Up to 800,000 people in France🇫🇷 were on the streets for the uprising against the neoliberal government of Emmanuel Macron today, according to the CGT trade union; a rebellion against the oligarch class.  This is a revolt by the struggling working classes of France who have seen their living conditions decline and their wealth disappear, not because of immigrants, but the immense concentration of wealth by the shareholder class, at the expense of everyone else.  In 2024, 9.8 million people in metropolitan France live below the poverty line, with 16.3% being at risk of poverty in 2026. Households have seen a catastrophic loss of purchasing power, an IFE estimate shows a family of two adults and two children has lost €1,200 in purchasing power since 2024.  By 2024, the richest 1% in France controlled 27.7% of total national household wealth, and took in 11.8% of national income.  In education, the situation is shockingly dire. 15.4 million teaching hours have been lost in France across the last school year because absent staff were not replaced. The average secondary school class size is now above 30, a record high. 53% of schools are short of teachers. And the approximate salary for teachers? Just €2100.  A child born and schooled in a deprived neighbourhood in France has less chance of escaping their socioeconomic background than in most developed nations according to the OECD.  The media wants to divide people by blaming the protests on immigrants, pushing the narrative of ‘indigenous French vs immigrant protesters’ to completely avoid class struggle. In reality this is the French working classes rising up in unity as their living standards and material conditions deteriorate, while Macron’s government continues to serve the oligarchy.

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Burkinabe Researchers Develop Bio-Insecticide Against Malaria and Dengue Fever 🇧🇫 Joseph Ki-Zerbo University has developed a product based on the leaves of Calotropis procera that targets the larvae of Anopheles gambiae and Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, the respective vectors of malaria and dengue fever. The project's results were presented on October 8. ▪️ Trials showed a larval elimination rate of 80 to 90%. ▪️The product comes in the form of matrix tablets designed to prolong its action. ▪️ The project required approximately three and a half years of research. ▪️ The goal is to provide a local solution and reduce reliance on chemical insecticides. 🔬 The researchers wish to continue the trials and work on the production of the bio-insecticide at a lower cost.

For the youngsters, the Party was something absolute, all inclusive-the air they breathed, the bread they ate, the iron they cast. For Shor, the Party was something so close to his heart that at times he blushed when talking about his work, like a man recounting the intimate details of his private life. The party had seemed tiny to him when he first joined it. They met in Fischberg's flat- Comrade Yegor, Comrade Varya, Comrade Smirnov. Their fingers were stained with ink; they poured gelatine into a tray and drew out the pallid leaflets. Their thoughts were clear but the letters were as hazy as the future. Twenty-four years had passed since then. Now the Party seemed to Shor as huge as the world. It built industrial combines, opened up the steppe, pumped oil along pipelines and kindled Martin furnaces. It fostered a hundred and fifty million people. The Party's road was long. That road, to Shor, was life. shop.thecommunists.org/produ…

Social democracy (Labour in the UK) paves the way for fascism. Always and everywhere, when the workers’ discontent rises and the liberation movement to bring real socialism gathers organisation strength. The suppression of the palestine solidarity movement by the “Labour” party on the UK demonstrates this just as clearly as the Social Democratic Party in Germany allying with Hitler to crush the militant Marxist, communist working class movement in Germany in the 1930s. Must Read: shop.thecommunists.org/produ…

Andy Burnham has directed his councillors not to work with greens unless they embrace and support the genocide - as the imperialist Labour Party does! “British PM condemns Green Party for ‘Zionism is racism’ motion, rules out partnership Burnham slams 'antisemitic' resolution that also advocates Israel's elimination by calling for 'a single democratic Palestinian state across all of historic Palestine'” timesofisrael.com/british-pm… Speaking in the House of Commons, the Labour prime minister said the motion “is wrong, it is antisemitic, and this side of the House will have nothing to do with it,” as he was asked if he would rule out cooperating with the Green Party following its “descent into the most abhorrent antisemitism.” [Times of Israel continues:] The Greens’ motion also called for the establishment of “a single democratic Palestinian state across all of historic Palestine” — thereby eliminating Israel. Burnham continued: “We will always take the right response when it comes to any partnerships we have with other parties. We cannot support a partnership with a party that holds the [anti-Zionist] position that has recently been adopted.” That was on Wednesday. On Thursday: “Labour councils who share power with the Greens have been told to terminate agreements if their Green partners do not condemn the party’s new “Zionism is racism” policy. “Bridget Phillipson, the Labour chair, said groups working with Green party politicians must review their agreements and end them unless they reject the controversial motion, which Andy Burnham has called “antisemitic”. Desperate to uphold the Zionist orientation of her bribes Labour Party, and the psychological grip of British Russianness colonial policy on British workers, she continued “She added: “We have asked local Green groups to respond as a matter of urgency. Where they are unable to provide that assurance, Labour will bring any such local arrangement to an end. This isn’t an issue of party politics, it’s about doing what is right and upholding the values anyone holding public office should share. “The Labour party fought hard to address antisemitism within our own party and ensure it had no place in our politics. We have a responsibility to uphold those same standards in our relationships with other parties.” (Guardian: theguardian.com/politics/202…) The leader of the Green party in Sheffield council - where the administration of divided between Labour and green - has been surprisingly interjecting and unapologetic: Conflating Zionism with Judaism is itself antisemitic. We stand with all Jewish residents of Sheffield: we always have and always will. thestar.co.uk/news/politics/… We will continue to oppose genocide, ethnic cleansing, apartheid and illegal occupation wherever they occur, and we will continue to speak out against violations of international law and human rights." Coun Argenzio said: "You will appreciate the Green Party also has some reservations about working with Labour. "When we decided to work together in Sheffield, we knew there were issues upon which we profoundly disagreed, for example your Party’s position on the Israeli Government’s genocidal actions in Gaza and the rights to peaceful protest. "Both you and I know the consequences of destabilising Sheffield City Council: for our city, for our employees and our plans for taking the city forward. "Our responsibility goes beyond the direction you are receiving from London. If Labour chooses to destabilise Sheffield City Council over this, Labour owns the consequences." But the establishment knives are out to kill this motion, or sacrifice the greens. We must congratulate the “Greens for palestine” for helping the nation to see exactly where our political elite, the City of London, the British ruling class stands: for the looting of the Middle East and escalation of the genocide. Burnham = Starmer = Blair = Brown = Atlee = Ramsay Macdonald = Arthur Henderson = “Labour” Party UK imperialism.

The Antifascist International in Britain does not aim to be one more paper proclamation. Its founding conference set the stage for bringing together as many individuals and organisations as possible. • All those who are genuinely trying to build solidarity with the countries and peoples targeted by imperialism; • All those organising against genocide, against the fascistic repression of protest and free speech; • All those who have realised that the ‘official’ antiwar and solidarity movements are being run by the same Labour party that also runs the war machine ... We have a golden opportunity to combine their efforts and to build a national organisation that will put into practice a programme of meaningful antiwar activity. thecommunists.org/2026/10/08…