No Money, No Water, No life’ Introduction The ‘water question concentrates and reflects within itself all the elements of exploitation, oppression and discrimination’ that characterise our societies. It is no exaggeration to say that ‘the quality and condition of our whole society’ (whether national or international) ‘depends on water’. In South Africa, the realities of…
One of many elections in recent years was conducted in Venezuela on the 28th of July 2024. The official numbers showed a marginal victory for Maduro and unsurprisingly the right wing candidates decry election fraud, with the US jointing in the chant. But because they have been living a dystopic reality under Maduro’s rule the…
Presentation of the People’s Congress (Colombia) in the panel “The question of bottom-up organization and internationalism”, part of the conference of the Academy of Democratic Modernity “The Art of Freedom”. Part I – Introduction to the Political Struggle of the People’s Congress: The Colombian government is highly militarized within the region of Abya Yala, but…
Speech by Shadia Abdelmoneim, political secretary of the Sudanese Communist Party branch in Germany, entitled “The roots of the conflict and the Sudanese vision of democracy” in the panel “Between people’s power and liberal democracy – Traps and necessities in the struggle for liberation”. Dear comrades Companions in the struggle for a better world in…
Speech by Maurizio Coppola, member of the national coordination of Potere al Popolo in the panel «Between people’s power and liberal democracy – Traps and necessities in the struggle for liberation» This presentation aims to be a contribution to the strategic debate on “what is to be done?” in the specific context we entered in…
Speech by Raul Diaz, National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP, entitled “Perspectives of revolutionary organization in the Philippines” in the panel “The question of bottom-up organization and internationalism” Comrades and friends, Warm greetings from the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP). We are honored to have this opportunity to share with you our…
Self-determination and national liberation struggle in the Catalan Countries, Speech by the organisation Endavant from the Catalan countries in the panel: Perspectives of (national) self-determination and autonomy in the 21st century The Catalan Countries are geographically located in the south of the European continent and the west of the Mediterranean Sea. Administrative mainly under the…
Speech by Mahmut Şakar, lawyer of Abdullah Öcalan, from the Association for International Law and Democracy (MAF-DAD) in the panel “Perspectives of (national) Self-determination and autonomy on the 21st century”. In his presentation he elaborates on the proposals made by Öcalan, focusing on the Democratic Nation solution. The struggle for the liberation of Kurdistan, a…
In the following, we publish an interview with Sarah Raymundo from the organisation BAYAN in the Philippines about the political situation on the ground and the prospects for resistance. Could you present yourself and your organization? My name is Sarah Raymundo. I am an Assistant Professor at the Center for International Studies of the University…
The Art of Freedom: Strategies for organising & collective resistance / Event-Film of the Conference Over 180 people from 5 continents, 30 countries, and various organisations, movements and parties travelled to Basel from 17 to 19 November for the conference entitled “The Art of Freedom – Strategies for organising and collective resistance”, convened by the…
