It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our comrade Olivier, which took place on July 3rd.

(The New Popular Front, a coalition of centre-left and left-wing parties, has won the largest number of seats in the French National Assembly.

The strike by the Vårdförbundet (Swedish Association of Health Professionals) is over. However, the nurses, biomedical analysts and midwives have no reason to celebrate.

== We can't counter capitalism's attacks by voting for parties that claim to manage it! We counter them through class struggle and internationalism!

It’s election fever! Following on from South Africa, India, and the EU, this year will also see the parliamentary pantomime play out in France, Iran, the UK and the USA.

(In preparation for a public debate they are organising, the Péntek esti kísértetjárás (https://www.facebook.com/pentek.esti.ki

A letter in French by Karl Marx to Jules Guesde was recently unearthed, which we translate here:

"10th of May 1879 41 Maitland Park Road London NW _

Dear Citizen Guesde, _

The housing crisis has been at the forefront of the media and the minds of almost every worker in Canada, the lack of affordable homes and a homeless crisis are discussed and the social ills behind