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By Michael Roberts
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Tuesday, 13 December 2005 |
Spanish translation of Globalisation and empire by Michael Roberts (December 7, 2005)
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By Alex Grant
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Monday, 12 December 2005 |
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Bourgeois Democracy in Canada is facing a crisis of confidence. The fall of the minority Liberal government presents Socialists with a choice. Do we sit out the coming federal election or do we actively participate in the debate? What strategies are necessary for increasing support for socialist ideas? And finally, what position should we take towards the federal New Democratic Party? We are producing here the text of a leaflet, Join the NDP - Fight for socialism, that tries to answer these questions. |
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By Elmer Whitefeather in Scotland
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Monday, 12 December 2005 |
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Glasgow has the lowest life expectancy in Britain, 69.3 years compared to Kensington and Chelsea whose resolute residents can expect a longevity of more than 85 years. This is the difference between the poorest and wealthiest parts of Britain. |
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By the Jammu Kashmir Revolutionary Youth Alliance
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Monday, 12 December 2005 |
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As we reported earlier this month, the Marxists in the Jammu Kashmir National Students' Federation were attempting to build a united front of all student organizations in Kashmir. We publish this report from the founding meeting of the Jammu Kashmir Revolutionary Youth Alliance, which has launched a united struggle of all progressive and left-wing student organizations against the state, which has utterly failed in its handling of the earthquake. |
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By Rob Sewell
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Friday, 09 December 2005 |
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There are many bourgeois historians who believe that history is made by “Great Men and Women”, kings and queens, statesmen and politicians. It is this unscientific approach that Marxism is opposed to. However, Marxists do not deny the role of individuals in history. History is made by people. But we need to uncover the dialectical relationship between the individual (the subjective) and the great forces (objective) that govern the movement of society and see this role in its historical context. |
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By John Peterson
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Friday, 09 December 2005 |
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Hurricane Katrina highlighted the extreme class contradictions that exist within US society. In this interview John Peterson, Editor of the US Socialist Appeal, outlines how attitudes are changing and how awareness of the real situation is sinking into the consciousness of millions of Americans. (This text is also available in the original Dutch version at: http://www.vonk.org/CallReadOnly.asp?artikelID=1658&status=1) |
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By Didi Cheeka in Lagos
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Thursday, 08 December 2005 |
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Thousands of people in Nigeria are driven by hunger to sell their bodies and souls to live; thousands of people, wretched and living in misery and appalling squalor, struggle to earn just enough to keep themselves alive; willing to work and begging for a chance, yet starving, condemned to hunger, dirt and disease. And yet president Obasanjo appearing on TV claims no one goes hungry in Nigeria! In which Nigeria does he live? |
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By Ola Kazeem in Lagos
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Thursday, 08 December 2005 |
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Venezuela and Nigeria are both oil-rich countries. But in Venezuela we have a genuine attempt at poverty alleviation, which has brought the Bolivarian regime into conflict with imperialism. In Nigeria, where Obasanjo even refuses to acknowledge that poverty exists, the regime has very good relations with imperialism |
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By Steve Jones
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Thursday, 08 December 2005 |
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Twenty-five years ago today John Lennon was killed in New York. There was a mass outpouring of grief all over the world. This was because he symbolised something different from the mainstream music industry. He gave expression in the words of some of his songs the genuine feeling of disgust of many workers and youth at what capitalist society stands for. |
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By Rob Sewell (HOV National Steering Committee)
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Thursday, 08 December 2005 |
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Ruben Linares of the National Coordinating Committee of the Venezuelan UNT visited Britain for a week, hosted by the Hands Off Venezuela campaign. The visit was part of the successful national conference of HOV, which he addressed. Ruben stands on the left of the union and was extremely pleased by the visit, which allowed him to meet with a large number of trade unionists, including representatives of the TUC. He addressed the National Executives of the rail union, the RMT, and the fire-fighters union, the FBU. He spoke to members of the international department of the TUC and also met Brendan Barber, its General Secretary and also addressed a meeting of Members of Parliament at the House of Commons, sponsored by John McDonnell MP. |
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By Hermann Albrecht
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Thursday, 08 December 2005 |
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Las elecciones parlamentarias han transcurrido con relativa calma a pesar del clima enrarecido que había creado la campaña adelantada por una desmoralizada oposición que prefirió “botar tierrita” y dedicarse al boicot usando su poder mediático para confundir en base a lo que se esperaba iba a ser un alto nivel de abstención y usarlo como triunfo propio. |
