the man who would lead the south africans struggle to end the racial segregation and created a multi-racial democracy.
A young girl in India longs to be in school. She watches through the window and the gracious teacher calls her in. But when she sits down, the boys shift over to one side to be away from her.
(9th October 1967)
Che Guevara was gone
Brussels 11-03-2010 - "We have always opposed this fisheries agreement as it considered Western Saharan waters as Moroccan, therefore recognising Morocco's occupation of Western Sahara and making the EU an accessory to this occupation" the GUE/NGL MEPs said in the European Parliament.
The EU-Morocco Fisheries Agreement is both politically controversial and in violation of international law and the legitimate rights of Saharawi people.
EU should cancel its highly unethical operations, and go fishing somewhere else. No fishing in Western Sahara should take place until the conflict is solved.
The EL parties demand the fulfilment of international legality and the celebration of a referendum of self-determination, so that the People of Western Sahara can freely decide their own destiny. MORE
Roma population situation will be on the table Today afternoon when MEPs discuss an upcoming Roman summit, held on 8 April in Cordoba, Spain.
The Parliament's rapporteur for the EU strategy on Roma inclusion is Hungarian MEP Lívia Járóka who is... more
Today we celebrate the 100th anniversary of “Women’s Day”, which was established at the second International Conference of Socialist Women in Copenhagen in 1910. It was proposed by the campaigner Clara Zetkin.
To celebrate this day and the... more
Women of the Democratic Republic of the Congo are, sometimes, raped until ten times a year. The non-governmental organizations that operate locally advice them to go to the hospital, which is often more than 125 miles away from the towns where they... more
“Some states are being arrogant in relation to Greece and it is embarrassing that the German banks keep receiving money from the state and use it to make profit of Greece’s situation”, Lothar Bisky, President of EL and GUE/NGL said today.
The... more
Mumia Abu-Jamal, journalist and author condemned for homicide in 1981, is nowadays the only North American political prisoner in death row.
From the beginning, the prosecution required his execution for the death of a police officer, even if... more
The Foundation L’Alternativa, Esquerra Unida i Alternativa, the party of European Left, in collaboration with “DEMPEUS per la Salut Pública Salut”, have met in Barcelona to do a workshop on the subject “HEALTH AND SOCIAL DETERMINANTS IN... more
The streets of Greece were full of protesters yesterday. Two million people from the public sector went on strike.
The country's airspace was blocked to all flights, trains and ferries were also cancelled, schools were shut and public services... more
On 28th June 2009, a coup d’état took place in Honduras against the government of Jose Manuel Zelaya Rosales. Despite condemnations and sanctions from the international community the Honduras is still facing a very important democratic crisis. What... more
Following the big natural disaster that happened in Madeira some days ago, we would like to express our solidarity with the people in suffer and pain for what happened.
Torrential rains, high winds and high seas have caused the death of around 50... more
The Dutch troops should be removed from Afghanistan until the final of the year, according to declaration of the just-renounced prime-minister of the country, Jan Peter Balkenende: “If nothing else will take its place, then it ends”, he stated... more
Last week, MEPs have discussed Burma’s people situation in Parliament. The opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize Aung San Suu Kyi is held under house arrest since 1990.
The country will have the first elections after 20 years, marked by internal... more
Drifa Snaedal from the Left-Green Movement Party of Iceland, confesses her concern regarding the situation of the country and the entrance in the UE.
Surrounded by soya fields in the Brazilian Amazon, six survivors - the last of their tribe - dance.
The President of EL and GUE/NGL met the President Rafael Correa, in Brussels, to discuss further intensification of the cooperation process
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