The imposition of martial law by President Yoon Suk Yeol on December 3 was quickly defeated. This is good news, but not only that.

To protect its oil multinationals, the European Union has no qualms about funding the armies of African dictatorships. Cabo Delgado, in northern Mozambique, is home to a jihadist guerrilla group that began in 2017 with an attack on police stations in the town of Mocímboa da Praia. The group is made up of young people who have questioned the local population's Islamic practices, deeming them to be non-compliant.

The United States said it could impose a ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel. This was declared on 29 November for a period of 60 days. Just long enough for Biden to say that he had ‘done the job' and hand over to Trump at the end of January. An inglorious end to the reign of ‘Genocide Joe', who has spent the entire year supporting, arming and ultimately encouraging Israel's genocidal escalation.

On Sunday 24 November, the Frente Amplio (FA) won the second round of the presidential elections in Uruguay. The pairing of Yamandú Orsi and Carolina Cosse won 49.8% of the vote against 45.8% for the right-wing Partido Nacional. A clear victory. The coalition-movement, as it statutorily defines itself, won in 5 of the 19 departments, whereas previously it had only won in the 2 largest cities, Montevideo and Canelones. The FA won 16 out of 30 senatorial seats and 48 out of 99 deputy seats.

People Before Profit's (PBP) slogan during the election campaign was “End 100 years of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael”. [1] But now we are facing into yet another Fianna Fáil-Fine Gael (FF-FG) government. Why has this happened? Are we stuck in a never-ending Groundhog Day or does hope for radical change remain?

“Far from relying on one or another capitalist power, the future of the Syrian and Kurdish people must be decided by the self-organization of their popular classes, guaranteeing the freedoms of women, queer people and oppressed peoples.”

“In Europe, it will be in the interests of the peoples in struggle to allow themselves to be inspired and to learn from the Syrian revolutionary process, and to stand alongside it in the new period that is opening up, fraught with opportunities but also with dangers.”

“We welcome the end of his reign. We are in solidarity with the emancipatory and democratic aspirations of the Syrian people, which the Kurdish forces in particular are carrying forward.”

“The joy that engulfed Syrians with the fall of the Assad regime is accompanied by caution and fear in the future for democracy and freedoms.”

While observing the amazing historical events that unfolded since last Friday, the first thing that came to mind was relief and joy at the images of detainees being freed from the hell of the carceral society that Syria had become under the Assad family's regime. Our feelings were also overwhelmed by delight at the sight of Syrian families suddenly able to return from nearby exile, whether from another area within Syria or from Jordan, Lebanon or Turkey, to visit the towns and homes they were forced to flee from years ago. Add to this that the dream of millions of Syrian refugees, in the countries surrounding Syria and in Europe, of returning to their homeland, even if only for a visit, this dream that looked impossible a few days ago, has begun to seem achievable.

In the early morning of December 4, a man with a pistol assassinated Brian Thompson, CEO of UnitedHealth Group, one of the largest corporations in the world which was holding a meeting for investors in New York City. Police found shell casings marked with the words “depose,” “delay,” and “deny,” words often used by the health insurance industry when rejecting patients' claims. The shooter left a backpack in Central Park, found by the police, containing nothing but Monopoly game money, another implicit criticism of the industry.

The Left must avoid the twin traps of romanticization and defeatism. Instead, we must pursue a strategy of critical, progressive, international solidarity among popular forces in the region and throughout the world.

Mozambique, a Portuguese-speaking country in southern Africa, is used to cyclones, but it's experiencing a completely different storm. The storm was caused by the mass mobilisation against electoral fraud at the general elections on 9 October. While the authorities declared the victory as president of Daniel Chapo, the candidate of the ruling Frelimo party, with 71% of the vote, Venâncio Mondlane, the main opponent with 20% of the vote, is contesting the results. The mobilisations reflect a desire for change, but the opposition is far from representing a political alternative that will serve the people.

Spain is often regarded as a model in the fight against gender-based and sexual violence. Maria from Anticapitalistas spoke to l'Anticapitaliste.

On Thursday 21 November, Russian president Vladimir Putin ‘unveiled' a new weapon in his arsenal by ordering the launch of the hypersonic ‘Oreshnik' (hazelnut) intermediate-range missile. Was this a successful ‘test' or a demonstration of the impasse in his ‘special military operation'?

President Yoon Suk Yeol's declaration of martial law has sparked outrage in the streets and concern among South Korea's international allies.

The annual appeal of Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières.

After the vote of no confidence, let's finish with Macron and the 5th Republic!

The result was clear: 331 votes in favour of the no confidence motion. The Barnier government resigned and the austerity budget law fell. This illegitimate government, a symbol of Macron's decomposition of the Macron presidency, had no future. The promise of ever more austerity and authoritarianism has been rejected by the vast majority of the population.

In just a few days, after having remained relatively static for a few years, Syria has turned anew into a theatre of war of movement, in what looks like a resumption of the last major displacement of the battlefronts that took place in 2016, when the Assad regime regained control of Aleppo with Iranian and Russian support and Turkish complicity. Here we are now, facing a surprise attack accompanied by a sudden expansion of the forces of Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (Organization for the Liberation of al-Sham, i.e. Syria, commonly referred to by its Arabic acronym HTS), the Salafi jihadist group that has controlled the Idlib region in northwestern Syria since 2017.

As a candidate, Donald Trump threatened to put a 25% tariff on Mexican goods entering the United States and to close the Mexico-U.S. border, both actions that could have devastating consequences for Mexico and perhaps the United States as well. “This Tariff,” he wrote a few weeks ago, “will remain in effect until such time as Drugs, in particular Fentanyl, and all Illegal Aliens stop this Invasion of our Country!”