“Femicide” is the new word in Latin America. A new word for an old crisis. It refers to an epidemic of rapes and murders of women in the region that for years have gone unsolved and unpunished.
Pasta, politics and parties
24 September 2006, by ,More than 550 young participants met at the youth camp this year near the Umbrian town of Perugia in the largest FI youth camp since 1995. This was thanks to an impressive mobilisation by the youth of Sinistra Critica in Italy who brought 230 Italians to the camp.
International Viewpoint needs €3,670
21 September 2006, byAs a unique source of analysis during the crisis in Lebanon, the readership of InternationalViewpoint.org has swelled over the summer, forcing further development in the technology that underpins the site. We urgently need small and large donations to meet the growing demand.
For an alternative in Brazil
21 September 2006, byNeither Lula, nor Alckmin! HeloÃsa Helena President! - We reproduce here the Manifesto of the Left Front, founded at the appeal of the PSOL, PSTU and PCB.
Narrow victory for the Swedish right
20 September 2006, byThe Swedish election resulted in change of power. For the first time in 30 years Sweden will have a right majority-government. But the election victory for the conservative alliance was a narrow one.
Alain Krivine and Algeria
17 September 2006, byAlain Krivine, one of the best-known leaders of the Fourth International, is about to publish his political memoirs, covering 50 years of political activism. He began his political life as a young Communist militant. It was in that capacity that he was sent to the World Youth Conference in Moscow in 1957, where he met with representatives of the Algerian FLN. This meeting was to be the turning point in his political life.
The Limits of Might
13 September 2006, byIf one had still doubts about the pathetic failure of the Israeli military offensive in Lebanon, the decision of the Prime Minister put the things straight: 33 days of colossal use of military force didn’t bring any substantial result, except massive destruction and horrible massacres.
The revival of a political tradition
7 September 2006, bySocialist Resistance in Britain has recently published a new book of writings by Cuban writer Celia Hart. John Lister says that the book represents the revival of a more critical tradition in Cuban communism.
Against resolution 1701, against the sending of NATO troops
7 September 2006, byResolution 1701 of August 11, 2006 was adopted after several weeks of stonewalling by Washington to allow Israel time to pursue its aggression. Its iniquity is blatant inasmuch as it fails to condemn Israel’s criminal aggression, mentioning only “Hezbollah’s attack on Israel” and the “hostilities in Lebanon and in Israel” (sic).
Jumping Through Hoops
1 September 2006, byReproductive rights are under harsh attack in the United States
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