What the agreement between the US and Iran means

On April 2, the G5+1 (the Western powers plus Russia and China), led by the United States, arrived at a preliminary agreement with Iran on the nuclear program of the Islamic Republic, that it will have to bring to an end in June of this year. This is a big step for the strategy of […]

Don’t send Gaëtan and other activists to prison for demonstrating!

On April 1, 2015, the court issued the verdict of the appeal against the conviction of Gaëtan, a trade union activist of the student movement Solidaires étudiant-e-s and a member of the NPA in Toulouse, France. In December 2014, Gaëtan had been given a suspended two-month prison sentence, and ordered to pay a fine of […]

Mexico: The counter-attack of a barbaric regime

The crisis of the Mexican regime, caused by mass response to the kidnapping and assassination of the Normalistas in Ayotzinapa by the state police, has seen an important change in positions with the Government now moving to the offensive.

Argentina: strike and roadblocks in access highways to Buenos Aires

As announced yesterday by rank-and-file delegates and left trade unionists, the national strike day began with road blocks at highways and bridges that link surrounding areas to the city.

ARGENTINA: Nicolás del Caño, “A strong strike, despite the union bureaucrats”

Early this morning, national deputy from PTS and Left and Workers’ Front Nicolás del Caño joined militant trade unionists and workers at Panamericana highway, in front of Lear Corporation.

ARGENTINA: Hundreds of factories on strike in Northern Area in Greater Buenos Aires

Leaders of the fighting unionists and the left of Buenos Aires Northern area have informed La Izquierda Diario about the strength of the strike in the industrial area.

Argentina: Nationwide Strike and roadblocks in access highways to Buenos Aires

As announced yesterday by rank-and-file delegates and left unionists, the national strike day began with road blocks at highways and bridges that link surrounding areas to the city.

Passive Revolution, Permanent Revolution and Hegemony

It is a recurrent commonplace from most Gramscian intellectuals (as well as some fuming anti-Gramscian intellectuals) to present Gramsci’s theorizations concerning the question of the passive revolution as the ‘objective foundation’ of a ‘hegemonic’ strategy which is in opposition to the permanent revolution.

Elections in Israel: Netanyahu’s victory over the Labor Party coalition

Elections in Israel Netanyahu’s victory over the Labor Party coalition On March 17, general elections took place in Israel. Despite the fact that a more even result was predicted, with the nearly final count, Benjamin Netanyahu is getting a clear victory over his main rival, the Labor Party’s Isaac Herzog. Netanyahu’s victory over the Labor […]