INTERNATIONAL
Varoufakis’ Plan B for Europe: A democratic revolution without revolution
The conference 'For a Plan B for Europe' culminated in Madrid with the presence of the former Greek finance minister, Yanis Varoufakis, along with much of the European reformist left. What is their plan to 'democratize' the EU?
Josefina L. Martínez
March 5, 2016Worker Struggles in Ciudad Juárez
Ciudad Juárez has sadly earned its fame as the capital of feminicide. With the assembly plant boom during the nineties, Juárez became one of the worst cities for a woman to live in. Roberto Bolaño’s hellish images from La parte de los crímenes in 2666 about a detective’s pilgrimage to document chauvinist violence at the border in the desert of Santa Teresa have undoubtedly become a reality.
Sergio Moissen
February 29, 2016Microcephaly, dengue and the collapse of public health in Brazil
Working families and poor people are the victims of diseases that need not exist. Thousands of cases of microcephaly and chikungunya, along with hundreds of thousands of cases of dengue, resulting in record deaths, are three diseases seemingly brought about by the same mosquito and spread mainly in poor communities because of successive governments’ abandonment of public health. They govern for the rich, and the poor suffer the consequences.
Gilson Dantas
February 26, 2016Mass mobilization, political crisis and capitalism in Eastern Europe – Part II
A new period of social unrest has opened up in Eastern Europe. It gives expression to widespread discontent with degrading conditions and disillusionment with not only the political elite, but also – and in extension – the entire process of capitalist restoration.
Philippe Alcoy
February 26, 2016International Campaign Against Argentina’s New Anti-Protest Law
The Argentinean government has recently approved a new “security protocol" that prohibits the essential right to protest.
Left Voice
February 25, 2016First Strike against Macri’s government
Public employees in Argentina have launched the first public sector strike with massive protests against Mauricio Macri’s government. They are fighting against layoffs and the criminalization of protest.
Left Voice
February 24, 20162022 World Cup Qatar: workplace deaths, profits for FIFA
Billion-dollar stadiums and miserable wages for workers. According to a report by the ITUC, thousands will die so that a few can enjoy the World Cup in the stadiums in Qatar.
Esquerda Diário
February 23, 2016Gay Youth Brutally Murdered in Chile
On Wednesday, February 17, Marcelo Lepe was assassinated with a shot to the thorax, for being gay. We must call for justice for Marcelo and all others who die because of homo and transphobia!
Gabriela Muñoz Munizaga
February 23, 2016Debate with the former majority of the New Anticapitalist Party (NPA) in France
The following article includes discussions on the current situation and prospects for the Nouveau Parti anticapitaliste (NPA - New Anticapitalist Party) of France. It includes the debate about participation in the upcoming elections and “new political representations” such as Syriza and Podemos.
Daniela Cobet
February 22, 2016Repression against the Mapuche people in Chile
On February 10, Mapuche people in Lleu Lleu in Southern Chile were subject to brutal police repression. They were beaten, arrested and their vehicles were burned by state agents.
La Izquierda Diario Chile
February 20, 2016