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IVP 526 November 2018

robm — 2018-11-30T12:38:00Z

IVP 526 November 2018
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- IV526 - November 2018 / PDF

New Zealand First and the global far-right

Daphne Lawless — 2018-11-30T08:45:36Z

The New Zealand First (NZF) Party was founded in 1993 by Winston Peters, formerly a cabinet minister for the mainstream conservative National Party. Since then, under Peters' continuous and unchallenged leadership, its share of the popular vote has ranged from 4 to 13% - large enough to be a significant player in all but one of New Zealand's parliaments from them until now, and to have participated in coalition governments with both of New Zealand's major parties, National and centre-left Labour. It is currently the junior partner in Jacinda Ardern's Labour-led coalition, also supported by the Green Party.

- IV526 - November 2018 / New Zealand, Far Right

China Intensifies Crackdown on Marxist Student Activists

2018-11-29T09:05:34Z

Chinese university students, inspired by their studies of Marx, are facing an increasing state crackdown on their movement in support of workers who have been trying to organize Shenzhen's Jasic Technology. Prof. Zhun Xu analyzes the situation

- IV526 - November 2018 / China, Youth and student movements

Facing the left-wing challenge in the European Union

Éric Toussaint — 2018-11-28T08:09:25Z

It is shocking to see that the right-wing government in power in Italy since Summer 2018 refuses to reduce the budgetary deficit while so-called left-wing governments bow to the constraints of austerity. It is now, when the peoples of the Eurozone are ever more disgusted by the policies imposed by European leaders and big capital, that the radical left should start fighting the structures of the European Union and the Eurozone. The time is ripe to expose their legitimacy crisis and use it as a means of tackling the challenges populations are faced with.

- IV526 - November 2018 / Europe, Economy, European Union, Ecosocialism

What is at stake in the “yellow jacket” mobilization

Léon Crémieux — 2018-11-27T04:41:46Z

For nearly a month, an unprecedented movement has been developing in France.

- IV526 - November 2018 / France, Trade unions/workplace organizing

Vox: the new face of the far right in the Spanish State

Brais Fernandez — 2018-11-26T10:34:46Z

Until recently, Spain was uniquely free of neofascism. Not anymore.

- IV526 - November 2018 / Spanish state, Far Right

Pakistan, hostage of the religious - The radical left in resistance

Pierre Rousset — 2018-11-25T09:31:04Z

The Pakistani Supreme Court had just declared Asia Bibi innocent of the crime of blasphemy for which she was previously sentenced to death. Religious movements did not accept the decision and fought back, calling to paralyze the country by blocking the roads, opening a major political crisis. Pierre Rousset was in Lahore precisely at this moment and following is his report.

- IV526 - November 2018 / Pakistan, Fundamentalism

The electoral triumph of Uribism and the dilemmas of neoliberal peace

Daniel Libreros C — 2018-11-24T08:27:06Z

Iván Duque, candidate of the Democratic Centre, a political party created by former president Ã lvaro Uribe in 2013, won the second round of the presidential elections on Sunday, June 17th, with 10,373,080 votes, that is 54 per cent of total votes cast.

- IV526 - November 2018 / Colombia

Is There a Gig Economy?

Kim Moody — 2018-11-23T09:57:47Z

Job security has never been a feature of capitalism. As competition drives accumulation from one industry or location to another in search of profits via the ups and downs of periodic crises, it necessarily alters employment patterns and the organization of work. Over the long haul, U.S. capitalism moved employment from agricultures to industry to often mislabelled service jobs.

- IV526 - November 2018

Turkey's Defiant Working Class: From Offense to Defense

Metin Feyyaz — 2018-11-22T09:06:20Z

“He is afraid that it will be like TEKEL, he is afraid that they will come and occupy the square and won't leave.”

Muharrem Güler, who was Governor of ?stanbul at that time, explaining why Erdo?an was afraid of Gezi Park demonstrations with reference to the TEKEL Tobacco workers strike from 2010.

- IV526 - November 2018 / Turkey