In Defence of Marxism syndication of all English language articles. http://www.marxist.com Tue, 13 May 2008 00:21:47 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.marxist.com/britain-the-housing-tsunami.htm Up till recently, Britain’s main high street banks had not seemed to have suffered much – they were all announcing big profits and there was little talk of large ‘writedowns’... Mon, 12 May 2008 09:33:00 +0100 http://www.marxist.com/britain-biggest-wave-strikes-in-decades.htm Britain has been hit by what trade unions have called the biggest wave of work stoppages since the Labour government came to power 10 years ago, with up to... Mon, 12 May 2008 09:23:07 +0100 http://www.marxist.com/britain-local-elections-ultraleft-fail-cash-in.htm New Labour suffered a humiliating defeat in the recent local elections, but those left groupings who were hoping to capitalise on Labour's difficulties also found themselves in a mess. As... Mon, 12 May 2008 09:11:38 +0100 http://www.marxist.com/iran-haft-tapeh-all-out-strike.htm According to reports received from Shush city around 5000 workers are now on strike at the Haft Tapeh Sugar Cane Development Commercial Company. The strike has entered its sixth day and all... Mon, 12 May 2008 08:59:48 +0100 http://www.marxist.com/antonio-betancourt-speaking-tour-sweden.htm A very successful ten-day speaking tour by Antonio Betancourt of FRETECO in Venezuela was recently organised by the Hands Off Venezuela campaign in Sweden (http://www.handsoffvenezuela.se/). He travelled the length and breadth of the... Mon, 12 May 2008 08:53:10 +0100 http://www.marxist.com/brief-history-movement-occupied-factories-brazil.htm The Movement of the Occupied Factories in Brazil is a glorious chapter in the struggle of the working class. Last year the courts and the police intervened in an attempt to smash... Fri, 09 May 2008 11:20:27 +0100 http://www.marxist.com/may-day-rallies-morocco.htm This year's May Day rallies in Morocco revealed a more militant mood and where the Marxists intervened they received a huge welcome from the workers. Fri, 09 May 2008 10:15:25 +0100 http://www.marxist.com/robbers-quarrel-over-tientsin.htm In the summer of 1939, the Tientsin incident unleashed a nationalistic outburst in defence of British prerogatives over China. Labour and Stalinist leaders advocated for a firm defence of British... Fri, 09 May 2008 09:59:41 +0100 http://www.marxist.com/who-pays-opposition-students-venezuela.htm Opposition students in Venezuela are depicted as poor victims of an authoritarian regime. The world media pick up on this and repeat the fairy tale until people start to believe it. But... Thu, 08 May 2008 10:38:26 +0100 http://www.marxist.com/bolivia-autonomy-referendum-revolutionary-resistance.htm The mass media in the west continue to pump out lies about what is happening in Bolivia. They claim the oligarchy in Santa Cruz has won support from the people for autonomy... Thu, 08 May 2008 10:14:38 +0100 http://www.marxist.com/iran-strike-haft-tapeh.htm 3000 workers at the Haft Tapeh Sugar Cane Development Commercial Company are now on strike. At present all parts of the company are involved in this widespread strike, including workers in the... Thu, 08 May 2008 09:48:10 +0100 http://www.marxist.com/italy-conference-of-falcemartello.htm Last week, (May 1-4) the Marxist Tendency in Italy, gathered around the journal FalceMartello, held its national conference. More than 175 comrades took part in the four-day event. One could feel that... Wed, 07 May 2008 10:47:07 +0100 http://www.marxist.com/may-day-pakistan-2008.htm May Day in Pakistan saw rallies, meetings and seminars the length and breadth of the country, where the PTUDC (http://www.ptudc.org/), the BNT, YFIS-Pakistan, the comrades of The Struggle and many other... Wed, 07 May 2008 09:57:56 +0100 http://www.marxist.com/audio-lenin.htm 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... Wed, 07 May 2008 09:18:36 +0100 http://www.marxist.com/britain-new-labour-meltdown.htm 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.... Tue, 06 May 2008 10:41:11 +0100 http://www.marxist.com/bolivia-failure-referendum-autonomy.htm 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... Tue, 06 May 2008 10:23:22 +0100 http://www.marxist.com/may-day-activities-venezuela.htm 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... Tue, 06 May 2008 10:12:42 +0100 http://www.marxist.com/nigeria-2008-may-day-celebrations.htm 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... Tue, 06 May 2008 09:54:27 +0100 http://www.marxist.com/may-day-in-montreal.htm 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. Tue, 06 May 2008 09:46:42 +0100 http://www.marxist.com/iran-five-haft-tapeh-sugar-cane-company-workers.htm 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... Tue, 06 May 2008 09:29:05 +0100