It is testament to how much Latin America has changed politically over the past several years that Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez not only criticizes U.S. military policy in the region but now actively seeks to form a new defense force designed to counteract the colossus of the north. Recently, Chávez invited Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega to join him on his weekly TV show, Aló, Presidente!
Read more »On June 5, a federal appeals court upheld the convictions of the “Cuban Five”: René González, Gerardo Hernández, Ramón Labaniño, Fernando González and Antonio Guerrero. The Five heroically risked their lives to defend the Cuban Revolution against terror attacks launched from the U.S. Prosecutors presented evidence that the five had infiltrated counterrevolutionary terror groups in Miami. The government outrageously charged the defendants with “conspiracy” to commit espionage and murder, since there is not a shred of evidence that they commited any crime whatsoever.
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Aunque no son lo mismo, tanto el Socialismo como el Comunismo, esgrimidos por los anarquistas, parten de la base del reconocimiento por parte de estos últimos de la lucha de clases.
Desde el punto de vista anarquista se trata de un avance respecto a las posiciones del anarquismo individualista que, bien llevado, desemboca en anarco-capitalismo y en anarco-liberalismo. O en nihilismo que, como se sabe, es la base del fascismo.
The unfolding events in Tibet are a tragedy. The Chinese government has occupied Tibet for more than fifty years, using every conceivable method to incorporate the occupied territory into an integral part of China. Tibetan cultural and religious sites have been desecrated and Buddhist monks have been forced to sign a pledge of allegiance to China. In its desire to extract the valuable natural resources of Tibet, the Chinese government has ignored essential environmental safeguards.
Read more »¡DE TODO UN POCO! LO QUE SUCEDE EN OAXACA.
La realidad oaxaqueña suele ser muy compleja por lo tanto muchos hechos que han ocurrido no tienen explicación hasta que empezamos a desentrañarlos pero todos pasan por el poder institucional. En los últimos meses se ha hablado de desapariciones, asesinatos como el de los achichintles de Ulises Ruiz.
The Iowa caucus and New Hampshire primary kicked off the 2008 presidential elections, which are poised to dominate media attention for the next 11 months. The elections are occurring against the backdrop of widespread anger and disaffection in U.S. society, with Americans concerned about the looming economic recession, fed up with the ongoing quagmires in Iraq and Afghanistan, and enraged at seven years of right-wing policies under Bush.
Read more »It is quite common these days to hear criticisms of “mainstream” or “middle-class” feminism from anarchists or others on the revolutionary, and even the not-so-revolutionary, left. In particular, anarchists are often quick to criticise any feminist analysis that lacks a class analysis. This article argues that feminism in its own right is worth fighting for and that when it comes to ending sexism an insistence on always emphasising class can end up merely distracting from the fact that as anarchists we need to be unambiguous when it comes to supporting feminism.
Read more »The kidnap and torture program of the Bush administration, with its secret CIA “black site” prisons and “torture taxi” flights on private jets, saw a little light of day this week. I spoke to Mohamed Farag Ahmad Bashmilah in his first broadcast interview. Bashmilah was a victim of the CIA’s so-called extraordinary rendition program, in which people are grabbed from their homes, out of airports, off the streets, and are whisked away, far from the prying eyes of the U.S. Congress, the press, far from the reach of the courts, to countries where cruelty and torture are routine.
Read more »In order to understand anything about American political affairs, it is necessary to have some understanding of who it is that really makes the decisions behind the scenes, and what their interests are. In this way we have some hope of identifying the hidden agendas being served by government actions and programs, and some hope of identifying the longer-term strategies that are in play.
Read more »The meaning of revolutionary internationalism
Friday, June 6, 2008
By: Carlito Rovira
The right of revolutionaries to help each other
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As the Iraq War runs its bloody course, Iran has become a central focus in the 2008 presidential campaign. While not satisfied with Barack Obama's conditional plan for a much delayed disengagement from Iraq; Socialist Party Vice Presidential nominee Stewart A. Alexander says that he and his Presidential running mate Brian Moore are "greatly concerned" that comments being made by Republican presidential contender John McCain, regarding Iran "are reckless and irresponsible and will further escalate tensions in the Middle East and the international community."
Read more »*(PL and ABI New York, April 21, 2008).- (translation from Spanish
courtesy Jubilee South/Americas)*
*Bolivian President Evo Morales said today that to save the planet requires
putting an end to the capitalist model and for the North to pay its
Ecological Debt. This was the first of 10 points presented by Morales at the
inauguration* of the UN's VII Indigenous Forum, in a long address acclaimed
by participants at this annual gathering.**
On May 1, all 29 ports on the U.S. West Coast are to be shut down by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) in protest against the U.S. war on Afghanistan and Iraq. This is a historic event of international significance: labor action against imperialist war by a major American union. The strategically placed port workers in the ILWU can bring commerce with Asia to a grinding halt, and they’re about to demonstrate it. The maritime employers are already screaming, and you can bet it’s got the attention of the warmongers in Washington.
Read more »On March 27, the U.S. appeals court in Philadelphia reaffirmed the frame-up conviction of Mumia Abu-Jamal, the former Black Panther Party spokesman and world-renowned radical journalist who has been locked up on Pennsylvania’s death row for more than a quarter century. After previously rejecting Mumia’s request to present evidence of his innocence, as well as a host of issues showing that he was railroaded by a racist court, the Court turned down Mumia’s request for a new trial.
Read more »La penúltima escena de la farsa se ha escenificado el domingo 17 en el Parlamento de Pristina. Kosovo ha declarado su independencia unilateral de Serbia, con el pleno apoyo de los EEUU de norteamerica y con el apoyo de los grades Estados de la Unión Europea: Alemania, Reino Unido, Francia, Italia...
Read more »Hay, por lo menos, dos colombias. Una que marchó y otra que no. Una que votó y seguiría votando por mantener a un paramilitar y narcotraficante como Álvaro Uribe en la presidencia, y otra que continuará oponiéndosele, a pesar de que le asesinen a sus hijos, le roben sus tierras o la dejen sin trabajo.
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