2002 is an election year in Brazil; on October 6 and 27 the first and second rounds of the presidential election are scheduled to take place. At the same time the federal state governors, senators and federal and state deputies will be elected.
A scenario of chaos
11 October 2002, byGeneral strikes of students, civil servants and university teachers, occupations of university faculties and high schools, workers’ strikes, rebellion in the poorest neighbourhoods with spontaneous ’lootings’ against hunger. Popular soup kitchens sprouting up everywhere around the country.
Proposal to defeat hunger
11 October 2002, byMore than 200,000 Uruguayans unemployed; 700,000 in precarious employment; 25% of the population in poverty; undernourished children who ’feed’ on refuse and grass.
PST-CI: first conference of FI supporters
11 October 2002, byOn June 15-16, 2002 the PST-CI (a nucleus of supporters of the Fourth International inside the Corriente de Izquierda) held its first Conference since the split in the Uruguayan ’section’ of the FI in March 2001.
"Out with the lot of them!"
11 October 2002, by"Out with the lot of them - let not a single one remain." This is the slogan which today unites broad sectors of the Argentine social movement and left. It shows the degree of radicalisation amongst the people and the depth of the crisis facing the regime.
New frontiers of workers’ control
11 October 2002, byDecember 19 and 20, 2001 were moments when a different history burst asunder previously held convictions. With anger in their throats, men and women left their homes and, demanding food and work, invaded the supermarkets and took over the highways.
Revolutionary internationalism and the national question
11 October 2002, byMichael Löwy has made important contributions to Marxist thought for more than three decades. Portions of his previous writings have been gathered into the seven essays on nationalism and internationalism that make up this slim volume, produced as part of an innovative series by the International Institute for Research and Education in Amsterdam.
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