The leftwing coalition Encuentro Progresista - Frente Amplio - Nueva Mayoria triumphed at the Uruguayan elections of October 2004. We publish here an interview with Ernesto Herrera which was carried out before the elections and which presents the viewpoint of Corriente de Izquierda.
The elections in Ukraine - a working class viewpoint
5 January 2005, byThe current conflict in the Ukraine is not a fight between democracy and autocracy. From that point of view, there is no difference between Yanukovich and Yushchenko. They both have pillaged and are pillaging the Ukrainian people and state.
The Consolidation of the new PT
5 January 2005, byThe Workers Party (PT) suffered a defeat in the municipal elections of October 2004. Once the figures for the second round and the definitive results were in, the conclusion was unavoidable.
Raul Pont criticises the Lula government
5 January 2005, byFormer mayor of Porto Alegre and theoretician of the participatory budget, Raul Pont was once again the Workers’ Party (PT) candidate for mayor of Porto Alegre. He was defeated - the PT thus lost one of its most emblematic cities. We publish here Raul Pont’s opinions and statements as they were reported in the Brazilian press.
The elections point to the tasks of the PT
5 January 2005, byThe quantitative and territorial balance sheet of the votes won by each party is important for defining their capacities for confrontation on a national scale, but insufficient to understand "society’s state of mind" and the party’s tasks in the present political struggle.
IV363 - January 2005 PDF
1 January 2005Download a pdf version of this month’s edition from here.
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