This statement was issued by the National Secretariat of the PST (Algerian section of the Fourth International) on January 17, 2013.
Muslim Brotherhood coup and popular reaction
16 January 2013, byNearly two years after the Egyptian revolution in January 2011, the events of November and December 2012 mark a new turning point in the process, which is already being translated into multiple events and important twists. Significant opposition has been expressed to the Muslim Brotherhood, who have held the presidency of the republic since June 2012 and head the government, as a result of the Brotherhood’s attempt to institutionalize their political hegemony. The Egyptian revolutionary process is far from over. The current divisions and failures cannot be explained by a confrontation between democrats and Islamists — a reading which is too widespread in the mainstream media. The current crisis is not legal but eminently political.
Harvesting discontent
14 January 2013, by“I earn R800,00 per month and with this money I have to feed, clothe and fend for my family of eight. We barely survive; I cannot even afford to buy school shoes for the children. I cannot take it any longer”- Gertie Beukes, Ashton farmworker.
“We produce the food that we cannot even afford to buy, we often go hungry” says Denico Swartz, a farmworker from Robertson.”
(Farmworkers at a meeting in Ashton, Western Cape 26th November 2012)
Neoliberal land & agricultural policies at heart of farm strikes
14 January 2013, byThe heroic and historic strike by thousands of farm workers in the Western Cape has struck at the heart of the ANC government’s neoliberal policies on land reform and agricultural policy. The strike marks the beginnings of much-needed mass struggles to challenge white baaskaap, slave-like conditions, and market-based land reform.
“The dynamic of the victorious struggle of the workers in the sugar industry has spread to other areas...”
10 January 2013, byAshok Subron, an activist of the ecosocialist organization Resistanz ek Alternativ, is a spokesperson for the Left Trade Union Confederation-Solidarity (CSG-Solidarity) and an organizer of unions in the sugar industry, the port and the transport sector for the General Workers Federation-Joint Negotiating Panel (GWE - JNP) in Mauritius. He spoke to Jean Nanga for International Viewpoint.
Possible policy scenarios
7 January 2013What can we expect if Hugo Chavez leaves the Venezuelan political scenario in the near future? What will happen to the Bolivarian Revolution that he leads at home and in other ALBA countries and the region? These questions are addressed in a commentary published on the Lagurura.net webpage from Maracaibo, Venezuela, which we are publishing here in full (Havana Times translation).
Indonesian class struggle; the bosses retaliate
7 January 2013, byThe recent strike movement in Indonesia gave new proof of the potential power and strategic role of the working class movement. Several months of struggles, mainly in industrial zones in Bekasi, West Java, culminated in a 24-hour strike in 80 industrial estates, spread over 24 cities. The movement won significant pay rises and restrictions on outsourcing in Indonesia.
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