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By Hands Off Venezuela - www.handsoffvenezuela.org
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Tuesday, 18 March 2008 |
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A London High Court judge on Tuesday suspended a court order
which froze 12 billion dollars (7.6 billion euros) of assets owned by Venezuela
state oil firm PDVSA in a dispute with US energy giant ExxonMobil.
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By Hands Off Venezuela - www.handsoffvenezuela.org
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Tuesday, 18 March 2008 |
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A successful public meeting on the Latin American
Revolution, promoted by HOV and organised jointly by four solidarity campaigns,
was held in Central London following the Stop the War rally on March 15. Jorge
Martin, international secretary of the Hands off Venezuela campaign,
also spoke in Norwich city centre on the topic Cuba and the Bolivarian
Revolution.
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By Ariel Dacal Díaz
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Tuesday, 18 March 2008 |
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Last
November 6 in the evening, on the eve of another anniversary of the
October Revolution, around five hundred young Cubans gathered to
celebrate the occasion. Still, those who find this piece of news
unlikely or perplexing, regardless of what side they’re on, should make
an extra reading for good measure: that’s right, Cuban youths hailed the
Revolution.
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By Mick Brooks
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Monday, 17 March 2008 |
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Last month 100,000 American private sector workers lost their jobs. This is
the third monthly rise in the unemployment figures in a row. Everything
indicates that the USA is now in recession. As it is the biggest
single market in the world, this will inevitably have a big impact on the
rest of the world.
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By Mick Brooks
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Monday, 17 March 2008 |
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Last Thursday it
was Carlyle Capital Corporation. On Friday it was the turn of Bear Stearns, the
fifth largest bank in the USA.
The American Central Bank, the Fed, is due to meet this week to talk about
interest rates. Most likely they will cut them again. The trouble is, the more
they slash rates the more people can smell the fear.
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By Mick Brooks
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Monday, 17 March 2008 |
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Republication of the article is timely. In 2007 the sub-prime mortgage
bubble finally burst. The financial crisis has already had a knock-on effect on
the banks through the credit crunch. The capitalist world stands on the
threshold of recession.
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By Revolutionary Marxist Current (CMR) in Venezuela
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Monday, 17 March 2008 |
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On March 14 the Venezuelan National Guard arrested and
injured several SIDOR workers. The workers at SIDOR are demanding the
nationalisation of the factory under workers' control. The Minister of Labour
instead of listening to the workers is trying to break the strike, thereby
undermining the confidence of the workers in the government.
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By FRETECO
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Monday, 17 March 2008 |
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FRETECO (the Revolutionary Front of Workers in Occupied and
Co-managed Factories) has also issued a statement of solidarity with the SIDOR
workers, signed by several factory councils and union structures.
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By El Militante - Spain
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Monday, 17 March 2008 |
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La clase obrera vuelve a derrotar al PP, ahora hay que exigir al PSOE un giro a la izquierda. Unas elecciones marcadas por la movilización en las urnas de la clase obrera y la polarización.
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By Corriente Marxista Revolucionaria (CMR) in Venezuela
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Monday, 17 March 2008 |
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Desde la CMR nos solidarizamos con la lucha de los trabajadores de SIDOR y condenamos la represión a cargo de la GN, que se ha saldado con decenas de trabajadores detenidos y heridos.
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By M.C. in Paris
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Friday, 14 March 2008 |
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Last Sunday's first round in
the French local elections confirmed a widespread shift to the left, with
Sarkozy losing significant support. The Socialist Party did well, as did forces
that stand to its left. Here we wish to highlight the Marxist candidates
standing for the PCF in the area around Toulouse,
who significantly boosted the party's vote.
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By Militante Mexico
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Friday, 14 March 2008 |
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In February the 13th National Congress of
Militante-Mexico took place, with 150 comrades taking part. After a period of
intense activity over the past two years, the mood at the congress was one of
enormous confidence and enthusiasm, which is reflected in the report we provide
here.
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By The Plough
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Friday, 14 March 2008 |
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In February five members of the IRSP were brought before a
court in Dublin,
a clear case of state harassment. It is an attempt to silence any left
criticism within the Republican movement. We publish here three articles
explaining what is behind all this and we call on all our supporters to support
these comrades.
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By El Militante - Spain
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Friday, 14 March 2008 |
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The
PP controlled Guadalajara
council has denied the Frederick Engels Foundation a stall at the Guadalajara
Book Fair. Please sign and send a letter of protest against this attack on the
freedom of expression.
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By Fred Weston
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Friday, 14 March 2008 |
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Five years into the war in Iraq, the position of US imperialism in the Middle East is becoming untenable. US imperialism and their supporters in Europe are facing a potentially devastating defeat. Fred Weston of Marxist.com talked to the University of London Union Marxist Society on Wednesday on the current situation and the future for the Middle East.
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By Ted Grant in 1942
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Friday, 14 March 2008 |
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In 1942 a slanderous campaign against the Socialist Appeal waged by the Communist
Party leaders was backed up by the Sunday
Dispatch, infamous for its early enthusiastic support of Hitler, Mosley and
the Blackshirts. They shamelessly joined forces to accuse the Trotskyists of
being Hitler's agents! Here is Ted Grant's reply to these slanders.
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By Jamil Iqbal
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Thursday, 13 March 2008 |
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The price of rice in Bangladesh has a correlation with poverty, economic
and political stability. In 2000, a wage labourer could buy 6-7 kg of rice with
his daily income (about US$0.80). Now, less than half of that can be bought,
even though the income has risen over time. Rising food prices could derail all
political predictions and spell disaster for the country in 2008.
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By Jamil Iqbal
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Thursday, 13 March 2008 |
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On January 30, 2008 two workers in World Dresses Ltd, Mirpur, Dhaka,
(Bangladesh) were attacked and beaten by management staff at the end of an
evening shift. One died, the other was hospitalised with broken limbs.
Fearing unrest management closed the factory. When knowledge of the attack
reached the company's workers, hundreds demonstrated outside the
factory.
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