Mass protests against fuel price hikes in Keralam

https://tankie.tube/w/wjNgtkZ3hcUDcYV1e18Wzf

Mass protests against fuel price hikes in Keralam

PeerTube

The actual most interesting man in the world.

"[A]s #Morin always insisted, truth is complex. So, too, was his career, which in many ways reflects the origin story of the #French #intellectual. Born as #EdgarNahoum in #Paris in 1921, his parents were #Jewish immigrants from #Salonica, a city that had been home to #Greece’s largest Jewish community until #WorldWarII. (Nearly 90% of the community, some 54,000 men, women, and children were eventually murdered in #Nazi #deathcamps.) A precocious student, #Nahoum spent his days in libraries studying #German philosophers like #Hegel and his nights in cinemas studying French films directed by the likes of #MarcelPagnol.

Yet everything changed, including his name, come #France’s defeat and #occupation by #NaziGermany in 1940. Making his way to the Unoccupied Zone, the 20-year-old Nahoum, who had been a pacifist before the war, soon joined both the banned #CommunistParty and the #FrenchResistance."

https://forward.com/culture/828986/edgar-morin-france-appreciation-104-jewish-intellectual-complexity-events/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

In the course of his 104 years, he resisted the Nazis, fought against blood libel and became a towering Jewish intellectual

Edgar Morin reveled in the complexity of events; his life became an expression of his philosophy

The Forward

Workers protest outside the parliament building in Lisbon in December 2025 as part of a general strike against an anti-worker package of labor law ...

LISBON—This Wednesday, on June 3, Portuguese workers will once again walk off the job in a massive general strike in an attempt to deliver a second blow to a right-wing government that refuses to implement workers’ demands.#labor #world #communistparty #generalstrike #labormovement #portugal
Portuguese workers gear up for second general strike in six months

Portuguese workers gear up for second general strike in six months

LISBON—This Wednesday, on June 3, Portuguese workers will once again walk off the job in a massive general strike in an attempt to deliver a second blow to a right-wing government that refuses to implement workers’ demands.

People's World
On Ilaiyaraaja's 83rd birthday, revisit the little-known story of how the future music maestro campaigned for Communist candidate Rosamma Punnoose during Kerala's historic 1958 Devikulam by-election. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/movies-music/news/when-14-year-old-ilaiyaraaja-campaigned-for-communist-candidate-in-kerala-euvd2ftp?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Ilaiyaraaja #Kerala #Birthday #CommunistParty #TamilCinema
The Communist Party of Britain has condemned alleged raids and arrests targeting CPM leaders in India, calling it political repression and expressing solidarity with Indian communists https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/world/cpb-condemns-state-action-india-ed-raid-pinarayi-x7t7unnj?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #CommunistParty #EDRaidAtPinarayiHouse #PinarayiVijayan #Britain

Wednesday, May 20, 2026

Yet another Russian oil refinery hit -- 82 years after Soviet deportation, Crimean Tatars living under Russia's constant terror -- Russia threatens Latvia over unfounded claims of Ukrainian drone launch plans -- China secretly trained Russian soldiers who later fought in Ukraine ... and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/05/wednesday-may-20-2026/

This week in history: May 11-17

Berlusconi returns to power in Italy; Terry Tyler arrested in Louisiana; Battle of Soyang River in Korean War; British General Strike betrayed.

World Socialist Web Site
Hungary's history from the 1956 revolution to Viktor Orban's defeat reinforces for China's leaders that even limited political openness can trigger challenges to one-party rule. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/05/05/world/orban-defeat-lesson-for-china/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #china #viktororban #hungary #russia #vladimirputin #communistparty #ccp #josefstalin
What China will learn from Orban’s defeat

The lesson Mao drew from these events was that under one-party rule, an opening for dissent can easily ignite rebellion.

The Japan Times

This upcoming Workers Circle event with @annsplaining Anthony Russell and Elissa Sampson looks great. 🕵️
https://www.circle.org/events/iwo-popular-front-to-cold-war?blm_aid=1086450

#Yiddish #IWO #Communism #CommunistParty #JewishLeft #ArbeterRing

The International Workers Order: From Popular Front to Cold War — The Workers Circle

How did the International Workers Order navigate Jewish and leftist political communities and organize for justice before, during, and in the wake of the second World War? 

The Workers Circle