The Bolivarian Revolution takes new steps against capitalism expropriating factories and landed states
By the Revolutionary Marxist Current (Venezuela)   
Thursday, 06 October 2005
 
Belgium: First general strike in 12 years against bosses’ “work-till-you-drop” plans
By Erik Demeester   
Thursday, 06 October 2005
After years of so-called consensus politics the Belgian workers have had enough of longer hours, cuts in welfare, speed-ups and they are coming out tomorrow in a massive general strike. The mood is one of bitter anger and determination to win.
 
Picket outside the Iranian embassy in London, October 4
By In Defence of Marxism   
Thursday, 06 October 2005
On Tuesday 4 October around 80 activists from various organisations, including the Committee for a Marxist International, OutRage, Iranian Revolutionary Socialists' League and the Iranian Civil Rights Committee, took part in a picket outside the Iranian regime's embassy in London in support of the oppressed masses of Iran.
 
A forradalmi művészetért! André Breton halálának évfordulójára
By Alan Woods   
Thursday, 06 October 2005
Hungarian translation of For Revolutionary Art! On the anniversary of the death of Andre Breton by Alan Woods (September 29, 2005)
 
49% of Canadians Support Nationalizing Oil Industry
By Alex Grant   
Wednesday, 05 October 2005
In the last five years, gas prices in Canada have soared from about 65-cents per litre to over $1.10.  This price hike hits the working class hardest.  While the right wing are trying to blame taxes for the increase, the majority of Canadians see that corporate super-profits are the real culprit.  In a recent poll, 49% of Canadians (and 67% of Quebecers) support nationalizing the oil industry. 
 
Student mobilisations in Austria - Defend the right to education!
By Lukas Frey, chairman of the Socialist Youth Vorarlberg (Austria)   
Wednesday, 05 October 2005
The Conservative Austrian government has been introducing severe cuts in spending on education, reducing university places, introducing fees and so on. This coming Friday (October 7) the government will get a taste of the students’ anger. Action committees have sprung up and called a day of action.
 
Nigeria: Special fuel price hike edition of Workers' Alternative
By Workers' Alternative   
Wednesday, 05 October 2005
A series of very successful rallies have been taking place all over Nigeria against the fuel price hike. Here we provide the pdf format of the article we published earlier,  Nigeria: Endless fuel price hikes. This was widely distributed at the Lagos rally, and we are making it available as a PDF file for anyone to print out.
 
Alberta New Democratic Party in Canada endorses Hands Off Venezuela
By Hands Off Venezuela Canada   
Wednesday, 05 October 2005
The last few weeks have seen great steps forward for the Venezuela solidarity movement in Canada. Most notably, after HOV gained the support of the Alberta Federation of Labour, the following resolution was passed at the Alberta NDP Convention.
 
Alberta Federation of Labour supports Hands Off Venezuela
By Hands Off Venezuela Canada   
Wednesday, 05 October 2005
The Executive Council of the Alberta Federation of Labour has come out in support of the Hands Off Venezuela (HOV) campaign in Canada. Here is the letter they are circulating to all their local union presidents urging them to endorse and support HOV. This is a huge step forward for the solidarity campaign in Canada.
 
De Tal Afar a Basora: encendiendo las llamas del descontento en Iraq
By Maarten Vanheuverswyn   
Wednesday, 05 October 2005
Spanish translation of From Tal Afar to Basra: fanning the flames of discontent in Iraq by Maarten Vanheuverswyn (September 27, 2005)
 
Konferenz der Labour Party: Störaktionen werden als terroristische Vergehen betrachtet
By Phil Mitchinson   
Wednesday, 05 October 2005
German translation of British Labour Party - Heckling is now a terrorist offence by Phil Mitchinson (September 29, 2005)
 
Entrevista com uma jovem ativista iraniana: “COM O DISCO RÍGIDO CHEIO DE SOCCIALISMO”
By In Defence of Marxism   
Wednesday, 05 October 2005
Portuguese translation of "With the hard disk full of socialism" (June 15, 2005)
 
Polish Elections 2005: Shift to the right in the polls, shift to the left on the streets
By Wojciech Figiel   
Tuesday, 04 October 2005
Parliamentary elections took place in Poland on September 25. The victory of the right wing is a direct consequence of the pro-capitalist policies of the outgoing Democratic Left Alliance government. The vote is against those policies rather than for the right wing.
 
