June 20 is World Refugee Day. According to data from the UN Agency for refugees, the number of forcibly displaced people has reached a historic high.
In 2013, there were 51.2 million forcibly displaced people in the world. In 2023, the number crossed 110 million.
While right-wing forces claim that refugees are "flooding" their countries and destroying people's livelihoods, the reality is that a majority of refugees (about 3/4) are in mid or low-income countries.
Still, right-wing anti-migrant policies have had catastrophic results. Just between 2014 and 2022, there were 25,716 recorded deaths of refugees and migrants in the Mediterranean Sea.
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In 2013, there were 51.2 million forcibly displaced people in the world. In 2023, the number crossed 110 million.
While right-wing forces claim that refugees are "flooding" their countries and destroying people's livelihoods, the reality is that a majority of refugees (about 3/4) are in mid or low-income countries.
Still, right-wing anti-migrant policies have had catastrophic results. Just between 2014 and 2022, there were 25,716 recorded deaths of refugees and migrants in the Mediterranean Sea.
#WorldRefugeeDay
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#PeoplesHistory | Today, we remember the German Marxist and feminist activist Clara Zetkin.
In 1910, at the International Socialist Women’s Conference, she proposed the celebration of an annual International Working Women’s Day, a commemoration that continues to this day.
For Zetkin, the issue of integrating women’s struggle with the communist movement was paramount. She debated about it at length with Vladimir Lenin, and theorized topics from sexual freedom and marriage, to the organization of the women's movement within communism.
In 1910, at the International Socialist Women’s Conference, she proposed the celebration of an annual International Working Women’s Day, a commemoration that continues to this day.
For Zetkin, the issue of integrating women’s struggle with the communist movement was paramount. She debated about it at length with Vladimir Lenin, and theorized topics from sexual freedom and marriage, to the organization of the women's movement within communism.
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Every June 21, on the June solstice, the people of the Andes celebrate the Inti Raymi or the Sun Festival, an Incan tradition to celebrate the Sun and the Pachamama (Mother Earth). Today, it is also a symbol of the ongoing resistance of Indigenous communities against centuries of colonization and oppression. The term "Inti" in Quechua refers to the Sun and "Raymi" to celebration.
In Peru, this year's Inti Raymi is being used as an occasion to raise the voices of the Indigenous people against the de facto coup government of Dina Boluarte and the injustices perpetrated by the security forces.
In Peru, this year's Inti Raymi is being used as an occasion to raise the voices of the Indigenous people against the de facto coup government of Dina Boluarte and the injustices perpetrated by the security forces.
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