Bolivia
Bolivia: Worker and peasant poor majority suffers as food prices rise
Food production and distribution should be controlled democratically by the worker and peasant majority, not by the right-wing opposition
Month: August 2007
Greece
Greece: Greece is burning
A result of government policies and the profit system
Canada
Canada: Vancouver City workers on strike
7,000 workers on strike for a fair contract
Asia
South Asia: Floods devastate 28 million lives
"Nothing – there’s nothing to go back to…"
Pakistan
Pakistan: New twists and turns in Pakistani politics
The threat of Emergency or Martial Law is not over yet,
Brazil
Brazil: Solidarity appeal for the Movement of “Roofless” workers
350 families threatened with eviction, send letters of protest.
Economy
World economy: $4.5 trillion wiped from global stock markets in a month
Implosion of US ’sub-prime’ housing bubble goes global
Economy
World economy: Fundamentaly unsound
Over the last week, billions of pounds have been wiped off share values worldwide as stock markets plunged.
Latin America
Latin America: The border conflict between the Peruvian and Chilean “Patriots”
The Peruvian and Chilean ruling elites have whipped up a border dispute in an attempt to try and divert the attention of the working class in both countries from problems they face in their own […]
Bolivia
Bolivia: As class tensions rise in Bolivia, so does the possibility of civil war
Need for a revolutionary socialist party clearer than ever