Bangladesh: courageous student movement continues – which way forward? The courageous movement of the Bangladeshi students continues despite murderous repression by the Sheikh Hasina regime. Hundreds have been killed and thousands arrested. The curfew continues (though in a milder form) and while communications are being restored, messaging services and social media platforms remain blocked. The government arrested six of the coordinators of the movement and forced them, under duress, to make a press statement saying all further protest actions had been called off. Even under these conditions, however, there were student protests across the country on Monday 29 July, including in Dhaka, Chittagong, Sylhet, Barisal, etc. These were met with further repression and arrests. Featured Bangladesh
The meaning of Russia’s spending boom When the war in Ukraine broke out, the western imperialists were confident they would rapidly snuff out the Russians. Supplied with weapons and intelligence from NATO and choked by economic sanctions, they reasoned, the Russian army would crumble, possibly bringing down the Putin regime. Featured Russia
Urgent note on Venezuela: how did we reach this dead end? The situation in Venezuela is developing very quickly after Sunday’s election. Monday morning dawned to the sound of cacerolazos (the banging of pots and pans) in protest against the declared victory of Nicolás Maduro. The cacerolazos in Caracas began in working-class and poor neighbourhoods; in Petare, in Catia, in 23 de Enero. Then they started to come down from the neighbourhoods la Dolorita, el Guarataro, Antímano, and the barrios to the east of Caracas. Venezuela Featured
