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On their website, the comrades of Sol Rojo from Mexico yesterday expressed their solidarity with the activists in Lützerath in a message, of which a delegation was in Mexico last year. We document below an unofficial translation:

Photos of actions to found the International Communist League (ICL) have now also been published from Brazil. We recommend the following article by the comrades of the revolutionary newspaper A Nova Demokracia for numerous pictures of the comrades' actions.

The police have been clearing Lützerath since the early hours of Wednesday. The small village in North Rhine-Westphalia with just seven houses is roughly situated between Aachen and Düsseldorf - but above all it lies directly inside of RWE's brown coal mining area. This makes it the latest bone of contention in the climate protests in Germany.

Denmark

Comrades from Socialist Revolution have published a report over an action, carried out in Copenhagen in occasion of the founding of the International Communist League. Dazibaos were put up around in proletarian neighbourhoods. The dazibaos propagates the the founding of the ICL and has sections of the announcement translated into Danish written on them.

January 7 marked the 18th anniversary of the murder of Oury Jalloh. Oury Jalloh was burned alive in his prison cell at the Dessau police station in 2005 in an attempt by the cops to cover up their brutal torture of him. Afterwards, they alleged that he set himself on fire, but independent investigative work proved this to be physically impossible. The conviction of Oury's murderers to this day has been completely blocked by the state.

The Struggle Committees from Norway have released a video looking back at the activities of the Norwegian revolutionaries in 2022. We share herewith the video of the comrades who had a successful year 2022.

The comrades of Rote Presse have informed us that issue 58 of the Rote Post is online. Furthermore, they have also informed us that after the latest issue reaches them, they will publish the respective previous issue. The latest updated issue can be found here.

In his New Year's address, French President Macron announced a series of measures designed to address the crisis in the interests of the ruling class. Macron had already announced in 2017 that he would raise the retirement age by three years to 65. These measures are intended to close a deficit of 12 billion euros in pension funds. However, the plans for such an increase had led to weeks of protests and strikes, which is why they were not initially pushed through.
Now, however, the French president wants to do the job properly and has announced that this "pension reform" will finally be introduced in the summer of 2023.
The extension of working time is to be accompanied by other measures affecting unemployment insurance and the basic RSA insurance. The unemployment benefit is to be made dependent in the future on the unemployment rate and to decrease by up to 40% if it lies under 6%. In general, the duration of benefits is to be shortened. Basic benefits are to be tied to 15-20 hours of work per week, initially in some regions.
As part of a "training reform," trainees are to have a longer practical training period combined with shorter school times in the future. In concrete terms, this means cheaper labor for the bosses with poorer quality training.
The French unions announced protests against these measures, especially against the "pension reform". Closing the deficits in the pension fund should not be a problem, since 157 billion was loosened up for large companies in the Corona pandemic. Already in his last term, Macron faced the Yellow Vest movement, which fought resolutely against his policies in the streets. The French masses have certainly not forgotten these successful struggles.

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