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Gays and the Left: Scratching the Surface

Peter Drucker — 1997-07-07T09:24:00Z

The contemporary movement for lesbian/gay liberation was born out of the ferment of the New Left. Its leftist roots were openly acknowledged. Times have changed, nowadays lesbian/gay spokespeople and theorists are less likely to identify with the anti-capitalist left than they used to be.

- IV291 - July 1997 / LGBT, Reviews, Sexual politics

The spark that does not die

Michael Löwy — 1997-07-07T09:12:00Z

Thirty years later, Che Guevara's message is still a glowing beacon to those who know that a better world is possible.

- IV291 - July 1997 / Marxism

EuroMarch: A step forward for the radical left

Jean Dupont — 1997-07-07T00:00:00Z

An internationalist, European but anti-EU left has exploded onto the political scene of the continent.

- IV291 - July 1997 / Europe

EuroMarch v unemployment reaches Amsterdam

Christophe Aguiton , Robert Cremieux — 1997-07-07T00:00:00Z

The Marches against Unemployment, jobs security and marginalisation set off on 14 April, and converged in Amsterdam two months later.

- IV291 - July 1997 / Europe

"End of an era" for state unionism

Dan La Botz — 1997-07-07T00:00:00Z

Fidel Velazquez Sanchez, head of the Confederation of Mexican Workers (CTM) died on June 21, at the age of 97.

- IV291 - July 1997 / Mexico, Trade unions/workplace organizing

Pouring oil on troubled heads

Jean Dupont — 1997-07-07T00:00:00Z

On 25 May Ecuadorians voted in a 14 question referendum.

- IV291 - July 1997 / Ecuador

Fundamentalist fall?

Erdal Tan — 1997-07-07T00:00:00Z

The military, and the public opinion, have forced the fundamentalist-nationalist coalition government to resign. Conservative opposition leader Mesut Yilmaz has been invited to form the next government, which will probably be a 'non-clerical' coalition with the social democratic opposition.

- IV291 - July 1997 / Turkey

“No to the fundamentalists! No to the generals!”

Erdal Tan — 1997-07-07T00:00:00Z

Over 35,000 people attended a rally in Istanbul on 26 May, opposing both the fundamentalist-conservative block and the growing military threat. This event was organised by the Liberty and Solidarity Party (Ã–DP), a regroupment party which includes most currents of the 1970s far left, including the Fourth International current, Yeniyol.

- IV291 - July 1997 / Turkey

More of the same

Harold Lavender — 1997-07-07T00:00:00Z

The June 2nd general election results were good news from a capitalist class war perspective. The northern horizon shows no major threat to rapid economic restructuring or government austerity budgets. But the escalation of tensions around the Quebec national question points to storm clouds ahead.

- IV291 - July 1997 / Canada

Strategic crisis in the nationalist movement

Bernard Rioux — 1997-07-07T00:00:00Z

Support for the Bloc Quebecois fell from 49 to 38%, half a million less than last time. As a result, pro-federal parties won a majority of votes in 64 of Quebec's 75 constituencies This decline is the direct result of the anti-social policies of the Parti Quebecois government.

- IV291 - July 1997 / Canada