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By Rob Sewell
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Wednesday, 07 May 2008 |
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Lenin is probably the most slandered individual of the 20th century. As
leader of the Russian Revolution of 1917, he has been attacked by
bourgeois academics, Tory, Labour and Liberal politicians as well as
Establishment figures internationally. So what did Lenin
really stand for? And are his ideas still relevant today?
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By Socialist Appeal Editorial Board
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Tuesday, 06 May 2008 |
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The Tory victories in the local elections on May 1st mean that the
Conservatives will almost certainly go on to win the next general election and
form the next government. Theoretically the Labour leadership could turn the
situation round, but they seem incapable of changing their disastrous course.
New Labour is in meltdown.
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By Corriente Marxista Internacional - El Militante Bolivia
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Tuesday, 06 May 2008 |
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The attempt
of the Bolivian oligarchy to use the referendum on autonomy as a lever to push
forward their reactionary agenda has failed. They failed to get the votes they
required, and at the same time they have enraged the masses of workers and
peasants, who have risen once more in huge mobilisations.
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By Patrick Larsen in Caracas
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Tuesday, 06 May 2008 |
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At the April 30
preparatory meeting for May Day 4000 workers filled the Teatro Taressa Carreño
in Caracas to hear Chavez give his most radical speech ever. He signed two
decrees in front of the audience: the first one being a law that increases the
minimum wage by 30% and the second the official nationalization of SIDOR. This
was followed on May Day with hundreds of thousands of workers filling the streets
of Caracas.
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By Ola Kazeem in Lagos
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Tuesday, 06 May 2008 |
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May Day
in Nigeria
this year came after a series of rotten deals between the trade union leaders
and the bosses in many companies. That explains why the turn-out was not as
high as in previous years. In spite of this, the union leaders came under such
pressure that they have been forced to call a day of action for May 8.
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By Alex Frost and Lorenzo Fiorito in Montreal
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Tuesday, 06 May 2008 |
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About 800 demonstrated in Montreal on May Day, facing a brutal
intervention of the police, while on May 3rd the official union
rally attracted around 50,000, significantly up on last year's numbers.
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By Iranian Workers' Solidarity Network
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Tuesday, 06 May 2008 |
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According to reports received from Iran five
workers from the Haft Tapeh Sugar Cane Company have been summoned to appear in
court in Dezful city, charged with a range of 'crimes' relating to the workers'
strike and other struggles.
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By Corriente Marxista Internacional - El Militante Bolivia
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Tuesday, 06 May 2008 |
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By Alan Woods
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Monday, 05 May 2008 |
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By May 27 the balance
of forces had massively shifted in favour of the working class. Power was
within their grasp. De Gaulle was utterly demoralised, but he had one key card
he could play, the leadership of the Communist Party and the trade unions.
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By Alan Woods
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Friday, 02 May 2008 |
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May 1968 was the greatest revolutionary general strike in history.
Then, as now, the bourgeois and their apologists were congratulating themselves
that revolutions and class struggle were things of the past. It took most of the
Left completely by surprise, because, they had all written off the European
working class as a revolutionary force.
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By In Defence of Marxism
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Friday, 02 May 2008 |
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Yesterday workers all over the world were celebrating May Day. The general mood reflected the sharpening class contradictions and anger against capitalist misery, but also against the bureaucracy of the labour movement. Here we are publishing reports of our supporters from the USA, Greece, Austria, Switzerland, Britain and Spain (in Spanish).
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By Ted Grant in 1940
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Friday, 02 May 2008 |
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After the first few months of war in March 1940,
preparations for an even worse scenario of slaughter were being undertaken by
all imperialist powers by mobilizing the masses of each country against the
"enemy". The labour and Stalinist leaders' bankrupt policies left the workers
unarmed. Here Ted Grant makes a balance-sheet of the first months of War.
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By In Defence of Marxism
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Friday, 02 May 2008 |
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By Mick Brooks
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Thursday, 01 May 2008 |
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The immediate cause of the sliding dollar
is not far to seek. It’s the US
deficit with the rest of the world. Last year the USA imported nearly twice as much
as it exported. Their current account deficit stands at 6% of national income.
If a country is spending more than it’s earning, then it has to pay for the
difference.
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By Lal Khan in Pakistan
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Thursday, 01 May 2008 |
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The capitalist system, which has been lowering the living conditions of the working class during the last 15 to 20 years of boom has now entered a slump, which will make the situation of the toiling masses even worse. The struggle against this system can only be waged with a programme, ideology, and strategy of completely changing the system. This is the message of May Day 2008.
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By Perhimpunan Rakyat Pekerja, PRP, April 2008
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Thursday, 01 May 2008 |
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A translation of a leaflet and poster being circulated by
the Working People's Association (Perhimpunan Rakyat Pekerja, PRP) in Indonesia
as part of a campaign by radical Indonesian trade unions to highlight class
issues and socialism on May Day.
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By Gerry Ruddy of the IRSP
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Wednesday, 30 April 2008 |
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In looking back at
the Good Friday Agreement, Gerry Ruddy points out that it has served to
stabilise British rule in the North as Sinn Fein has been absorbed into the
establishment. In this situation he stresses the need for republican socialists
to focus on working class and socialist policies.
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By Mick Brooks
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Wednesday, 30 April 2008 |
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Mick Brooks questions the method applied in the four-part
article by Brian Baker published this week. Brian Baker's article does not
proceed from a Marxist framework. It tries to show that human activity has no
part in climate change. Environmental problems such as climate change are
inevitable under capitalism and that what is required is a world socialist plan
that takes account of all the costs and benefits of human economic activity.
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By Brian J. Baker
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Wednesday, 30 April 2008 |
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In part three Brian Baker in answering the question
"Is the planet warming?" states that "The short answer
is yes" but his opinion is that this "is most probably
from the little ice age, but nothing dramatic."
Different methods produce different results, therefore
one has to take great care in using as scientific and
objective a method as possible. Are these statements
valid points? We invite our readers to comment.
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By Luis Enrique Barrios (Tendencia Marxista Militante - México)
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Wednesday, 30 April 2008 |
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By Jorge Martin
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Wednesday, 30 April 2008 |
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Spanish translation of Bolivia: the oligarchy prepares a major challenge on May 4th (April 28, 2008)
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