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WFTU STATEMENT AGAINST THE ATTACK ON THE FREEDOM FLOTILLA, AGAINST THE GENOCIDE OF THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE

The World Federation of Trade Unions strongly condemns the attack carried out by the Israeli army against the Freedom Flotilla and the international activists involved in a humanitarian mission bound for Gaza.

The assault on civilian vessels carrying medicines, medical supplies, and humanitarian aid intended for a population subjected to bombardment, starvation, and systematic destruction constitutes a grave crime against the Palestinian people and against all those mobilizing in solidarity with them.

The aggression carried out in international waters once again demonstrates the arrogance and total sense of impunity with which the Israeli government acts, strengthened by the political, economic, and military protection guaranteed by the United States, the European Union, and their allied Western governments.

The images and testimonies emerging from the flotilla reveal an extremely serious escalation of repression. Targeting unarmed activists and humanitarian missions means attempting to intimidate and criminalize every form of international solidarity with the Palestinian people.While Gaza continues to be devastated by bombings, siege, and starvation, the European Union and Western governments remain silent and complicit. Not only do they refuse to suspend economic and military relations with Israel, but they even attack those who attempt to break the siege and bring aid to the Palestinian population.

The WFTU denounces the hypocrisy of the imperialist powers that continue to present themselves as defenders of “human rights” and “democracy” while openly supporting colonial occupation, apartheid, and the genocide of the Palestinian people.

What happened to the Freedom Flotilla represents another step in the destruction of every principle of international law. It openly affirms the logic that military force replaces every shared rule and every principle of international legality.

In the face of this barbarism, the international class-oriented trade union movement has the duty to intensify mobilization.The WFTU reaffirms its full solidarity with the Palestinian people and with the activists of the flotilla and calls on affiliated unions and workers’ organizations around the world to strengthen: mobilizations against the genocide in Gaza; boycott campaigns against Israel; actions to block the production and transport of weapons; internationalist solidarity initiatives; pressure on governments complicit in occupation and war.

The struggle of the Palestinian people is a struggle for freedom, against colonialism, occupation, and imperialism.The World Federation of Trade Unions will continue to stand with people resisting war and all forms of oppression.

Free Palestine.


 
 
 

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Workers and Retirees vs. Milei: The Fight for a Shared Future

Contra la privatización: La clase obrera argentina en lucha

Class War and Market Predation

We must be clear: the assault on Argentine retirees is a direct attack on the entire working class. While the capitalist media distracts us with the president’s erratic social media outbursts, we recognize these as a smokescreen for the systemic dismantling of our social security. We refuse to be passive observers as the wealth we generated through decades of labor is handed over to private financiers and local oligarchs under the guise of austerity.

This is not a crisis of leadership—it is a brutal class war.

Our demand is non-negotiable: we must establish a new public, non-state, pay-as-you-go, and solidarity-based pension system. This structure must be managed and administered directly by those it serves: active and retired workers. We refuse any attempt at privatization or the further erosion of our dignity by a government that views the elderly as liabilities rather than the builders of our nation’s heritage. The struggle of the retirees is the struggle of every union member today.

International Solidarity Against Capital

The core issue is not the president’s personality, but the predatory capitalist agenda he enforces. As rival factions of the right-wing elite squabble over the spoils of the state, the working class continues to suffer. Whether it is the internal corruption of 'Freedom Advances' or the boardroom battles between industrial giants like Paolo Rocca and the Clarín Group, the outcome for us is always the same: austerity, layoffs, and the theft of our futures. We stand with those defending public education, healthcare, and science against a 'lion' who is nothing more than a puppet for global capital. No worker is left behind in this fight.

Argentina, May 18, 2026
NATIONAL COORDINATING COMMITTEE OF RETIREES' AND PENSIONERS' ORGANIZATIONS OF THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC

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