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Egypt: Interpreting the Coup
The newly elected president of Egypt, Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohamed Morsy, began his national address by thanking God and the families of the revolution’s martyrs for granting him such a … Keep reading »
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Paraguay’s Parliamentary Coup and Ottawa’s Imperial Response
A soft-coup has ousted Centre-Leftist Fernando Lugo from the presidency in Paraguay and replaced him with Vice-President, but long-time political enemy, Federico Franco of the inaptly named Partido Liberal Radical … Keep reading »
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The RIO+20 U.N. Conference
An Ecosocialist Assessment Representatives of governments from all the world will be present at the Rio+20 U.N. Conference on Sustainable Development, June 2012. What can we expect from this so-called “Earth … Keep reading »
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One Divides Into Two — Nepal’s Maoists in Crisis
After ten years of Maoist insurgency and a coup d’état by the king in 2005, the Nepali people took to the streets in April 2006, forcing the king to hand … Keep reading »
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Greece and Our Illusions
Challenging the Tyranny of Corporate Rule While it may be premature to speculate on the legacy left by the various social upheavals that have occurred since early-2011, the electoral tide sweeping … Keep reading »
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The Economic Program of SYRIZA-EKM
I. Presentation of the Economic Program of SYRIZA-EKM Comrades and Friends, Alexis Tsipras, the president of the SYRIZA Parliamentary Group already presented a large part of our economic program and primarily … Keep reading »
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Spain: A Spiral of Crisis, Cuts and Indignacion
In March 2011 several regular Guardian columnists analysed the crisis in the Spanish state and the response to “austerity” by the population. All agreed that young people were “apathetic” and … Keep reading »
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Quebec: Making War on Our Children
“On ne lâche pas” (We’re not backing down) — slogan of the student mobilization. A society at war with its children is a society in deep crisis. Quebec’s student strike … Keep reading »
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Where Next for the Quebec Mobilizations?
Debate Opens on Strategic Perspectives Despite massive mobilizations throughout Quebec in opposition to Law 78 and the Jean Charest government, the student struggle is once again at an impasse. At the … Keep reading »
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Soccer, Imperialism, and Resistance in Honduras
Never let them tell you it’s ‘just a game.’ Much is on the line, as the Canadian and Honduran national soccer teams prepare for their World Cup Qualifying match on … Keep reading »
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Political Crisis, the Left and the Possibility of a New Historical Bloc
The combination of economic crisis, social devastation and open political crisis in ‘weak links’ of the European Project such as Greece has raised the possibility of social and political change. … Keep reading »
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The Threat of Quebec’s Good Example
The extraordinary student mobilization in Quebec has already sustained the longest and largest student strike in the history of North America, and it has already organized the single biggest act … Keep reading »