This article, recounting the events of the day, was written on the evening of 14 August, at 9pm Central European Time.
A major disappointment
23 August 2013, bySupport for the Social Democratic government has dropped continuously since its formation two years ago.
The extermination of the people in revolt
23 August 2013Statement of the Revolutionary Left Current, 21 August 2013, Damascus.
Continuation and difficulties of the revolutionary process in the Arab region
21 August 2013, byThis interview with Gilbert Achcar was made by Jacques Babel on Monday 29 July 2013 for the online publication of the New Anticapitalist Party (NPA, France).
The path of the “Islamist movement”
20 August 2013, byThe “Islamist movement” which, since the transition to multi-partyism after World War II, had found a niche in the parties of the centre right — first inside the Democratic Party (DP) and then after the coup d’état in 1960, in the Justice Party (AP) — first formed an independent political party in the late 1960s.
Statement on the suspension of COSATU General Secretary Zwelinzima Vavi
19 August 2013Statement issued by the Democratic Left Front, South Africa, 15 August 2013.
Letter to Egyptian revolutionaries
19 August 2013We publish here the latest letter from the Revolutionary Socialists of Egypt to their supporters explaining the situation in Egypt as it stands.
The Taksim resistance
18 August 2013, byThere is a huge gap between the mass discontent and the socialist movement, as is shown by the fact that the people who participated in the résistance at Taksim are not affiliated to any political party. It was also the first time that most of them had taken part in political action. Moreover, many even expressed the need for a new political party.
Down with military rule! Down with Al-Sisi, the leader of the counter-revolution!
15 August 2013Statement from the Egyptian Revolutionary Socialists on the massacre in Cairo issued on 14 August 2013.
Solidarity with Texas women
14 August 2013In cities around the country, abortion rights activists took part in a National Day of Action to Defend Abortion Rights on July 15, called to protest the draconian anti-abortion bill passed in Texas the week before.