Britain: Blair must go but Brown is no better
By Phil Mitchinson   
Tuesday, 04 October 2005
The idea that Brown has been secretly opposed to privatisation, to the war in Iraq, to the Labour government’s assault on civil liberties ‑ but keeping quiet through ‘loyalty’ (to his career that is, not to the Labour Party or working class Labour voters) ‑ is patently absurd. Both should go.
 
Marxist.com Day School on Latin America
By In Defence of Marxism   
Tuesday, 04 October 2005
On October 29, Marxist.com is organising a Day School on Latin America. Come along and hear the latest analysis of the revolutionary events unfolding in Latin America. Help build solidarity with those fighting against imperialism and for the socialist revolution!
 
Letter from an angry Israeli reader
By Mordachai   
Tuesday, 04 October 2005
“I was a member of the British Labour party for some years and seeing that old man being manhandled the way he was out of the Labour conference made my blood boil and almost brought me to tears.”
 
'Die ArbeiterInnen im Iran sind nicht allein!'
By Iranian Workers' Solidarity Network   
Tuesday, 04 October 2005
Für eine breite Solidaritätskampagne mit der iranischen ArbeiterInnenbewegung. Spätestens seit den Präsidentschafts“wahlen“ im Juni, bei denen der Ultrakonservative Mahmoud Ahmadinejad an die Macht kam, sind die Blicke der Weltöffentlichkeit auf den Iran gerichtet. Dabei wird der Iran vor allem angesichts seiner aggressiven Atompolitik als Gefahr dargestellt.
 
The Timoshenko-Yuschenko honeymoon ends in tears
By Misha Steklov in Moscow   
Monday, 03 October 2005
On Thursday 8 September, Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko fired Prime Minister Yulia Timoshenko and her cabinet. After all the hype of the “orange revolution” it is business as usual in the degenerate world of Ukrainian politics, a den of thieves who have a flair for stabbing each other in the back.
 
Timoshenko and the weakness of the Ukrainian ruling elite
By Misha Steklov in Moscow   
Monday, 03 October 2005
The tragedy of the Ukrainian workers is that all the parties, including the Socialist and Communist Parties, have links with business groups, and are the mouthpieces for these business interests. This article, originally written in Russian in February, gives some useful background information to what is happening now in the Ukraine.
 
"The United Nations cannot be reformed": Chavez tells the people of the US to fight for socialism
By Hands Off Venezuela   
Monday, 03 October 2005
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was recently in the United States, where he delivered an address to the United Nations, met with activists in South Bronx, and gave several interviews to US media outlets. Read about it on the Hands Off Venezuela website.
 
Comment lutter contre les plans sociaux, les délocalisations et les fermetures - L’exemple du Venezuela
By La Riposte   
Monday, 03 October 2005
This is the leaflet, in PDF format, which La Riposte will be distributing on the mass demonstrations in France, on October 4th. The leaflet gives nationalisation under workers' control and management in Venezuela as an example of how to fight against mass redundancies and closures taking place in France.
 
Britse Labour: tegenspreken is nu een terroristische daad
By Phil Mitchinson   
Monday, 03 October 2005
Dutch translation of  British Labour Party - Heckling is now a terrorist offence by Phil Mitchinson (September 29, 2005)
 
British Labour Party Congress 2005 - The battle lines are drawn
By Alan Woods   
Friday, 30 September 2005
The 2005 Labour Party Conference marks a significant shift in the situation in Britain. It deserves careful study by Marxists and by every trade union and Labour activist. It was chiefly marked by a sharp conflict between the Party leadership and the trade unions
 
Update on “The Iranian workers are not alone!” campaign
By In Defence of Marxism   
Friday, 30 September 2005
As we have already announced, next week is a week of solidarity action with the Iranian workers. If you haven’t already done so, please take it up in your local labour movement.
 
New Indian edition of Trotsky’s Permanent Revolution
By In Defence of Marxism   
Friday, 30 September 2005
Aakar Books in Delhi, India, have recently published a new edition of The Permanent Revolution. Here we provide the details and a picture of the cover.
 
<< Start < Prev 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 Next > End >>

Results 3727 - 3753 of 3930
Home