Press Team

This weekend in London, DiEM25 co-founder and @mera25_gr leader @yanisvaroufakis will join @jeremycorbyn, @johnmcdonnellMP, @Lowkey0nline and many others for #Marxism2022.
Check out the full program and get your ticket!
https://socialistworker.co.uk/marxismfestival/

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The arrest of Indian human rights activist @TeestaSetalvad is yet another attempt to suppress the truth about the 2002 Gujarat pogrom that resulted in the death of thousands — the large majority of whom were Muslim – under the then chief minister Narendra Modi.

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With or without Boris Johnson, real political change in the UK is far away

Whether he staggers pointlessly on for another year, or a few weeks, the prospect of any replacement grasping the urgencies looks dim at best

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"It’s difficult in this day and age to write an essay about freedom when the word has been co-opted by so many people who use a bastardised definition of the word to advance the destruction of others." — PI Council member @Nanjala1 for the Blueprint. https://progressive.international/blueprint/5d810ed5-8dd9-4b16-9e22-9095707fdcaa-desire/en

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The so-called fight between ‘liberals’ & ‘right-wing populists’ is a lie. No matter who “wins”, a system of undemocratic decision-making will be maintained.
But there's another path. One that “official Europe” resists with every part of its mindset: a democratic revolution!

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EU allows profits from illegally occupied lands | interview with Senator Frances Black & Omar Shakir

Officially, the EU opposes annexation and considers illegal settlements in occupied territories an obstacle to international peace and stability.
However, as with many other cases, what the EU states is far from its practices. Trade is still allowed between the European Single Market and these ...

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BREAKING: The Progressive International lands in Hewlêr/Erbil in Iraqi Kurdistan as Turkey wages a NATO-backed war on the Kurdish people and other ethnic and religious communities. Read the statement now: https://progressive.international/wire/2022-06-07-we-are-mobilizing-against-erdoans-assault-on-the-kurdish-people-/en/

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URGENT🚨: The paramilitary Aguilas Negras has released another set of death threats ahead of Colombia's presidential elections this Sunday. “Death to all those who support Francia Marquez and Gustavo Petro.”

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This is 17-year old Saddam al-Sabooli. He was killed in a drone strike authorised by Obama with eleven other civilians, including two more children and a pregnant woman, as they returned home from a market on September 2, 2012, in Yemen. https://twitter.com/BarackObama/status/1529264954636914688

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"It’s difficult in this day and age to write about freedom when the word has been co-opted by so many people who use a bastardised definition of the word to advance the destruction of others and yet..."
@Nanjala1 for our Futures of Freedom collection. https://progressive.international/blueprint/5d810ed5-8dd9-4b16-9e22-9095707fdcaa-desire/en/

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In Algeria, when a divorced woman remarries, she loses custody of her children — unlike a man who can remarry unconditionally. For several months, Algerian women have been protesting to have the law changed. https://progressive.international/wire/2022-05-19-in-algeria-divorced-mothers-mobilize-for-the-custody-of-their-children/en/

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STATEMENT: Members of the Progressive International Council — including @Linaattalah, @yanisvaroufakis, @ekurkcuHDP, @avilarenata, @ammaralijan and others — stand in solidarity with Egyptian/British writer and human rights activist Alaa Abdel Fattah. https://progressive.international/wire/2022-05-18-progressive-international-stands-with-alaa-abdel-fattah/en

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United against repression: DiEM25 condemns Berlin’s ban on Nakba commemorations

With several other organisations, we stand against this attack on individual rights DiEM25 has joined several other organisations and civil ...

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On #NakbaDay, people in the capital of the biggest country in Europe are banned – yes, banned – from staging any public commemorations.
With several other organisations, we join the @SamidounPP in condemning Berlin's outrageous decision. #Nakba74
https://diem25.org/united-against-repression-diem25-condemns-berlins-ban-nakba-commemorations/

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On #NabkaDay, people in the capital of the biggest country in Europe are banned – yes, banned – from staging any public commemorations.
With several other organisations, we join the @SamidounPP in condemning Berlin's outrageous decision. #Nakba74
https://diem25.org/united-against-repression-diem25-condemns-berlins-ban-nakba-commemorations/

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"We have to learn to listen. Solidarity doesn't only allow you to grow as a person but giving to others, but also by listening to others and learning from them."
Aleida Guevara — doctor, activist, and daughter of Che Guevara — speaks about the power of international solidarity.

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The Israeli apartheid will only end as a result international support to Palestinians. With several other organisations, we support an initiative that calls on the EU to end trade with illegal settlements.
Sign the petition now: https://stopsettlements.org
#StopTradeWithSettlements

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EU authoritarianism: Two sides of the same coin

The far-right and the neoliberal Establishment. Why does the European Council want to punish one while cheering on the other?

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DiEM25 and @mera25_de members on the streets in Berlin, Frankfurt and other German cities on #InternationalWorkersDay! ✊ https://twitter.com/mera25_de/status/1520719303250751490

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What's the difference between a refugee from Ukraine and one from Syria? Why are some lives more valuable to the EU than others?
Frontex is the EU's best-funded agency. That's how your tax money is being put to use.
It has to stop. https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/apr/28/revealed-eu-border-agency-involved-in-hundreds-of-refugee-pushbacks

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