Kenya’s ‘anti-people’ Finance Bill met with widespread opposition as cost of living soars
Amid rising debt payments the Kenyan government has proposed new tax and levy regimes in the Finance Bill 2023. Unions and left forces, especially the Communist Party of Kenya, have argued that the measures will further burden workers while they are already struggling under an economic crisis
The enduring significance of Ruth First’s life and words
The International Union of Left Publishers has released a collection of five essays written by Ruth First, a leading communist, anti-apartheid activist, and journalist, who was assassinated by the white supremacist South African regime in 1982
Indian workers remain alive to the class struggle despite decades of neoliberal onslaught
A new dossier by the Tricontinental Institute for Social Research examines the impact of years of neoliberal policies on the Indian working class and the long struggle by workers across sectors to protect their basic rights
Entre la crisis del sector público y las restricciones a la inmigración, los trabajadores sanitarios de Zimbabue tienen pocas opciones
Zimbabue ha anunciado planes para penalizar la contratación en el extranjero de sus trabajadores sanitarios. Más de 4.000 trabajadores sanitarios han abandonado el país desde 2021, mientras el sistema de salud pública sigue enfrentándose a problemas de bajos salarios y falta de infraestructuras.
Socialist Movement of Ghana calls for urgent public health response to new malaria threat
The invasive, malaria-transmitting Anopheles stephensi mosquito has been detected in Ghana for the first time. The species can survive in high temperatures and urban areas, posing new challenges for disease response and control
Between an ailing public sector and migration curbs, Zimbabwe’s health workers left with few options
Zimbabwe has announced plans to criminalize the foreign recruitment of its health workers. Over 4,000 health workers have left the country since 2021, as the public health system continues to face issues of low pay and lack of infrastructure
Sovereign debts, colonial roots: IMF and the engineering of a ‘permanent crisis’ in Africa
A dossier by the Tricontinental Institute for Social Research examines the role of the IMF and other institutions in perpetuating a “permanent debt crisis” in Africa and, broadly, the Global South, outlining ways to free countries from this neocolonial trap
Indian workers and farmers unite against Modi government’s ‘Corporate-Sectarian Nexus’
On April 5, 100,000 workers, farmers, and agricultural workers held a unity rally in Delhi in rejection of the pro-corporate, anti-poor policies and sectarian politics of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party