Elections in the U.S. and Latin America Although they may differ with the Republicans on this or that secondary issue, on all fundamental questions, the Democrats consistently defend the interests of big business against the interests of working people. How could it be any other way? They are directly funded by the employing class and most of them are extraordinarily wealthy themselves.
Stop the massacre in Oaxaca! Down with the murderous governments of Fox-Calderon-Ulises Ruiz! Federal troops have entered Oaxaca in a stepping up of the campaign of repression. The people are standing up and holding firm on the barricades. The people have no arms or bombs, just the dream and hope of a better future for the world. The people of Mexico must stand up and defend Oaxaca!
Venezuelan Presidential Elections – A Crucial Turning Point for the Revolution The campaign for Venezuela's presidential election on December 3rd is already well under way. But this is far from a normal election. On December 3rd what is really at stake is the future of the Bolivarian Revolution.
Police brutality at the picket of the Mexican Embassy in London Police in London brutally break up a protest picket outside the Mexican embassy. The picket had been called to protest at the army clampdown in Oaxaca over the weekend.
Emergency demo in front of Mexican Embassy in Brussels Yesterday, some 40 activists gathered in front of the Mexican embassy in Brussels. Young people and veterans of international solidarity work joined with Mexicans, Chileans and others to protest against the brutal repression of workers and peasants in Oaxaca.
Mexico: state of siege in Oaxaca - For a revolutionary answer to repression The armed forces have been used against the working people of Oaxaca in Mexico. The real face of the Mexican ruling class has been shown to the masses. Here we publish a statement by the comrades of the Marxist tendency, Militante, in Mexico on what measures the movement should take now.
Immediate release of the Miami Five! On 12th September 1998, Gerardo Hernández, Antonio Guerrero, Ramón Labañino, Fernando González and René González, were arrested in Miami. They were combating reactionary exile Cuban terrorist networks. The US authorities ignored this and later the 5 received severe prison sentences. Only international solidarity and continuous and unrelenting action can end their imprisonment.
Popular Assemblies: Organs of Workers' Power What is a revolution? Trotsky explained that it starts when the mass of ordinary people who normally are not interested in politics, rise up and start to take their destiny into their own hands. This is clearly what has been developing in Mexico over the recent period.
Morning Star interviews Celia Hart Yesterday's Morning Star published an interview with Celia Hart. "If revolutionaries manage to capitalise on this [revolutionary] process to our advantage, a new era of socialist revolutions will begin worldwide. But history won't wait for us and we in the organised left-wing ranks must grasp the rich and splendid process now open to us."
USA: Teamsters at the Crossroads With its 1.4 million members, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters could well be America’s strongest union. This fall, Teamster members will be able to vote for either Jimmy Hoffa Jr., current president of the Teamsters, or Tom Leedham. A victory for Leedham could potentially be a starting point to build a more militant union, run from the bottom up.
The Bosses' War is the Workers' Burden The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan take a toll out on workers both in the US and overseas. How much more can the world working class take?
USA: For a Mass Party of Labor! This November, millions of American workers will go to the polls to exercise their democratic right to vote. But since in most cases this means selecting which of the two bosses' candidates will rule their district, millions of others will stay home, unable to stomach such "choices."
Panamerican Gathering in Defence of Rights, Land Reform and Industries called for December 8-10 A Panamerican Gathering in Defence of Rights, Land Reform and Industries has been called in Joinville, SC, Brazil, for December 8-10. The meeting is being called mainly by the movement of occupied factories and is the continuation of the First Latin American Gathering of Occupied Factories which took place in Caracas in November 2005.
Cuban News Agency press release: US Denies Cuban Five Access to Books The Cuban News Agency (CNA) issued a pres release about the blocking of the delivery of books from the Frederick Engels Foundation to the Miami Five. Read the original here.
US authorities block delivery of books from the Frederick Engels Foundation to the Miami Five The Miami 5 have been prevented from receiving books from the Frederick Engels Foundation. Besides the other human rights violations the 5 have suffered, they now suffer political censorship and a denial of the right to free speech. Their struggle of the 5 is our struggle and we will not stop until they are free.