For a long time now we have learned to be wary of “humanitarian” imperialist interventions. Denouncing the more or less hidden aims of our own imperialism (in this case French) remains a constant, paramount requirement. The seeds of the crisis in the Middle East today were sown during the Iraq war in 2003 and - going back further in time - at the time of signature of the Sykes-Picot Agreement (1916).
Religious fanatics groups: the fascists in the making
19 December 2014, byIt was the most deadly attack on any school by religious fanatics. 146 were killed in a Peshawar Army Public School, including 136 children, ages ranging from 10 to 17 years. They asked the children to recite Kalma and then fired at them. It was an attack on Muslim children by Muslim fanatics.
Towards a major trial of strength
17 December 2014, byThe 24-hour strike which mobilized the Belgian working class on Monday, 15 December was an enormous success. The country was completely paralysed: in Flanders, in Wallonia and in Brussels, in the private and public sectors, in industry and the services, transport and the trade, the big and small companies. Such a massive movement has not been seen since the strike of November 1993 (a 24-hour strike against the “global plan”) but, unlike that one, the strike of 15 December should not remain uncompleted.
Radical Independence Conference 2014
16 December 2014, byA few weeks after the defeat of those campaigning for Scottish independence you might expect heads to have gone down and morale to be at a low ebb. There was very little sign of this at the Radical Independence Conference which was held on 22nd November 2014.
Can South Africa’s Anti-Capitalist Left Rise to the Occasion?
15 December 2014, byIn order to understand the crisis in COSATU, we must view it against the backdrop of ‘20 years of democracy’ and the balance sheet of impacts on poor and working people. Because the liberation struggle was waged in the name of the promise of justice, decent work and security, a sober assessment of the fate of labour under South Africa’s ‘political democracy’ goes to the heart of the question of the success of that struggle, and the dispensation it has produced.
Call to Action ! Reject REDD+ and Extractive Industries to confront capitalism and defend life and territories
13 December 2014On the occasion of the UN climate change negotiations in Lima, Peru – known as COP20 – we reaffirm that rejecting REDD+ and ‘environmental services’, two manifestations of the so-called “green economy”, is a central part of our struggle against capitalism and extractive industries and the defence of territories, life and Mother Earth.
People’s SAARC challenges regional elite’s agenda
11 December 2014, byThe 18th South Asian Associations for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit took place at Kathmandu, Nepal on November 25 and 26. The heads of the eight states of South Asia took part in the summit.
The Mexican Crisis Deepens
10 December 2014, byThe Mexican government confronts a major political crisis on two fronts. The first is as a result of the massacre and kidnapping that took place on September 26 when police and other assailants in Ayotzinapa, Guerrero killed six, wounded twenty-five, and kidnapped 43 students. Since the massacre and kidnapping took place, there have been demonstrations in Guerrero, Mexico City, and several other states, some of them massive and some violent. Mexicans are appalled at the abduction of these young people and indignant at both the involvement of local officials and police and the national government’s failure to deal with the issue.
How is this not murder?
9 December 2014, byPeople across New York City and around the country erupted in shock and anger December 3 when another grand jury decided not to indict another killer cop for yet another murder of an unarmed African American man.