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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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“Now is the time!”: Struggle for Sexual Diversity in Venezuela
| August 20, 2012
An Interview with Maria Gabriela Blanco Alianza sexo-género diversa revolucionaria(Revolutionary Alliance of Sex-Gender, and Diversity, ASGDRe) Under Hugo Chávez, there have been many gains in the struggle for liberation, including … Keep reading »
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Contested Futures: Tar Sands and Environmental Justice
| August 19, 2012
Reports on front-line resistance, discussion, and the search for answers. Convener: Eva Portillo, Toronto Bolivia Solidarity. Panelists: Raul Burbano, Common Frontiers and Latin American and Caribbean Solidarity Network, reporting back … Watch video »
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The Revolution Will Not Be Decreed
| August 17, 2012
An interview with Gonzalo Gómez, Marea Socialista (Socialist Tide) In Caracas, we caught up with Gonzalo Gómez, a founder of the radical website aporrea.org and militant in the Trotskyist organization, Marea … Keep reading »
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“This Process Belongs to the People”
| August 15, 2012
An interview with Juan Contreras, Coordinadora Simón Bolívar Born and bred in one of the most militant inner city barrios of Caracas, 23 de enero, Juan Contreras participated in the urban … Keep reading »
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Quebec’s ‘Red Square’ Movement: The Story So Far
| August 13, 2012
In 2012 Quebec has been shaken by the most important social movement in the Canadian state since the 1970s. What began as a strike by students in Quebec’s universities and … Keep reading »
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