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Currently there is a wave of strikes in different parts of the FRG. The main reason for this is the demand for higher wages. The high inflation, which eats up our wages and ensures that many of us can no longer afford to eat at the end of the month, makes the fight for higher wages a necessity for many workers.

We upload a picture of a painting made in Berlin-Marzahn, to honor the fallen mexican comarades Jesús Manuel García Martínez and Filogonio Martínez Merino, that where send to us.

A painting was made at the University of Hamburg with the slogans "Justicia para Jesús Manuel García Martínez y Filogonio Martínez Merino!" and "Viva el Corriente del Pueblo Sol Rojo!" ("Justice for Jesús Manuel García Martínez and Filogonio Martínez Merino! Long live the popular current Sol Rojo!"). The painting honours the two Mexican comrades Jesús Manuel García Martínez and Filogonio Martínez Merino, who were murdered by the reaction on 26 and 27 October. Both comrades fought against the imperialist mega-projects that are being imposed against the people in the state of Oaxaca. We publish here pictures of the painting at the university of Hamburg, which were sent to us.

At the end of October, the Mexican reaction cowardly murdered two activists of the peasant movement, Filogonio Martínez Merino, former municipal representative of Paso de la Reina, and Sol Rojo member Jesús Manuel García Martínez "Chu Pau" We publish pictures of a painting at the University of Bremen that were sent to us:

We publish an inofficial translation of an article by the Mexican website Sol Rojista that was sent to us.

In various districts of Hamburg, there were once again targeted attacks on the police by youths on Halloween night from 31 October to 01 November. As has become common in Hamburg on Halloween, cops were repeatedly pelted with stones, firecrackers or eggs, for example in Harburg and Wilhelmsburg. In the working class neighbourhoods of Billstedt and Osdorf, numerous rubbish bins were set on fire.

Starting on 26 October 2022, around 6500 workers in 23 ports in Chile went on strike for 48 hours. Thus, the port workers were mainly demanding higher wages, sufficient pension for retirement, new labour laws specifically for port work and better safety conditions in the ports. Already during the election campaign, the government of the opportunist Boric had promised better conditions in the ports. None of these promises were kept. The ports of San Antonio, Iquique, San Vicente and Antofagasta saw the largest mobilisations.

Today, 1 November, the early parliamentary elections will take place in Denmark. Because of its handling during the Corona pandemic, the Social Democratic-led government around head of government Mette Frederiksen came under increasing criticism. The opposition used this opportunity to attack the government and to profit from the government crisis in Denmark. For this reason, the parliamentary elections have now been brought forward. Actually, they should have taken place in June 2023.