Home > IV Online magazine - Archive
IV Online magazine - Archive
1997 - 2000 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004
2005 - 2006 - 2007 - 2008 -
2009 - 2010
2011 - 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016
Some of the more popular pages
| Philippines
Haiyan/Yolanda: Inside each new-born violent storm is the DNA of the fossil fuel industry and capitalismWhile I write this article, in the Phillipines the death toll reaches about 4,000 people and continues to grow, 12 days after Supertyphoon Haiyan (also called “Yolanda”) hit that country with the power of 310 km/h (195 mph) sustained winds and gusts that reached 375 km/h (235 mph). It fitted into the “Category 5”, the class for the most powerful storms using the scale that is currently used to classify hurricanes. However, with winds that strong, if one more category was added [what category? It just souds like you’re saying if add one on to 5 we get 6], Haiyan would certainly be classified as a “Category 6”. Haiyan is recognized as one of the most powerful storms of all times to strike against human settlements. Along with the extremely strong winds, the storm surge immediately began to cause a huge amount of damage and loss of life. Many hundreds of thousands have become refugees; many are now orphans and widows/widowers. -> read article... |
| Brazil
“The main immediate challenge for the anti-capitalist left is to contribute to the development of the movement” Interview with João Machado
This interview was conducted by Juan Tortosa of the Swiss journal SolidaritéS on 23 June 2013. Additional questions were asked on 27 June 2013. -> read article... |
|
| Greece
A few remarks on the question of governmentThe depth of the capitalist crisis poses the question of power in general terms – to break with austerity requires a radical change of policy and another government - but the Greek crisis, combining as it does socio-economic collapse, political crisis and social resistance, thrusts it directly in the forefront of the social and political scene. -> read article... |