The Sixteenth World Congress of the Fourth International adopted a motion of solidarity with the peoples of the Peruvian forest in the challenge to the government.
Hugo Gonzalez Moscoso (1922-2010)
14 February 2010, byHugo Gonzalez Moscoso, historic figure of the Fourth International in Bolivia, died in January. We publish this short notice now and will come back to a longer appreciation at a later date.
"What I actually said to Le Figaro regarding the headscarf"
5 February 2010, byThe decision of the local NPA in the Vaucluse region in France to include a headscarf-wearing candidate on its list for the regional elections has caused a lot of debate in the French media. Here Olivier Besancenot, spokesperson of the NPA, corrects inaccurate reporting of his words.
Commemorations of Daniel Bensaid
18 January 2010Commemoration meetings for Daniel Bensaïd have taken place in Paris, Toulouse, Porto Alegre, London and Lisbon.
LALIT calls for Diego Garcia military base Inspection by IAEA
22 December 2009, byWith US military activities growing fast in Africa, including the setting up of Africom, and with the new African Nuclear Weapons Free Zone Treaty (known as the Pelindaba Treaty) now in force, the huge base on Diego Garcia becomes a key issue.
Four Labour Party leaders killed
14 December 2009, byFour LPP leaders died in a road accident yesterday in Baluchistan. They were coming back after meetings to organise home-based women workers. Three of them are shown in this photograph, taken at Khanis Pur Murree last year during a socialist school.
International Solidarity with SME urgently needed
29 November 2009Call for
* Day for International Action in Embassies on December the 3rd.
* To send International Delegations
* To provide economic support
Urgent need for international solidarity with electrical workers
21 October 2009, byThe right-wing Felipe Calderón administration’s attempt to destroy the Mexican Electrical Workers Union (SME) in order to privatize the electricity industry is causing unprecedented tension in the country between the working class and the government.
The Right is routed in the legislative elections
5 October 2009, byTwo years after its broad victory, the Right lost the legislative elections. Its percentage of the vote dropped by 8 per cent and the social democrats of PASOK were 10 per cent ahead of it. The Right paid dearly for its attacks on youth and workers.
Left Bloc doubles its number of MPs
28 September 2009The coordinator of Portugal’s Left Bloc, Francisco Louçã, last night thanked the 550 thousand Portuguese who voted for the Bloco in yesterday’s parliamentary elections, thus ensuring that it would more than double its parliamentary representation.
