The first scientific caveats on the danger of global warming date back more than fifty years. Finally they were taken seriously enough for the United Nations and the World Meteorological Organization to create the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in1988.
Why Black Lives Matter Is Game Change
4 September 2015, by“In the two years since its conception, the Black Lives Matter movement has transformed from a powerful, U.S.-based unifier to a globalized movement connecting black and oppressed people all over the world.
From Germany to Greece
3 September 2015, byFive German left activists on building solidarity with the Greek people and confronting the pro-austerity elites in their own country.
After Syriza
2 September 2015, byWhen Alexis Tspiras resigned his premiership earlier this month and called for a snap election, it signaled a new round in the ongoing battle between Greece and its creditors.
The campaign “you stink” shakes the sectarian regime in Lebanon
2 September 2015, byLebanon had experienced some major protests in early 2011 against the sectarian regime following the regional popular uprisings, but the movement unfortunately ended a few months later, especially after the sabotage of several religious and reactionary parties against the movement and with the complicity of leftist movements of Stalinist tradition.
Labour Law Reforms, Indian Capitalism and the Modi Government
1 September 2015, byFrom the beginning of the era of globalization in India, one routine yell of the capitalist class has been that the Indian labour laws are archaic, and pose the greatest hindrance to progress. In reality labour laws are very often ignored or flouted. There are so many ways to avoid labour laws in the unorganised sector, in the SEZs, etc. But capital must forever seek to increase its profit rate. So the few laws that protect a few of the workers, they too must be brought under attack. The word “reform” is a code word for an all-out offensive.
Make the One Day All-India Strike on 2 September a Huge Success
1 September 2015, byWith the electoral victory of the Bharatiya Janata Party, which got a majority in the lower house of Parliament all by itself, a deeply right wing government is well-settled in power. A little over one year after they have come to power, this government is going to engage in its first test of strength with the working class. We have long ago characterised the BJP, and standing behind it, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, as a fascist force. But this does not mean that the day after they took power a Hitler-regime was imposed in India. But the chipping away at democracy continues daily. Daily, also proceed two efforts, each in its own way, but both with consistent government support – one is the imposition of Hindutva, and the other the politics of imposing the interests of capital.