Interview with Sebastián Farfán Salinas, a former member of the executive of Confech, the Confederation of Chilean Students, and Carla Amtmann Fecci, former president of the student federation at the Catholic University of Valparaiso. Both participated in the presidential campaign of the “Todos a la Moneda” (“All to the Moneda”, the latter being the name of Chile’s presidential palace). The interview was conducted by Franck Gaudichaud.
The social movement and future convergences
2 April 2014, byInterview with Roxana Miranda, presidential candidate at the 2013 elections and president of the Igualdad party, and Christian Cepeda, an activist in the party. The interview was conducted by Franck Gaudichaud
The “New Turkey”
2 April 2014, byThis analysis was written a couple of days before the elections of last Sunday.
Three Years of Revolt in Syria
2 April 2014, byThe recent death of Canadian photo journalist and New Socialist Editorial Associate Ali Mustafa in a Syrian military bomb blast was a grim reminder of the brutal war that’s ongoing in Syria. Joseph Daher wrote a series of six articles in 2012 that analysed the Syrian rebellion. These articles can be found here. In this article Joseph Daher analyses the many forces of reaction within Syria, and celebrates three years of courageous struggle for democracy and social change.
The social movement and future convergences
1 April 2014, by , ,Interview with Roxana Miranda, presidential candidate at the 2013 elections and president of the Igualdad party, and Christian Cepeda, an activist in the party. The interview was conducted by Franck Gaudichaud
Social struggles in Indonesia, women workers and the Left
1 April 2014, by , ,Despite high economic growth rates, massive poverty persists in Indonesia. And while the fall of Suharto’s “New Order” dictatorship in 1998 drastically enlarged democratic space in the country, old representatives of the dictatorship are making a come-back. The army remains a powerful political player and democratic freedoms are under attack. We publish here an interview with activist Zely Ariane on how the Indonesian Left is trying to find a new way forward.
ISIS (Islamic State in Iraq and Sham): An enemy of the revolution and an ally of the Assad regime
1 April 2014The popular anger against ISIS authoritarian practices and reactionary ideology in the liberated areas of the Assad regime has been mounting for months because of their authoritarian and reactionary practices. In the eyes of the people from the liberated areas living under ISIS’ domination, this latter was just another face of the Assad regime because of its authoritarianism, in addition to its reactionary ideology, like a banner in a demonstration on December 27 2013 in Maraat al-Numan in Idlib was saying “The majority of us have become wanted by two states (the Assad regime and ISIS)”.
