian activists …

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. …

On June 20, the city of Verkhoyansk in Siberia hit a record high temperature over 100 degrees. …

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

Just like Trump, Biden recently voiced his support for Juan Guaidó, the right-wing politician trying to take power in Venezuela. …

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 …

A recent study found that when temperatures increase past 89.6°F, tropical forests end up releasing CO2 …

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. …

Covid-19 and the Global Food Chain with Raj Patel …

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. …

Featured image credit: Faeez Safedien

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. …

Many workers are shocked that they are being made to return to work with promises of protective equipment when hospitals are short of it. …

“I am angry and I am outraged” is the cry from the heart of a psychologist from Mulhouse hospital …

As wealthy countries rush to protect capital, people around the world continue to suffer. …

Someone dies of coronavirus every ten minutes in Iran, according to the country’s health ministry. …

By March 23rd, there were over 370,000 cases of Coronavirus, including more than 16,000 deaths …