The Indian government is “choosing to stand with genocidal Israel” activists warn ahead of Modi’s visit to Israel
Protesters demanded the cancellation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s scheduled visit to Israel next week, accusing his ultra-right-wing government of “double speak” on the issue of Palestine.
Iran condemns the US blockade of Cuba
In the decades since Cuba’s revolution in 1959, successive US administrations have targeted Cuba through the blockade, assassination attempts, media campaigns, and more. These attacks have intensified under the Trump administration.
Conservative BNP sweeps Bangladesh elections with over two-thirds majority in the parliament
The absence of Sheikh Hasina and her Awami League, banned from participating in the elections, presented a rightward shift in the country’s polity benefiting the BNP, which was out of power for almost two decades.
300 million on the streets in a historic national strike in India
The strike was called jointly by the worker unions and farmers groups to demand the withdrawal of the anti-people policies, such as the four new labor codes and the recently signed trade deals with the US and the EU.
Bangladesh heads to first national elections since the fall of Hasina government
Apart from the election for the National Assembly, around the Bangladeshi electorate will also vote in a referendum on proposed changes to the country’s constitution and political system
India is gearing up for a historic worker-farmer’s strike on February 12
Millions will stop work on Thursday demanding the withdrawal of the new anti-worker labor codes, restoration of the rural employment guarantee act, and the protection of the country’s sovereignty and the secular-democratic constitution.
Hundreds of thousands participated in a national strike in Pakistan against the conservative government’s policies
Protests were organized to observe the second anniversary of national elections considered rigged by the opposition and to demand Pakistan’s withdrawal from the so-called Board of Peace for Gaza.
Trump endorses right-wing Takaichi as Japan heads to the polls on February 8
The Takaichi-led conservative coalition has tried to maximize its electoral prospects by promises of balancing its militaristic nationalism with the growing economic concerns of the people