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Where is the Left Bloc going?

Françisco Louçã — 2008-01-30T17:56:19Z

On June 2-3, 2007 the Fifth National Convention of the Left Bloc took place in Lisbon. Since its creation in 1999, this unitary organization of the anti-capitalist Left in Portugal has strongly consolidated itself and has established a presence in the country.

- IV396 - January 2008 / Portugal, New parties of the left

Labour Party Pakistan leader killed in suicidal attack

Farooq Tariq — 2008-01-19T20:59:24Z

Comrade Abdullah Qureshi (72) is no no longer with us. A member of North West Frontier Province (NWFP) provincial council of LPP died in a suicidal attack in Swat valley. He was one the best known senior Left leaders of the valley.

- IV396 - January 2008 / Pakistan

Devastating Crisis Unfolds

Robert Brenner — 2008-01-19T11:22:09Z

THE CURRENT CRISIS could well turn out to be the most devastating since the Great Depression. The combination of the weakness of underlying capital accumulation and the meltdown of the banking system has made the downward slide intractable and its potential for disaster serious.

- IV396 - January 2008 / United States (USA), Economy

Impressive mobilisation at the edge of capitalist Europe

Chris Den Hond , Lucien Perpette — 2008-01-11T10:50:10Z

In November 2007, trade unions in Slovenia organised a major demonstration in their capital city, Ljubljana, to protest the effects of inflation, and to demand cost-of-living adjustments to salaries in this former Yugoslav Republic, which joined the European Union in May 2004.

- IV396 - January 2008 / Slovenia

The view from France - Respect splits

François Duval — 2008-01-09T14:33:59Z

The split in Respect represents a setback for the construction of a radical left alternative.

- IV396 - January 2008 / Britain, New parties of the left

LPP - New rules to bring more internal democracy

Farooq Tariq — 2008-01-07T17:50:27Z

Nisar Shah elected as new general secretary

More women comrades elected to National Committee

A staggering $ 9500 pledged by 126 delegates

- IV396 - January 2008 / Pakistan

The SWP's ever-increasing welter of allegations and distortions

Alan Thornett — 2008-01-05T07:58:08Z

Chris Harman claims that his article The Crisis in Respect is an attempt to locate the politics behind crisis in Respect. It is nothing of the sort.

- IV396 - January 2008 / Britain, New parties of the left

The SWP takes a step backwards

Salma Yaqoob — 2008-01-05T07:56:05Z

Of all the words written about the split in Respect, the least important are those dealing with who did what at some meeting or other. Of much more interest are those articles attempting to provide some political explanation of these events.

- IV396 - January 2008 / Britain, New parties of the left

The Crisis in Respect

Chris Harman — 2008-01-05T07:54:32Z

Two meetings took place in London on 17 November 2007. One was the 360-strong annual conference of Respect, which was attended by 270 delegates from 49 local branches and 17 student groups.

- IV396 - January 2008 / Britain, New parties of the left

Tet Offensive - decisive battle of the Vietnam war

Phil Hearse — 2008-01-04T11:23:34Z

This year is the 40th anniversary of the tumultuous revolutionary year, 1968. First in our series on the events of that year is this article which looks at the January 1968 Tet offensive in Vietnam.

- IV396 - January 2008 / Vietnam