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Bhagat Singh

Lal Khan — 2019-03-30T06:44:23Z

Revolutionary struggles erupt with their own dynamics. The legacies, such struggles leave behind are often symbolised by iconic figures. According to the mainstream myths, Gandhi, Jinnah, Nehru and other such leaders belonging to the native bourgeois fostered by the Raj led anti-colonial struggle in the Indian subcontinent.

- IV530 - March 2019 / Pakistan, India, Historical events and figures

“Maduro is undemocratic and Guaidó is a usurper"

Dani Dominquez, Gonzalo Gómez Freire — 2019-03-29T11:19:14Z

Dani DomÃnguez interviews Gonzalo Gómez

- IV530 - March 2019 / Venezuela

Solidarity with the Algerian people in their struggle for popular sovereignty! Renaissance of the Algerian revolution!

Fourth International Bureau — 2019-03-28T17:09:53Z

Algeria is experiencing a popular uprising that is unprecedented since the proclamation of national independence. Since 22 February 2019, following calls launched on the Internet, large rallies, with a massive presence of women, have been organized in all cities, followed by workers and young students

- IV530 - March 2019 / Fourth International, Algeria

The Decline of the Low Countries

Alex de Jong — 2019-03-26T07:24:01Z

The far right swept to record success in last week's Dutch elections. Yet the vote also saw Geert Wilders's PVV overshadowed by more traditionalist reactionary forces.

- IV530 - March 2019 / Netherlands, Far Right

Worrying About Huawei: Is China Winning the G5 Race?

Richard Falk — 2019-03-25T07:35:09Z

Prefatory Note:The following post contains my responses to questions posed by Sputnik News Agency a few days ago. The effort to warn European countries not to use equipment from the Chinese telecom giant, Huawei, is part warning and part threat. It claims to be a matter of security, but seems like an effort to avoid the competitive challenge posed by the superior technology of Huawei by claiming a threat to the security of European countries because China will be able to engage in unauthorized data surveillance. Waiting for American counterpart technology is a way of saying our surveillance will be less of a problem in the future than would a comparable Chinese capability. Underneath, one wonders whether this is a matter of protecting American business interests. In any event,

- IV530 - March 2019 / United States (USA), Economy, China

The UTLA Victory in Context

Robert Bartlett — 2019-03-24T16:26:22Z

The United Teachers of Los Angeles (UTLA) have won a big, although limited victory, as detailed in Peter Olson's on-the-ground account in this issue of Against the Current. The strike is part of a nationwide teachers' upsurge that began with, and was largely made possible by, the 2012 strike of the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU).

- IV530 - March 2019 / United States (USA), Trade unions/workplace organizing

Christchurch terror: How did this happen?

Tyler West, Ani White, Byron Clark, Daphne Lawless — 2019-03-22T13:25:52Z

You've heard the news: on March 15th, 2019, Aotearoa/New Zealand experienced its largest mass shooting since the colonial massacres, a coordinated terrorist attack on two mosques in Christchurch. Throughout the day the death toll climbed; first 6, then 27, then 40, and finally 49 (with more passing away in hospital beds in the ensuing days). Victims included resettled Syrian children, fleeing terrorism in one place only to encounter it in another.

- IV530 - March 2019 / New Zealand, Racism and Islamophobia

Christchurch: Mourn for the dead and fight like hell for the living

Oula Shihan — 2019-03-21T09:19:28Z

Politicians have expressed “horror” and “shock” at the attack in New Zealand and now are scratching their heads, asking, “Who could have predicted this?”

- IV530 - March 2019 / Australia, New Zealand, Racism and Islamophobia

Stand with Muslims – No to Islamophobia! Down with White Supremacy!

International Socialist Organisation National Committee in Aotearoa/New Zealand — 2019-03-20T06:10:50Z

In the aftermath of the Christchurch terrorist attack, the International Socialist Organisation National Committee in Aotearoa/New Zealand released the following statement.

- IV530 - March 2019 / New Zealand, Racism and Islamophobia

A radical left in Parliament, a contradiction or a perspective?

Marko KrÅ¾an — 2019-03-19T16:59:52Z

As we know, the left-wing parties of Western Europe, such as the German party Die Linke, play a folkloric role or, in the best of cases, that of a moral corrector and have very little influence on political events. Their parliamentary work is mostly limited to agitation. In Eastern European countries, these parties often fail to enter Parliament.

- IV530 - March 2019 / Slovenia