The 2008 recession was not a temporary phenomenon, but the ushering in of a new period in which the corporate elite attempt to restructure social relations, meaning that past assumptions regarding wages and social programs must be destroyed, as a new, more profitable equilibrium is sought between the corporate elite and working people (Photo: [...]
The economic warfare waged by the advanced nations is also the other face of of the globalized militarism that reserves to itself the right to unilateral military invasion and intervention A bankers’ crisis has been turned successfully into a crisis of the working masses generally. SERGIO PEREZ/REUTERS A protest in central Madrid on August [...]
A provocative new study suggests the timing of the Arab uprisings is linked to global food price spikes, and that prices will soon permanently be above the level which sparks conflicts • Climate cycles linked to civil war, analysis shows A Tunisian protester holding bread confronts riot policemen during a demonstration in Tunis on [...]
An Open Letter to the Peoples of Africa and the World from Concerned Africans “The letter was signed by more than 200 prominent Africans, including ANC national executive member Jesse Duarte, political analyst Willie Esterhuyse of the University of Stellenbosch, former intelligence minister Ronnie Kasrils, lawyer Christine Qunta, former deputy foreign affairs minister Aziz [...]
1 Chavez: Libya’s Tragedy Begins With Gadhafi’s Fall By The Associated Press August 25, 2011 “AP’ CARACAS, Venezuela—Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Wednesday that Libya’s crisis is just beginning with the fall of Moammar Gadhafi’s government. Chavez has been a staunch defender of Gadhafi throughout the conflict, and he condemned NATO airstrikes and killings of [...]
1 From demanding bread to demanding dignity CAIRO – Egypt’s revolution has left Tahrir Square to show up all over the country, including in the Egyptian Trade Union Federation (ETUF), which has seen a board, many of whose members were loyal to the former regime, thrown out and replaced by a new, more [...]
Press Release: International Trade Union Confederation Friday, 26 August 2011, 11:34 am With tens of thousands of Chilean workers joining the two-day national strike called by the ITUC-affiliated CUT trade union centre, pressure is mounting on the government of President Pinero to respond to the widely-supported demands for a major change in direction. The [...]
This August 26 celebrates women winning the vote in the U.S. 91 years ago. Today Radical Women honors the suffrage movement and its militant, multiracial fighters. These women–Sojourner Truth, Clara Lemlich, Francis Ellen Watkins Harper, Sarah Grimke, and so many more–rebelled against enforced second-class status to organize courageously for equal rights. We will be [...]
Upon the US capturing Saddam Hussein out of a “spider hole” and parading his abject person on TV, Tariq Ali wrote: “My first reaction to the capture of Saddam Hussein was both anger and disgust. Anger with the old dictator who could not even die honourably. He preferred to be captured by his old [...]
The Cases of Spain, Greece, Ireland and Portugal To understand the situation in the countries at the periphery of the European Union, four countries within the Eurozone, Portugal, Ireland, Greece and Spain, we have to understand the political context they have in common. All of them were governed by fascist or fascist-like dictatorships (Spain, Portugal, [...]