’Lula traitor’, ’Lula your place is in Davos’. These were just some of the chants on the 3,000 strong protest which greeted Brazilian president Lula at the fifth World Social Forum (WSF) in Porto Alegre, […]
"The grotesque picture of devastation is slowly emerging and haunting us. The real brunt of the tsunami was taken by the eastern part of the island. The principal town, Pottuvil, has seen the worst disaster […]
What are the prospects for Cuba today?
Айнур Курмано К СТОЛЕТИЮ ПЕРВОЙ РУССКОЙ РЕВОЛЮЦИИ 1905 – 1907 гг. Девятого января 2005 года исполняется сто лет со дня начала первой русской революции 1905 – 1907 годов, овеянной славой и героическим подвигом пролетариата впервые […]
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Protestas de los pensionados se extienden por el país
Brazil’s president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was heckled on the stage at the World Social Forum yesterday by the same international activists who hailed him as a saviour when he swept to office two […]
Well over 100,000 people turned out on a scorching afternoon in Porto Alegre, Brazil, to participate in a demonstration that marked the opening of the fifth World Social Forum.
La sangrienta guerra en Irak llevada a cabo por el imperialismo norteamericano empeora cada día, causando muertes en todo el país, guerra civil y choques étnicos y religiosos.
The public sector workers turned out in massive numbers last week against the ongoing liberalisation pushed by the Raffarin government and to protest against the meagre wage deal they had been offered.
Pensioners’ protests sweep the country
Celso Calfullan, Asamblea Mapuche de Izquierda y Socialismo Revolucionario, 25 de enero, 2005
Ya van 32 años de impunidad, no podemos olvidar que ya van mas de tres décadas desde el golpe de estado en septiembre de 1973, quince de ellos bajo "democracia", después de todo este tiempo […]
Over 70 members and sympathisers of the committee for a workers’ international will be making sure that the ideas of socialism are brought to the tens of thousands who will attend the meetings and demonstrations […]
With the help of the thousands of donations that have been made in the last four weeks to the Campaign Sri Lanka, our comrades in the country second worst hit in the region have picked […]
One month after the tsunami disaster struck the coasts of the Indian Ocean the costs are still being counted.
Many people know that we still have a long way to go to achieve workplace equality in the U.S. But what many do not realize is that the problem is getting worse, not better.
Appeal to activists in Brazil and internationally
Appeal to Activists in Brazil and Internationally
As 2005 opens, the Peace Process is once again in deep crisis.
Seventy years ago, a small mid-western city was shaken to its very foundations. The 1934 Minneapolis Teamster strike is one of the greatest labor battles in U.S. history. For two months, the working class owned […]
The momentous events of 100 years ago, 1905, provided the working class in Russia with the understanding that it was a force capable of bringing industry to its knees, a force capable of turning railways, […]
Successful Socialist Alternative campaign against cuts
An eyewitness account
Increase the pressure to stop the eviction of 90 Indian families.
Over 100,000 workers, youth and others exploited by capitalism are expected to attend the 2005 World Social Forum (WSF) in Porte Allegre, Brazil between 26-31 January.
The bloody war in Iraq led by US imperialism worsens every day as the death toll mounts and the country plunges deeper into civil war and ethnic and religious clashes.
Workers and international socialists meet in Ruzomberok
Please act urgently to stop eviction of 90 Indian families at Cerromarangatu in the State of Matto Grosso do Sul, Municipality of Antonio Joao, Brazil
El artículo siguiente es una versión espaňola de una introducción a la versión en lengua Urdu del folleto "los socialistas y la revolución venezolana", escrita por Tony Saunois. Esta introducción cubre las asuntos importantes para […]
"Socialists and the Venezuelan Revolution", by Tony Saunois, is very relevant to the struggles of the workers and peasants in the neo-colonial world as a whole, but is of special significance for Pakistan.
Last Friday, Teungku Malik Mahmood, was interviewed by Offensiv in its Stockholm office. He is in exile but regarded by the Aceh Freedom Movement (Gam) as the rightful prime minister of the State of Aceh. […]
Un grotesco cuadro de devastación está emergiendo lentamente y nos envuelve.
Like criminals with guilty consciences creeping back to the scene of their crime to apologise, capitalist governments around the world now promise to set up an Indian Ocean tsunami early warning system. Was the risk […]
A grotesque picture of devastation is slowly emerging and haunting us.
Zhao Ziyang, toppled as China’s Communist Party (CCP) leader for opposing the military crackdown on the 1989 pro-democracy protests, has died at the age of 85, after suffering a series of strokes.
Zhao Ziyang de China's, derribado como líder del Partido Comunista de China (PCCh) por oponerse a la represión militar contra las protestas a favor de la democracia en 1989, ha muerto a la edad de […]
The tsunami disaster highlighted the dangers of coastal communities being inundated due to cyclones, floods and extreme weather events.
The generous response of people worldwide to the plight of the tsunami victims is a graphic example of human solidarity and internationalism.
Opposition parties divided but regime relies on US imperialism
The cwi appeal for donations to help the United Socialist Party (USP) in Sri Lanka after the tsunami disaster of 26 December 2004 has received an incredibly powerful and overwhelming response internationally.
More than 3000 workers of Karachi Electricity Supply Corporation [KESC] organised a protest rally against the proposed privatisation of this state owned corporation which supplies power to 1.3 million people in Karachi.
While Aceh on the northern edge of Sumatra has registered nearly two-thirds of the total death toll by the Asian tsunami, the Acehnese so far have received only 30% of UN food deliveries. More than […]
"At my school, I collected €436.81 in donations for the Free Trade Union Centre (FTUC) in Sri Lanka in only two days," reports Gina, from Hamburg.
Muhamad Mansur es un palestino israelí, estudiante de medicina del primer año en la universidad hebrea de Jerusalén.
A recent armed clash between armed nationalist activists and the Pakistani security forces in the city of Sui once again proves that the situation in Baluchistan is far more fragile and volatile than the Pakistani […]
It is now more than two weeks since the killer tsunami crashed against the shores of the Indian Ocean.
Muhamad Mansur is a first year Israeli Palestinian medical student at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
As in every country around the world, in Sri Lanka the people have reacted far more quickly than their government. It is an excellent opportunity for the masses to work together and to realise that […]
"Super-rich have doubled their money under Labour" was the headline in The Guardian on 8 December, as the Office for National Statistics (ONS) released a report graphically illustrating the widening gaps in wealth, assets and […]
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