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Greece

The Troika’s Policy in Greece: Rob the Greek people and give the money to private banks, the ECB, the IMF and the dominant States of the Eurozone
2 September 2018, by Éric Toussaint
On 20 August 2018, the Greek government of Alexis Tsipras, the IMF and the European leaders celebrated the end of the Third Memorandum.
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Syria

Syria’s Disaster, and What’s Next
30 August 2018, by Joseph Daher
More than seven years after the beginning of the Syrian popular uprising, which was gradually transformed into a deadly war with an international character, the situation in the country is catastrophic at all levels. The popular classes are the most affected with continuous suffering.
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Secularists, Secularism and the Syrian uprising
27 August 2018, by Joseph Daher
Syrian secularists, and moreover the concept of secularism, are under attack online and on the ground. Joseph Daher takes a critical look at recent efforts to discredit the contribution of Syrian secularists to the 2011 revolution and offers historic perspective on the meaning of secularism and how the concept has been used and misused in the battle to shape the future of Syria.
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Latin America

The retreat of the pink tide in Latin America
27 August 2018, by Jeffery R Webber, Phil Gasper
Jeffery R. Webber is senior lecturer in the School of Politics and International Relations at Queen Mary University of London. He spoke with ISO editorial board member Phil Gasper on April 5, the morning after the Brazilian Supreme Court voted to imprison the country’s former president, Lula da Silva.
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Our history

1968 and the Spanish State: The Year in its Context
20 June 2018, by Josep María Antentas
Understanding the Spanish 68 requires an understanding of the rise of anti-Francoism in the previous years and its evolution after the state of exception declared in January 1969.
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Tunisia

Trade Union Power and Democratic Transition in Tunisia - The UGTT: A Unique Story, An Unprecedented Experience
19 June 2018, by Sami Adouani and Saïd Ben Sedrine
In the wake of the collapse of the dictatorship in Tunisia, the Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT) constituted a key player in ensuring the country stayed on track for a peaceful transition to democracy. This article is intended as a guide facilitating better understanding of the UGTT’s power which allowed the trade union to assert itself and serve as a balancing force in a national context marked by strong political competition and significant social instability. In this context, the authors explore the origins of the UGTT’s power and analyse how these power resources were articulated and combined in the national dialogue (between October 2013 and November 2014), a process that allowed the country to extricate itself from the political impasse, earning the UGTT and three other civil society organisations the Nobel Peace prize in 2015
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Our history

Fifty years after the revolutions of ‘68
18 June 2018, by Pedro Fuentes
The fiftieth anniversary of May ‘68, like the centennial of the Russian Revolution, is far from a mere ritual commemoration. Both mark high points of the struggle of the workers for their self-emancipation, and their lessons are incorporated into our history and give continuity to the struggle for socialism. History is alive in these central events of the class struggle. The revolutions of 1968 had objective and subjective consequences that have been fundamental in the last decades of the 20th century and the first decades of the 21st.
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The spirit of 1968 is inextinguishable – even 50 years later
17 June 2018, by Hilary Wainwright
This rebellious era shaped radical activists – and aggressive capitalists. What can we learn from 1968, for democratic change today?
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Poland, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia: 1968 as the antipodes of 1989
16 June 2018, by Catherine Samary
From March 2 to April 14, 2018, a series of initiatives dedicated to "May 68 seen from the South" were held in France, initiated and supported by the Sortir du colonialisme network, Cedetim, the Institut Tribune socialiste (ITS), the IPAM Foundation, the Gabriel Péri Foundation, the Fondation de l’écologie politique, the Copernicus Foundation, Espace Marx and the Centre d’histoire sociale du XXe siècle. The French magazine “Contretemps” will be publishing articles on “the 1968 years” including some contributions on “May 68 seen from the Souths” throughout 2018. This article by Catherine Samary is a modified version of her contribution to the latter.
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1968: a revolution too early to judge
16 June 2018, by Ilya Budraitskis
The events of 1968 have been stripped of their meaning and are now more a symbol of capitulation than revolution. Accepting this is the first step to making its legacy relevant again
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The Troika’s Policy in Greece: Rob the Greek people and give the money to private banks, the ECB, the IMF and the dominant States of the Eurozone

Syria’s Disaster, and What’s Next

Secularists, Secularism and the Syrian uprising

The retreat of the pink tide in Latin America

1968 and the Spanish State: The Year in its Context

Trade Union Power and Democratic Transition in Tunisia - The UGTT: A Unique Story, An Unprecedented Experience

Fifty years after the revolutions of ‘68

The spirit of 1968 is inextinguishable – even 50 years later

Poland, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia: 1968 as the antipodes of 1989

1968: a revolution too early to judge

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