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Spanish State: After the Abdication of the King, It’s Time to Checkmate the Regime
The regime is collapsing, it is dying and in its last-ditch struggle to survive, the king has abdicated. Never has the regime resulting from the Transition [The Transition is the … Keep reading »
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Ukraine: New President Escalates Austerity, Civil War
Popular Resistance Deepens The newly elected president of western Ukraine is deepening the disastrous course to civil war of his interim predecessor. Within hours of his election on May 25, Petro … Keep reading »
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Continental Crucible: Workers and Unions in the Transformation of North America
A Book Review by Chris Schenk Continental Crucible, written by Richard Roman and Edur Velasco and published by Fernwood in 2013, examines the clash between what the authors term the “corporate … Keep reading »
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Left’s Debacle in 2014 Elections in India: Who’s Responsible?
The debacle faced by the CPI(M)-led Left Front (LF) in the 2014 general elections, especially in its erstwhile stronghold of West Bengal, has stunned supporters and opponents alike, and caused … Keep reading »
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Rather the Useful Idiot: Ukraine in Turmoil
The images from Odessa were truly horrific. Burnt corpses, a strangled pregnant woman, people jumping out of windows to their deaths. Yet perhaps the most disturbing of them all was … Keep reading »
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From Resistance to Hegemony
The Struggle Against Austerity and the Need for a New Historical Bloc Austerity has been the main battle cry on the part of the forces of capital. New cuts in public … Keep reading »
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Anti-Austerity Movements and the European Union
Elections for the European Parliament are underway (22-25 May). The previous elections in 2009 inspired only 43 per cent of EU citizens to make an effort in casting a ballot … Keep reading »
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Terrorism in Venezuela and Its Accomplices
The private media and important actors both at home and abroad including Washington have downplayed, and in some cases completely ignored, the terrorist actions perpetrated against the Venezuelan government over … Keep reading »
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South Africa: There’s No Turning Back
A. Introduction The Central Committee (CC) of the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) met from May 12 until May 15, 2014, at The Lakes Hotel and Conference, Benoni, … Keep reading »
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Low-Cost Mass Graves for the Working Class
Miners Massacre in Turkey A mine explosion has just claimed the lives, as of the latest count, of almost 300 workers in Turkey. This event added another link to the long … Keep reading »
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Quebec Election: A Seismic Shift Within the Independence Movement?
The defeat of the Parti Québécois (PQ) and the election of a federalist Liberal party government in the Quebec general election of April 7 raises important questions about the future … Keep reading »
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Popular Rebellion Deepens in Eastern and Southern Ukraine
NATO and the Kiev Government Step Up Attacks A political crisis over the future of Ukraine has exploded in the past two months. It’s being driven by the longstanding efforts of … Keep reading »