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Quebec’s Election — An Initial Balance Sheet
| September 12, 2012
The results of the September 4 general election in Quebec produce mixed reactions among supporters of all the major parties. The pro-sovereignty Parti Québécois becomes the government, and PQ leader … Keep reading »
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The Chavez Election
| September 10, 2012
“You pay back a favour with favours,” said Joanna Figueroa, a resident of El Viñedo, a barrio in the coastal city of Barcelona in eastern Venezuela. She had pledged to … Keep reading »
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The Marikana Massacre and the South African State’s Low Intensity War Against the People
| September 5, 2012
The massacre of the Marikana/Lonmin workers has inserted itself within South Africa’s national consciousness, not so much through the analysis, commentary and reporting in its wake. Instead, it has been … Keep reading »
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Right-Wing Populism and the Republican Party
| September 4, 2012
A Conversation with Ingar Solty and Max Bohnel on the Republican National Convention From August 27 to 30th, the Republican National Convention (RNC) took place in Tampa, Florida, where the party … Keep reading »
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Auto Manufacturing Workers at a Crossroads
| September 3, 2012
“The place is hot like hell, especially in the summer time at night, bad ventilation, a lot of humidity and of course machines emitting heat doesn’t help,” said Iain*, a … Keep reading »
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Chicago Teachers Draw a Line
| September 2, 2012
Can the scrappy band of outsiders that now heads the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) lead the kind of high-stakes fight that most labour unions have ducked? That question looms large … Keep reading »
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The Marikana Massacre: A Turning Point?
| August 31, 2012
The massacre of 34, and almost certainly more, striking mineworkers at Marikana (together with more than 80 injured) on 16 August has sent waves of shock and anger across South … Keep reading »
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No Silver Medal: Mexican Farmers Battle Canadian Mine for Control of Their Land
| August 27, 2012
Civil disobedience has halted production at Mexico’s “top grade producer of silver.” Farmers of the La Sierrita village, a close knit community of about 50 families, located 40 minutes north … Keep reading »
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Venezuela: “Open Horizons”
| August 24, 2012
An interview with Roland Denis Roland Denis is a leading intellectual and revolutionary in Venezuela. He served as Vice Minister of Planning in the Hugo Chávez government in 2002-03, but resigned … Keep reading »
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The Massacre of Our Illusions … And the Seeds of Something New
| August 23, 2012
The story of Marikana has so far been painted shallowly as an inter-union spat. In the first few days after the fateful Thursday and the shock and horror of watching … Keep reading »
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France: The Rise of the Left Front
| August 22, 2012
A New Force on the Left The Left Front (Front de Gauche) emerged onto the political scene at the beginning of 2009. As the Left Front to Change Europe, it was … Keep reading »
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Echoes of the Past: Marikana, Cheap Labour and the 1946 Miners Strike
| August 21, 2012
On August 4, 1946 over one thousand miners assembled in Market Square in Johannesburg, South Africa. No hall in the town was big enough to hold them, and no one … Keep reading »
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