The United Auto Workers on Friday became the largest U.S. union to endorse a cease-fire in Gaza as Israel resumed its bombardment of the Palestinian territory following a weeklong pause. By Groundxero Dec 02, 2023 The UAW, the largest union in US have called for a ceasefire. It represents 400,000 workers in the US and more […]
“Only a negotiated cease-fire can pave the way to addressing the current humanitarian crisis, the release of all hostages, and a long-term solution to this conflict,” said one campaigner. JESSICA CORBETT Nov 29, 2023 Almost a million Americans signed petitions from half a dozen civil society organizations demanding that U.S. President Joe Biden […]
On the International Day in Solidarity with the Palestinian People, on November 29, people across the world expressed their solidarity demanding immediate complete cease-fire in Gaza and a fully liberated Palestine. November 30, 2023 by Groundxero Every year, November 29 marks the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. It’s a day to remember that […]
“This day of action grows every year because the movement to hold Amazon accountable keeps getting bigger and stronger,” said the head of UNI Global Union. By JAKE JOHNSON Nov 24, 2023 Amazon workers and allies in dozens of countries around the world took to the streets Friday to protest the e-commerce behemoth’s […]
Groundxero | 8 July, 2023 A joint study conducted by Oxfam and Action Aid shows that 722 of the world’s top corporations made combined windfall profits of $1 trillion per year in 2021 and 2022 as people across the planet struggled to meet basic needs due to rising prices of food and fuel. Oxfam and ActionAid found that these […]
After one of the closest presidential elections in Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of the Workers’ Party emerged the winner against the far-right incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro. Lula’s victory underlines the decisive shift to the left in Latin American politics. The change began with the election in 2018 of Andres Manuel Lopez in Mexico, […]
Russia has been deservedly suspended from the UNHRC. But, was this the result of ethical judgement by the international community? Why did this community as well as international media turn a blind eye to the many instances of human rights violations and war crimes by the US and its allies in the two Gulf Wars, […]
Nearly 40 years after the Cold War, Europe is once again tense and divided. While the United States and the European Union has sided with Ukraine, China has been overtly and covertly backing Russia. A lot of commentators are tempted to speak about the spectres of World War III. While we might debate about the […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was scheduled to visit to Punjab and address a public rally at Ferozepur on 5 January,Wednesday. He was supposed to lay the foundation stone of multiple development projects worth over Rs 42,750 crore in the state. However, the event had to be canceled, because of empty chairs at the rally ground […]
A report on the Student Solidarity March 2021 held in many cities across Pakistan on Friday demanding lifting of the ban on campus politics and student unions in universities and colleges in Pakistan. Thousands of students from universities and colleges across Pakistan took to the streets for restoration of their democratic right to form […]
#Striketober marks the first time large numbers of American workers are participating in the first truly transnational labor mobilizations to ever take place in the United States. These mobilizations are dedicated to recognizing, respecting, and representing all forms of labor. Their ethos is best summed up by a popular slogan of the workers: “respect us, […]
ভারত সহ বিশ্বের বামপন্থীরা কি এবারেও সেই ভুল করবে, যা তারা ১৯৭৭-৭৯ সালের ইরানের ‘বিপ্লবের’ সময় করেছিল? সেখানে আমেরিকার দালাল রেজা শাহ পহলবির বিরুদ্ধে গণ-অভ্যুত্থান শুরু হওয়ার সময়েও কমিউনিস্টদের এবং গণতান্ত্রিক মানুষদের শক্তি একেবারে কম ছিল না। কিন্তু যতই ধর্মগুরুরা এই ‘বিপ্লবের’ নেতৃত্ব চলে এল, ততই তাদেরই ‘সাম্রাজ্যবাদ বিরোধিতার’ নিরিখে বেশি সমর্থনযোগ্য মনে করল বাইরের […]
The Network of Women in Media, India stands in solidarity with journalists and all other beleaguered civilians in Afghanistan, especially women, as the situation rapidly deteriorates amidst the Taliban take-over of the country. AUGUST 17, 2021 The Network of Women in Media, India stands in solidarity with journalists and all other beleaguered civilians in […]
On 1 February 2021, the Myanmar military staged a coup and grabbed political power from the people’s elected representatives in pursuit of their own interests. While anti-coup demonstrations are taking place across Myanmar, in the ethnic regions military offensives are increasing and people are being displaced by the on-going armed conflict. The root of these decades-long civil […]
This urgent appeal has been written in collaboration with activists and intellectuals living in Russia. If you are willing to sign it please send your signature by email to polsolidaritycall@gmail.com. At the end of January 2021, a wave of mass protests swept through all of Russia’s major cities. The occasion for these protests was the […]