The plenary meeting of the International Committee of the Fourth International took place in the Netherlands in February.
LPP postpone congress to join the advocates’ movement
29 March 2007, byLabour Party Pakistan has postponed its scheduled three days congress. The congress was due to be held from 24-26th March at Lahore. This is to join the mass movement against the military regime.
Rallies support fighting unions
22 March 2007On March 18 in Russia national rallies in solidarity with fighting unions were called by Ford union leader Alexei Etmanov. In St. Petersburg, Samara, Voronezh, and Surgut there were rallies organised by the unions and left groups.
Besancenot successfully onto the presidential ballot
17 March 2007, byOlivier Besancenot will be a candidate in the first round of the presidential elections on Sunday 22nd April. The LCR has received the necessary 530 mayoral signatures. The LCR is very proud to have overcome all the obstacles.
Open letter to those who supported me
2 March 2007, byFranco Turigliatto, elected as senator on the Communist Refoundation slate, has been expelled from the party for voting against the Prodi government on the renewal of the mandate of Italian troops in Afghanistan and the extension of a major US base in Italy. Here he explains why he voted for the ’confidence’ motion in the Prodi government, and why he voted against the government and US bases.
Solidarity with Franco Turigliatto
22 February 2007“The executive of the PRC (Party of Communist Refoundation) has declared that the behaviour of Senator Franco Turigliatto is incompatible with the Party due to his abstention on the vote on the government’s foreign policy. For us this is a serious and erroneous decision.”
Aisha Amin: peace hero
22 February 2007, byAisha Amin, (73) a Labour Party Pakistan activist from Shahdra Lahore, was declared dead today three days after being listed as missing after the Delhi-Lahore train bomb blast.
Massive peasant conference demands end of feudalism
8 February 2007, byA peasant conference held in Lahore on 4 February and attended by well over 6000 people demanded an immediate end to feudalism. Organized by the Pakistan Kissan Rabita Committee PKRC (Peasants’ Coordination Committee), speakers stressed the need for land reform and an end to the militarization of agriculture.
Africa at the heart of the debates
8 February 2007, byThis is the first time that so many Africans, men and women, had come to a World Social Forum. The attendance was five to seven times bigger than in the preceding African Social Forums and was more representative of the diversities of the countries of Africa.
Power to the People
8 February 2007, byAbout 40,000 people came to Nairobi for the 7th World Social Forum (WSF). It was characterized by a big participation by Africans and by rich debates. The global justice movement has planned out a series of offensive mobilizations.
