On Wednesday, November 8, Alan Woods addressed a packed meeting on the Bolivarian Revolution and Socialism in Mérida, Venezuela. The event was mainly composed of youth but was also attended by older comrades, workers, trade unionists and peasants. Here, gathered under one roof, were all the most advanced elements of the Bolivarian movement in Mérida.
On the morning of Wednesday, November 8, some 50 Twin Cities residents
rallied outside the Mexican Consulate in St. Paul, MN.Â
The protestors demanded that Ulises Ruiz be removed and that all power
be transferred to the Popular Assembly of the People of Oaxaca (APPO).
With the occupation of Iraq spiraling out of control and growing increasingly unpopular among the majority of Americans, military recruiting would seem to be as winning an endeavor as selling tickets to get on board a sinking ship. It therefore comes as no surprise that military recruiters have been falling well short of fulfilling their quotas.