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Belgium was paralysed by a nationwide general strike in the public sector on Tuesday 31 May. The unions had called the strike to protest against the enormously rising cost of living. The demands were thus for more staff, higher pensions, more investment in the public sector, help to cope with inflation, less workload and, above all, better pay.

So this is what defence looks like.

To thunderous applause from the members of the German Bundestag, Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced on 27 February the special fund of 100 billion euros with which the Bundeswehr is to be upgraded. The much-mentioned so-called "turn of the times" was what would make this special fund necessary and Russia's war against Ukraine would be used as a pretext. Scholz and consorts kept talking about having to defend democracy. Now, in joint negotiations with the CDU, the government has decided to divide up the special assets. But what is planned has little to do with defence.

We share here an article from cebraspo that they also published in English.

We publish an unofficial translation of an article by AND comrades from Brazil on current struggles in Angola.

Three workers from the Chinese construction company China Ghezouba Group Company Limited (CGGC) were killed by the Angolan National Police (PNA) on 26 May during a protest for better working conditions and wage increases in Kwanza Norte province.

The revolutionary hip-hop group Ameaça Vermelha from Brazil has released a new song and music video that we would like to share here. The song is called "Long Live Ibrahim Kaypakkaya" and is a salute to the TKP/ML, Ibrahim Kaypakkaya's party, which turned 50 this year.

In the following we want to give a hort breif on some actions in People´s War in India, suspectedly carried out in the last week by the People´s Liberation Guerilla Army (PLGA) under the leadership oif the Communist Party of India (Maoists) [CPI(Maoist)].

Food delivery service Gorillas has announced it will lay off 300 workers, mostly in Berlin.

The left-wing musician Ihsan Cibelik was arrested on May 16 along with two other turkish leftists. They are accused of allegedly being members of DHKP-C. We received pictures of graffiti demanding Ihsan's freedom.