May Day 2008 reports
By In Defence of Marxism   
Friday, 02 May 2008
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).
 
[Ted Grant Archive Update] - Not for Imperialist slaughter
By Ted Grant in 1940   
Friday, 02 May 2008
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.
 
Informes del 1 de Mayo de 2008
By In Defence of Marxism   
Friday, 02 May 2008
 
The dollar down the pan – monetary chaos to follow?
By Mick Brooks   
Thursday, 01 May 2008
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.
 
Workers’ demand for whole world on this May Day
By Lal Khan in Pakistan   
Thursday, 01 May 2008
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.
 
Indonesia: Socialism is the only true path to liberate the working class
By Perhimpunan Rakyat Pekerja, PRP, April 2008   
Thursday, 01 May 2008
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.
 
¿Cuál es la salida de la pesadilla de Zimbawe?
By Fred Weston   
Thursday, 01 May 2008
Spanish translation of Which way out of the Zimbabwean nightmare? (April 24, 2008)
 
Ireland: ten years on from the Good Friday/Belfast Agreement
By Gerry Ruddy of the IRSP   
Wednesday, 30 April 2008
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.
 
Climate change - An answer to Brian Baker
By Mick Brooks   
Wednesday, 30 April 2008
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.
 
[Discussion document] Global Warming: A Socialist Perspective - Part Three
By Brian J. Baker   
Wednesday, 30 April 2008
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.
 
México: Balance sobre la lucha en defensa de PEMEX
By Luis Enrique Barrios (Tendencia Marxista Militante - México)   
Wednesday, 30 April 2008
 
Bolivia: la oligarquía se prepara para un desafío importante el 4 de mayo
By Jorge Martin   
Wednesday, 30 April 2008
Spanish translation of Bolivia: the oligarchy prepares a major challenge on May 4th (April 28, 2008)
 
Canada: Protest Repression of Student Dissent at University of Toronto – 14 students arrested
By Fightback - www.marxist.ca   
Tuesday, 29 April 2008
14 students at UofT, including Canadian Marxists active with Fightback, have been arrested on false charges for fighting for free education. The charges include assaulting a police officer and forcible confinement, which could lead to serious jail time. The University is trying to crush this movement under repression before it takes off. Solidarity action is needed now!
 
[Discussion document] Global Warming: A Socialist Perspective - Part Two
By Brian J. Baker   
Tuesday, 29 April 2008
So what drives the Climate? The real answer is no one knows. There are theories in abundance, computer simulations by the score. But as Gershwin described the Mississipi "It just goes on trundling along." Before attempting to answer the question it is probably worth reviewing the limitations of computer modelling.
 
Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority daily wageworkers’ appeal
By PTUDC - www.ptudc.org   
Tuesday, 29 April 2008
We received this appeal from the temporary, "daily wage", workers in the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority. They have been working there for years but can be sacked at a moment's notice.
 
Denmark: 100,000 public sector workers on strike
By Frederik Ohsten in Denmark   
Tuesday, 29 April 2008
A powerful public sector strike over pay has hit Denmark. The striking workers have huge support among the population and the right-wing conservative is coming under huge pressure.
 
Bolivia: No al referéndum separatista ni a la especulación alimentaria
By Ramón Sarmiento (El Militante - Argentina)   
Tuesday, 29 April 2008
 
España: Xª Escuela de Formación Marxista de El Militante
By El Militante - Spain   
Tuesday, 29 April 2008
 
Bolivia: the oligarchy prepares a major challenge on May 4th
By Jorge Martin   
Monday, 28 April 2008
The oligarchy in Bolivia has launched a major challenge to the Evo Morales government in the form of a referendum on an "Autonomous Statute" in the Eastern Department of Santa Cruz. They are using this question to mobilise the forces of counter-revolution. Morales must stop dithering and take firm action.
 
[Discussion document] Global Warming: A Socialist Perspective - Part One
By Brian J. Baker   
Monday, 28 April 2008
We start today a serialised article on Global Warming, written by one of our readers who challenges the scientific basis upon which the theory of human-caused climate change is based. He gives detailed facts and figures which point out the flaws in the dominant, mainstream theory within the "scientific" community. He maintains that global warming cannot be proved so we are left to accept "a belief system" and at the same time abandon the scientific method. We publish this article as a discussion document that we hope will stimulate serious debate on the issue.
 
In Israel: anti-Zionist demonstration confronted by police brutality
By Dekel Avshalom in Israel   
Monday, 28 April 2008
Recently there was a protest in Tel Aviv - of both Jews and Arabs - against a reunion of Etzel, one of the terrorist Zionist groups used against the Arab population in the process of the formation of the state of Israel. In the "only democracy in the Middle East" these peaceful demonstrators were brutally manhandled by the police.
 
U.S. Food Prices Rising Fast
By Socialist Appeal USA   
Monday, 28 April 2008
Inflation in the USA is rising across the board. And it's not just housing, gasoline, heating, transportation, health care and education. The cost of that most basic of all necessities - food - is now also quickly rising for American workers and their families.
 
Bolivia: Hacia un 1o de Mayo de Lucha
By Corriente Marxista Internacional - El Militante Bolivia   
Monday, 28 April 2008
Texto del volante que la CMI El Militante está distribuyendo en ciudades y fábricas del país.
 
Irlanda 1967-2007 - Una visione d'insieme
By Gerry Ruddy   
Monday, 28 April 2008
Italian translation of Ireland - An Overview 1967-2007 (August 10, 2007)
 
The Nigerian judiciary and electoral fraud
By Oke Ogunde in Lagos   
Friday, 25 April 2008
Last year's elections in Nigeria saw fraud on a scale never seen before. This has severely undermined the authority of the government in the eyes of the masses, so much so that the judiciary are now overturning some of the results. This has led to illusions that the judiciary is now a friend of democracy and even "revolutionary". Nothing could be further from the truth.
 
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