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Public Again after 20 days of underground life

Farooq Tariq — 2007-11-28T18:51:57Z

Since 23rd November, I am working normally. Most of the political prisoners were released and police raids were rare.

- IV394 - November 2007 / Pakistan

Socialist Resistance: what next?

Socialist Resistance — 2007-11-28T09:22:19Z

The resources used to produce the monthly Socialist Resistance newspaper are being used to support the launch of the monthly paper announced at the Respect Renewal conference.

- IV394 - November 2007 / Britain, New parties of the left

At the crossroads

Guillermo Almeyra — 2007-11-26T23:12:53Z

All the fuss over the incident provoked at the Ibero-American Summit in Santiago, Chile by Franco's Bourbon godson is nothing more than a smokescreen designed to divert attention from attempts to destabilize the democratic and constitutional government of Venezuela and at the same time, a part of this attempt.

- IV394 - November 2007 / Venezuela

Mass Mobilisation against Sarkozy

Olivier Besancenot — 2007-11-26T18:35:00Z

The strikes and demonstrations against Nicolas Sarkozy's attempted neoliberal reforms have been massive. We publish here an initial report by the LCR.

- IV394 - November 2007 / France

Howard's overboard - but the struggle continues

Peter Boyle — 2007-11-26T14:10:35Z

Australian right-wing premier John Howard fell to an enormous backlash against his attack on workers' rights and his support for the US-led invasion of Iraq. But dumping Howard was just the beginning of the fightback.

- IV394 - November 2007 / Australia

Strong resistance to Sarkozy's agenda

Ingrid Hayes — 2007-11-26T12:30:00Z

Sarkozy's election in May 2007 was a serious political defeat. But the recently elected president, hand in hand with the bosses' union, had yet to inflict a major social defeat to the working class.

- IV394 - November 2007 / France

Red Green Alliance maintains parliamentary representation by narrow margin

Thomas Eisler — 2007-11-26T09:11:47Z

In the national elections on 13th November the Red Green Alliance struggled to maintain parliamentary representation. With a result of 2,17 % of the vote it only passed the 2 % limit by a narrow margin.

- IV394 - November 2007 / Denmark, New parties of the left

Three Meanings of Ecosocialism

Ian Angus — 2007-11-25T19:01:41Z

Is ecosocialism really necessary? Isn't it implied in the very concept of socialism? Why should anybody be an ecosocialist as opposed a plain, straightforward, socialist?

- IV394 - November 2007 / Ecology and the Environment, Ecosocialism

2007 - Year of Climate Change Catastrophe

Phil Hearse — 2007-11-25T18:37:11Z

'Climate poverty' kills 150,000 every year.

- IV394 - November 2007 / Ecology and the Environment, Solidarity after disasters

What Happened to the Global Justice Movement?

Frances Curran — 2007-11-25T18:35:48Z

Former SSP MSP Frances Curran was one of the organisers of the G8 Alternatives demonstration at Gleneagles in 2005. In this article she looks at the state of the movement today and asks where it goes from here.

- IV394 - November 2007