Students injured in demonstration against record fuel price hike in Bangladesh
A day after the government raised the prices of diesel, kerosene and petrol by upto 51%, left-leaning student unions including the Progressive Student Alliance demonstrated against the unprecedented hike that will majorly impact the lower class
UN Security Council holds emergency meeting to discuss Gaza amid fragile truce
Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Tor Wennesland reported during the meeting that in three days, Israel had carried out 147 airstrikes which killed 46 Palestinians, including 16 children, and injured 360 more
Protest by contract workers at emergency accommodation center in France ends in victory
Undocumented contract workers at the emergency reception center in Ibis Hotel in Bagnolet, Seine-Saint-Denis, protested demanding full salaries, recognition, and documents from their employer required for their regularization
Italian court orders release of Piacenza trade unionists from house arrest
As persecution of trade unionists and activists continues in Italy, trade unions and other progressive sections are organizing militant struggles against the exploitation of the working class
Gustavo Petro and Francia Márquez take office in Colombia
The inauguration of the left-wing leaders, Gustavo Petro and Francia Márquez, marks the beginning of a new era of peace and social justice in Colombia
Ceasefire in Gaza after three days of Israeli bombings, 44 Palestinians killed
Israel’s latest aggression in the densely populated occupied Palestinian territory of Gaza constitutes ‘war crimes’ committed with the support of the US and other Western powers, assert Palestinians
University and College Union secures big win against work casualization in the UK
Following UCU-led negotiations with the Open University (OU) authorities, 4,800 casualized associate lecturers are now entitled to contracts and other rights
Muqtada al-Sadr demands dissolution of Iraqi parliament, fresh elections
In a speech on August 3, Sadr asked his supporters to continue their sit-in inside the Iraqi parliament building and rejected calls for dialogue issued by Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi