European leaders scrambled to resist a US-backed draft plan for Ukraine that includes no NATO membership, recognizing Russian-held territories, and capping Ukraine’s military. Mainstream commentators quickly proposed that accepting such terms would amount to Ukraine’s capitulation. Yet other analysts noted that European leaders’ concerns appear less about Ukraine’s future and more about shielding themselves from fallout. 📲 Read the full article on our website.

#PeoplesHistory | Today we remember Nela Martínez Espinosa, a revolutionary, writer, and the first woman legislator of Ecuador. From a very young age, Nela Martínez stood up against oppression. When she was 10 or 11, she joined a protest of Indigenous farmworkers against her own father. From there, her life was an exceptional demonstration of left-wing militancy and support for the oppressed peoples of the world. She was a communist leader and militant and one of the most important figures in the Solidarity movement with Cuba. On her birthday, we remember her defiance against machismo and oppression in Ecuador, her vision to liberate women, and her fire in the fight.

Workers across sectors and regions in India have taken to the streets to oppose the extreme-right-wing government’s decision to implement four new labor codes. The protesters have deemed the codes anti-labor and demanded their immediate withdrawal. In several cities, workers took out protest marches and burned the copies of the labor codes. Unions and progressive groups have warned of larger protests to oppose the legislation. 📲 Read the full article on our website.

“The battle on Sunday, November 30, is between two models: the oligarchic model and the democratic socialist model,” said current President Castro, who highlighted her government’s progress in reducing poverty, promoting equality, and encouraging citizen participation, and asked Hondurans to support this model. The opposition has launched a national and international campaign to delegitimize the results of the November 30 election. In recent weeks, the United States, the Organization of American States (OAS), and the European Union have expressed concern about possible irregularities that could occur during the November 30 election. For weeks, media outlets and personalities associated with the Honduran right wing have been using a familiar script, raising the alarm that electoral fraud is being prepared in favor of progressive Moncada. These voices have been joined by several right-wing Latin American politicians, such as Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, who called for the defense of votes during and after the election. Corina Machado said in a video, “Your presence is a powerful and legitimate civic way to defend democracy. At times like this, the collective strength of those who believe in freedom and in the future of their families is invincible.” Honduran President Xiomara Castro and LIBRE candidate Rixi Moncada have stated that the Honduran and international right wing is maneuvering to delegitimize the upcoming elections, in which their party has a significant chance of winning. According to LIBRE’s top leaders, what they are seeking is to promote international disregard for the elections. 📲 Read the full article on our website.

#PeoplesHistory | Today we mark the death anniversary of Fidel Castro Ruz, the leader of the Cuban Revolution and one of the most influential thinkers and political leaders in the history of the Americas. From building the July 26 Movement, which overthrew the Batista dictatorship, to leading the Cuban revolutionary process through impressive triumphs and seemingly insurmountable challenges, Fidel, through his actions and his thoughts, has inspired millions of people in Latin America and the Caribbean and across the world.

Today is #25N, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. The day, wherein people across the world call for an end to gender based violence and oppression, was inspired by the Mirabal sisters and their heroic struggle against repression and dictatorship. ➡️Swipe to learn the history behind #25N.

More than 2,350 people have been arrested since the British government banned the direct-action group Palestine Action earlier this year, including over 250 detained during peaceful protests this month alone. Since the proscription in July, people across the country have mobilized against the government’s repression of Palestine solidarity, intensifying their activities ahead of a legal review of the ban scheduled to begin on Wednesday, November 26. 📲 Read the full article on our website.

Israeli warplanes launched a deadly airstrike on a residential building in the Haret Hreik area, in the southern suburb (Dahiyeh) of the Lebanese capital, Beirut, on the evening of November 23. The aerial aggression resulted in the assasination of Hezbollah Chief of Staff Haytham Tabatabai (also known as Sayyed Abu Ali), and four other members of the Lebanese resistance group. The slain members were identified as Mustafa Bero, Rifaat Hussein, Qassem Barjawi, and Ibrahim Hussein. 📲 Read the full article on our website.

In Burkina Faso, agroecology flourishes as an act of resistance. In a country where more than 80% of the active population makes their living off agriculture, peasant movements and social organizations have defended the production of healthy food and food self-sufficiency as a path to liberation from the wounds left by French neocolonialism. Leading this effort is the Yelemani Association, founded in 2009 by Blandine Sankara, sister of revolutionary leader and former president Thomas Sankara, who governed the country from 1983 to 1987, when he was assassinated. 📲 Read the full article by Pedro Stropasolas of Brasil de Fato on our website.

Nine years after his death, we look back at some of the most relevant themes in Fidel Castro’s final writings after stepping down as President of Cuba. Castro’s final texts always called for organization, for not giving up the strength of will, for continuing to think and work toward another future, one that is not at the mercy of the designs of a few. In short, as Romain Rolland stated and Gramsci popularized, Fidel’s thinking perfectly executed the maxim “Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will.” 📲 Read the full article on our website.