Protests in Cote d'Ivoire demand free and transparent elections

Presidential election of 25 October in Côte d’Ivoire

Through their massive abstention, the Ivorian workers and popular masses refused to endorse this fraud. They demonstrated their absolute attachment to their own interests. They showed that they are no longer willing to die for leaders who think only of themselves. As for the political opposition, it revealed its incapacity to lead a struggle that goes beyond institutional demands. It failed to build mobilisation around more compelling demands. We must commit ourselves to occupying this terrain now.

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Indigenous protesters in Brazil

“We Can’t Eat Money” – Indigenous resistance and capitalist disregard at COP30

The most inspiring and distinctive feature about COP30 was the resistance, in the form of direct action that multiple Indigenous groups and activists carried out in the first week of COP30. Indeed, after marching and protesting outside the COP, demonstrators forced themselves into the buildings, and occupied the restricted zone of the conference for a short period of time before they were physically forced out by security guards and police. This was a powerful action in which local Indigenous leaders demanded to be heard, stating that their land is not for sale nor up for negotiations.

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