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In recent weeks, there has again been heavy fighting in the Israeli occupied territories of the West Bank. Palestinians again fought with stones against the tanks of the Israeli armed forces. The city of Nablus in the northern West Bank is a particular focus of the fighting.

Norway

On November 4th revolutionary activists marked the 99th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of Norway, Before the markation posters were put up around Oslo with the slogans ”Long live Maoism! Down with revisionism!” and ”NKP 99 years – Reconstitute the Communist Party of Norway!”.

The mayoral election held on November 13 in the "Hanseatic and University City of Rostock", once again underscores the trend of increasing rejection of the bourgeois electoral farce by the masses.

We document a video with a statement of the Red Women's Committees - FRG with a declaration of solidarity for the People's Current Red Sun - Mexico. The text of the statement can be found here.

Documentamos un video con una declaración de los Comités de Mujeres Rojas - FRG con una declaración de solidaridad para la Corriente del Pueblo Sol Rojo - México. El texto de la declaración se puede encontrar aquí.

In recent weeks, there has been repeated discussion of actions by the "Last Generation." They use actions of civil disobedience to appeal to politicians to take care of the fulfillment of the climate goals.

At the beginning of September, the traffic light coalition put together its “third relief package”. After students had largely came away empty-handed during the first two “relief packages” – up until now you only received a heating allowance if you receive BAföG [Federal Training Assistance Act] – there was massive criticism of the government for months. Accordingly, the government announced with the “third relief package” its major effort to support students. But there is not much to it: there is to be a one-off payment of 200 euros, and for many students this will presumably not come until next year. In addition, how students will receive this money at all has in part not been clarified yet. There is a BAföG raise planned for the coming year regardless of the rescue packages, which is intended to be 5%, but in view of the current inflation it of course is a joke. Thus, it is of not much surprise that according to current studies approx. 30% of all students in the FRG are affected by poverty.

Since April this year, the old Turkish state has undertaken an invasion of the border areas of Northern Iraq. Since the invasion in April 2022, according to information published by Kurdish activists, there has been increased and intensive use of chemical weapons. Between April and October of this year alone, banned bombs and chemical weapons are said to have been used 2467 times. Among them, according to Kurdish sources, weapons-grade chlorine gas as well as aerosol and phosphorus bombs are said to have been fired at Kurdish positions.