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By Andrea Tavano e Roberto Sarti
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Thursday, 08 December 2005 |
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La lotta della Valsusa è piombata al centro del dibattito politico nazionale. La polizia ha spezzato il presidio della popolazione della valle per mezzo di una repressione brutale nei confronti di donne, giovani e vecchi. Ma la mobilitazione dei lavoratori e della popolazione della Valsusa non si ferma: in una lotta da cui dipende il loro futuro, hanno compreso a caro prezzo il carattere repressivo dello Stato borghese e, nonostante ciò, sono determinati ad andare fino in fondo. |
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By Michael Roberts
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Wednesday, 07 December 2005 |
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Globalisation really means the rise of the American Empire. That was the capitalist story of the 20th century. The story of the 21st century will probably be the fall of the American empire as the imbalances in the system unravel. Will the world slip back into some new form of barbarism or will it be replaced by real globalisation, namely world socialism? |
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By Alon Lessel in Israel
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Wednesday, 07 December 2005 |
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On December 5 a suicide bomber blew himself up in Natanya, Israel, killing several civilains. As we warned a few days ago, one of the instruments Sharon can use in whipping up anti-Arab sentiments among the Jews in Israel is precisely this kind of attack on civilians. It comes conveniently for Sharon at a time when the working class is moving to the left! |
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By Andreas Bülow
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Wednesday, 07 December 2005 |
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In Venezuela a number of political, community-based and trade union groups have sprung up, as the masses try to take the initiative in the context of a revolutionary offensive. A good example is the case of the workers in the Algodonal Hospital in Caracas who have been struggling for democracy in the workplace and for the right to have a space for trade union and political meetings. We met Johan Rivas who is the general coordinator of the Bolivarian Workers’ Front in Algodonal and a comrade of the CMR (Revolutionary Marxist Current), to talk about the activities that are going on. |
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By Alan Woods
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Wednesday, 07 December 2005 |
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Alan Woods was interviewed today by VHeadline editor and publisher Roy S. Carson. He comments on the December 4 parliamentary elections and how he sees the situation unfolding over the coming period. Listen to the interview on Vheadline.com. |
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By Celia Hart
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Wednesday, 07 December 2005 |
"Lo que nos está importando a todos los revolucionarios es que quien toque un solo cabello de la revolución bolivariana estará manchando la imagen de este mundo, que de verdad no será posible hacerlo mejor sino transitamos de corrida hacia la sociedad socialista." Por Celia Hart
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By Marxy.com
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Wednesday, 07 December 2005 |
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من ماذا يهرب المهاجرون الأفارقة؟ لا تزال مستمرة لحد اللحظة مأساة مئات المهاجرين الأفارقة، الذين يحاولون الهروب إلى الضفة الأخرى فرارا من البؤس و القهر، و لا تزال قوات القمع المغربية و الإسبانية تواصل اضطهادها لهم، في المنطقة الحدودية - سبتة و مليلية- حيث يعيشون ظروفا رهيبة بكل ما في الكلمة من معنى، في هذا السياق نعمل هنا على نشر هذا المقال الذي صدر على موقعنا *، و الذي يفضح الأسباب الحقيقية التي تجعل مئات آلاف الأفارقة يفرون من بلدانهم و تعريض حياتهم للخ |
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By Alex Nichols
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Tuesday, 06 December 2005 |
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We recently published an article on the Crisis in Cosmology by Harry Nielsen, which has provoked some comment from readers. Here we publish a letter which, in criticising the article, defends the main theories dominant in contemporary physics. This is followed by a reply which points out that the latest observations should at least lead scientists to question the validity of the Big Bang theory, a theory that dominates the thinking of mainstream physicists in spite of the all evidence. |
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By Luka Pregelj
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Tuesday, 06 December 2005 |
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The workers and students in Slovenia have awakened. For the first time since Slovenia’s separation from Yugoslavia, workers and students from all across Slovenia came together on November 26 to march for a common goal and to clearly demonstrate that they are prepared to fight against the government’s counter-reforms in education and the economy. |
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By the Greek Committee of the International “Hands off Venezuela” Campaign
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Tuesday, 06 December 2005 |
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The supporters of the Hands Off Venezuela campaign in Greece have been working to build up the campaign within the Greek labour movement and youth. The official launch of the campaign on November 25 in the headquarters of the GSEE, the main trade union federation was a successful start. |
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By Roberto Sarti
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Tuesday, 06 December 2005 |
Hungarian translation of November 25th, Italy paralysed by general strike - Unite all struggles against the Berlusconi government by Roberto Sarti (December 1, 2005)
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