Comment & Analysis
Review: ‘My Side of History’ by Chin Peng
Memoirs of Malaysian communist guerrilla leader holds many lessons for today
Articles by Peter Taaffe, cwi
Asia
Indonesia: Aceh – Army and corruption sabotage relief work
While Aceh on the northern edge of Sumatra has registered nearly two thirds of the total death toll from the Asian tsunami, the Acehnese so far have received only 30 per cent of UN food […]
Comment & Analysis
world social forum 2005: Chavez speaks to 25.000
From four hours before young people in their thousands streamed towards the Gigantinho ("Little Giant") stadium in the sweltering Summer heat.
Israel / Palestine
Israel: Israeli dockers organise wildcat strike
International appeal
Slovakia
Slovakia: Austrian multinational hunts down trade unionists
Neusiedler/Mondi bussiness paper SCP a.s. takes legal action against workers involved in setting up a trade union.
Britain
Anti- war protest: “AEGIS out of Iraq!”
On the weekend of the undemocratic elections in Iraq that are meant to legalise the occupation of the country, International Socialist Resistance (ISR) and Socialist Students organised a protest in London outside the headquarters of […]
History & Anniversaries
1905 Russian Revolution: Trotsky’s speech defending the St Petersburg Soviet
МОЯ РЕЧЬ ПЕРЕД СУДОМ (Заседание 4/17 октября 1907 г.) Господа судьи и господа сословные представители! Предметом судебного разбирательства, как и предметом предварительного дознания, является, главным образом, вопрос о вооруженном восстании, – вопрос, который за 50 […]
History & Anniversaries
History: 1905 Russian Revolution – 100 years since ‘Bloody Sunday’
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 […]
Comment & Analysis
world social forum: P-sol national meeting, ‘for struggle, happiness and solidarity’
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Comment & Analysis
world social forum: ‘Lula your place is in Davos’
’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, […]