Gilbert Achcar unravels the complex motives behind the Israeli assault on Gaza and the prospects both for the Palestinians as a whole and for the main political forces there, Hamas and Fatah.
Renationalization of a pension system facing a black hole
9 January 2009, byAfter the defeat of its project for a system of variable taxes on agricultural products, the Argentine government led by Cristina Kirchner has appeared inclined to seek an exit through the satisfaction of the requirements of the financial markets.
Break Links With Apartheid Israel
8 January 2009, bySince Israel withdrew its troops and settlers from Gaza, the Zionist rulers have maintained it as an open air prison and most of the time as a shooting gallery. Now they have made it an extermination camp. The premeditated slaughter of more than 760 Palestinians, one-third children, with more than 3,500 wounded has horrified the world and especially the Arab masses, who sympathize with the Palestinians.
From the LCR to the NPA
3 January 2009, by , , ,This contribution was written as part of preparations for the January 2009 congress of the Revolutionary Communist League (LCR). The congress agenda includes the political “self-dissolution” of the LCR, to set the stage for the new challenge of the New Anti-Capitalist Party (NPA). The authors of this piece belong to the generation of activists from the 1960s and 1970s; so while principally addressed to members of the LCR, it may be of interest to many others.
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