Congress of the NPA: A step forward in building a workers’ and revolutionary left in the NPA
Interview with Danièle Cobet andVincent Duse In the National Congress of the NPA last weekend, Platform 4, in which the militants of the FT-CI in France participate, got 3.7% of the delegates’ votes, and from now on, will have 6 members in the national leadership (CPN) of this party. We interviewed two of them: Vincent […]
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June 8, 2011Polemic: Two strategies for the movement in the square
At the important assemblies taking place in the main cities in Spain there are growing concerns among the youth as to how to continue the struggle. The weight of some anarchist and autonomist currents makes it difficult to develop this discussion in clearer and more productive way. Basing themselves on the rejection of the main […]
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June 8, 2011Massive mobilisations in Spain
I am speaking to you from the Plaza Catalonia of Barcelona, renamed this very night, because of the massive assembly of more than 5,000 people, as Plaza Tahir, in tribute to the square that was the epicentre of the Egyptian Revolution, with the shout of ‘The revolution starts here!’ Today, the Central Electoral Board threatened […]
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June 8, 2011The Palestinian Authority and Hamas against the Arab Spring
‘Free Palestine’ is the slogan written by hand on several bills of the new shekel, the new Israeli currency in circulation in the State of Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. The campaign of writing on paper currency is being promoted by a group of young Palestinians, extremely moved by the new fresh […]
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June 8, 2011Stop the imperialist bombing against Libya! For the revolutionary downfall of Gadhafi’s dictatorship!
Stop the imperialist bombing against Libya! For the revolutionary downfall of Gadhafi’s dictatorship! On March 19, a coalition of Western powers, headed by the United States, France and Great Britain, with the support of the pro-imperialist governments of the Arab League and cover from the UN, began the military attack against Libya announced in Resolution […]
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June 8, 2011Paralysis and strategic crisis
The first congress of the New Anticapitalist Party of France (NPA), held last weekend in Montreuil just outside Paris, ended in a dismal failure. None of the platforms presented was able to win a majority. The outgoing leadership – including the spokesman Olivier Besancenot and historical leaders such as Alain Krivine – barely got 41.8% […]
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June 8, 2011Cuba at the crossroads: Reform or Revolution?
The task of the Sixth Congress is to approve the document, ‘Guidelines of Economic and Social Policy of the Party and the Revolution’, a basis for the gradual introduction of ‘structural and conceptual’ changes in the so-called ‘Cuban model’. With them, Raúl Castro, with Fidel’s support, proposes intensifying a very dangerous course for what remains […]
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June 8, 2011Two experiences of the group Clase contra Clase
Zaragoza: The ‘workers’ committee’ visits striking bus workers In Zaragoza the 15M held a massive mobilization of 5,000 people. The comrades from CcC, along with the Left Students’ Union, various parts of the CGT unions (which included Telepizza) and other young workers, were calling for and organising for mobilisations in institutions, universities, and companies. That […]
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June 8, 2011Greece awaits IMF verdict in shadow of continuing protests
Greece awaits IMF verdict in shadow of continuing protests Demonstrators vent anger at austerity measures as EU officials hold emergency talks over new aid package Helena Smith in Athens guardian.co.uk, Monday 30 May 2011 20.01 Protestors bang pots and pans in front of the Greek Parliament in Constitution Square, Athens to protest against austerity measures. […]
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June 1, 2011Zaragoza: The “workers’ committee” talks to the bus workers on strike, GM, and the Union workers
Zaragoza: The “workers’ committee” talks to the bus workers on strike, GM, and the Union workersThursday May 26, 2011 In Zaragoza the 15M held a massive mobilization of 5,000 people. The companeros from CcC, along with the Left Students’ Union, various parts of the CGT unions (which included Telepizza) and other young workers, were calling […]
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