It has been almost four weeks. Four weeks that have changed the political landscape of the whole Spanish State with the emergence of a movement which no-one expected and which has been credited with two political victories, first against the Board of Elections and then against the attempted eviction in Barcelona. It is a movement which has, above all, put an end to passive resignation at the attacks on our social rights.
Why vote for the left?
12 June 2011, by , ,Argentina will see a series of elections in the coming months. Provincial elections have already begun in Catamarca, Chubut and Salta. The presidential elections in October will be the culmination of an intense political process. This will include high-profile elections in the Federal Capital of Buenos Aires, in July, that will surely go to a second round. Then there will be compulsory primaries in August to weed out minority candidates – parties with less than the high threshold set by the new electoral law will be eliminated from the electoral race.
A run on Grameen Bank’s integrity, as founder’s career ends in disgrace
12 June 2011, byBangladesh’s once-legendary banking environment is now fatally polluted. The rot is spreading so fast and far that the entire global microfinance industry is threatened. Controversy ranges far beyond poisonous local politics, the factor most often cited by those despondent about Grameen Bank’s worsening crisis.
Declaration from the Athens Conference on Debt and Austerity
12 June 2011, byWe, representatives of movements and activists from across the world, met in Athens to discuss the lessons of previous international economic crises, to challenge illegitimate debt and mobilise for its cancellation, to offer our solidarity to the European people struggling against unjust austerity programmes imposed by governments, the EU and the IMF, exemplified by the “Memoranda of Understanding”, as well as to formulate a plan of economic action which meets the needs of people instead of serving a tiny social elite.
Real democracy now - credit, time, space and revolution
7 June 2011, byVisiting the camp of the “indignados" at the Plaza del Catalunya in Barcelona, the famous Latin American writer Eduardo Galeano gave an interview in which he said notably this: “Life is worth being lived…. Another world is possible in the belly of this world … I don’t know what will happen. And knowing what will happen isn’t really important to me. What matters to me is what is in the process of happening. What matters to me is the time that is, and the time which opens on other possibles which will be, but we don’t know what they will be”.
Trouble brewing on Govt’s HR and TU policies
7 June 2011, byThe Government is pressed from two sides. Firstly, the government is pressed to go forward in giving a real space to the Tamil nationality in Lanka. On this issue, the recent increase in dictates from the Indian government has become a real headache for Mahinda. As a puppet of Delhi, he thought he will be protected by India against the pressure from elsewhere.
Anti Nuclear Movement: Stronger than ever - weaker than before?
6 June 2011, byThe movement against the nuclear plants has been one of the biggest mass movements of the 1970s and 80s in Germany. After a slowdown in the last 20 years, it has reappeared now like a phoenix from the ashes. Whilst in other European countries unemployment and social cuts are provoking protests and resistance, in Germany nuclear power or, rather, environmental questions are in the centre of the present mobilizations. What are the reasons?
Urgent financial appeal for Kashmir general election
6 June 2011, by ,Kashmir Labour Party, a sister organization of LPP in Kashmir, is going to contest from four seats in the general election of AJK Assembly 2011 to be held on 26th June. The nomination papers of all 4 candidates have been accepted. All the four electoral constituencies have over 90,000 voters and substantial surrounding hilly areas of Kashmir.
Review of a history of oppression: The Tamils of Sri Lanka
2 June 2011, byIn February 2011, the President of Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapaksa, celebrated the 63rd anniversary of the island’s independence. In his speech, he stressed the necessity of “protecting the reconstructed nation”, as well as protecting “one of the oldest democracies in Asia”, its unity and its unitary character.
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