This leaflet was distributed on October 9, the day of Mrs. Merkel’s visit to Athens by OKDE - Spartakos, Greek section of the Fourth International.
Something rotten in the kingdom of Spain
18 October 2012, byFollowing the recent death of Santiago Carrillo, the institutional media of the Spanish state issued their condolences, evoking the images of consensus of the Spanish Transition. And this at the very moment when movements like that of May 15 have highlighted the decrepitude of the regime it created; at the moment that neoliberalism has splintered the old social pacts; at the moment when a young generation in the process of politicising proposes new constitutional, social and economic paths and poses new questions on alternatives to the European Union (EU). The obsequies around the death of Carrillo are a pure symbol of the Spanish political regime.
Abdul Karim – An Obituary Message
8 October 2012, byToday 6 October 2012 in the morning Abdul Karim, President of Bhurungamari sub-district and Central Committee Member of Bangladesh Krishok Federation was brutally killed by a miscreant named Addur Rahim patronized by the local influentials who have vested interest on the abandoned railway Khasland occupied by the landless men and women in 2004. He was 63 years old. His dedication knew no bounds as regards land occupation movement in the northern part of the country.
Massive mobilisations against austerity
6 October 2012, byIn the Spanish state, tens of thousands of people attempted to “encircle” the seat of parliament in Madrid, on September 25, 2012. Amid cries of “Democracy kidnapped!”, “Government resign!” the demonstrators first organised massive popular assemblies, before heading for Neptune square, facing Parliament.
When will we see tanks in Barcelona?
6 October 2012, by“Independent Catalonia? Over my dead body and those of many other soldiers”. It was with these words that on August 31, retired infantry lieutenant-colonel Francisco Alaman Castro referred to the possibility of an independent Catalonia. And he added: "We will not make it easy. Although the lion seems to be sleeping, they have no interest in provoking it too much, because it has already given enough proof of its ferocity over the centuries. These plebs are not up to much, if we know how to confront them”.
The demand of the people now has a goal: the resignation of the government
4 October 2012, byHere we publish a Resolution of the National Board of the Left Bloc, 22 September 2012 passed unanimously.
A million-strong revolt in the streets
4 October 2012, byThe international media have largely ignored the huge popular mobilization that shook the political life of Portugal on Saturday, September 15, 2012: a million protesters across the country, including at least 500,000 in the capital (10 per cent of the population). The biggest demonstration since May 1, 1974, after the fall of the dictatorship of Salazar.
"We have done something extraordinary”
3 October 2012, byThis is the text of the speech made by Ana Carla Gonçalves at the end of the demonstration on September 15, in Lisbon, on behalf of the collective "Que se lixe a Troika. Queremos as nossas vidas! "(Out with the Troika! We want our lives!). This text was first published on the web site of the collective.
“Out with the Troika! We want our lives!”
3 October 2012We reproduce here the appeal issued on August 27, 2012 by 29 signatories - activists of social movements, cultural personalities, committed journalists - which initiated the demonstrations on September 15, 2012 in Portugal, the biggest popular mobilization since May 1, 1974, mobilizing a million people (including 500,000 in Lisbon). The date of September 15 was chosen on the basis of the call by the movement of the Indignados and by many organizations (more than 900) to demonstrate against the austerity of the Spanish government on the same day in Madrid. This appeal is at the origin of the collective "Que se lixe a Troika. Queremos as nossas vidas! "(Out with the Troika! We want our lives!), which is trying to unify the struggles against austerity and against the dictates imposed by the Troika (the International Monetary Fund, the European Central Bank and the European Commission) on indebted countries, which are victims of speculation.