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.
Ecuador looks to the left in presidential election Governmental crises, general strikes, mass movements and revolutions have characterized the situation over the last six or seven years in Ecuador. Now national attention has been focused on the presidential elections where former Finance Minister Rafael Correa has emerged as self-proclaimed standard-bearer for the downtrodden masses.
Bolivian miners defend nationalised industry – 16 die in clashes On Thursday October 5, violent confrontations broke out in the mining city of Huanuni, Oruro, in Bolivia, which left 16 dead and scores of others injured. Clashes started as 4,000 "cooperativistas" tried to take over the main Huanuni mine, and the 1,100 miners who work there, organised in the powerful Bolivian Union Federation of Mine Workers, FSTMB, defended the mine.
Bolivia at the crossroads The Bolivian revolution is at the crossroads. The government has moderated its policies and retreated on many fronts. The reaction manoeuvres against the government and any of the reforms its attempts to implement. There exists a mood of confusion and anger amongst the masses, which at any moment could explode into a fresh insurrectionary movement.
Elections in Brazil: The first round heralds polarisation and instability The first round in the Brazilian elections can only mean further instability for the largest country in Latin America. The Brazilian ruling class looks with fear at the developing revolutions in Venezuela, Bolivia, and Mexico. At any time, over any issue, the masses of Brazil could rise up
Growing international solidarity with Marxist Tendency Militante and student organisers – Mexico As we previously reported, the Marxist Tendency Militante has been under attack in Mexico. The response has been significant and is growing and spreading to different countries. Here we provide a provisional list of those who have signed the In Defence of Marxism appeal. Please keep the campaign going and keep signing the appeal!
Open Letter to the President of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez The Mexican Marxist Tendency Militante and Hands off Venezuela Mexico have written an open letter to President Chavez asking him to maintain his government's position of not recognising Calderon and asking him to recognise openly Lopez Obrador as the legitimate president of Mexico.
Mexico solidarity gets an echo The solidarity campaign we launched against the electoral fraud in Mexico is getting a good response. The bourgeois press in Mexico covered the solidarity activities of our comrades in Pakistan(which you can see here (online) and here (pdf)). A comrade was interviewed by Co-op radio in Vancouver and we continue to receive messages of solidarity from around the world. We must continue the campaign! Keep the messages coming!
Eyewitness report from NDP Federal Convention: Rank-and-file push leadership leftwards From 8th September to the 10th, the New Democratic Party (NDP) held its biennial federal convention in Québec City. The NDP’s youth wing, the New Democratic Youth of Canada (NDYC), also held its convention in Québec just prior to the federal convention.
Canada: Militant action wins! A critical look at Ontario politics Since the betrayal of the Ontario Days of Action in 1996-97, the movement in Ontario has been at one of its lowest levels. This is in contrast to the rest of Canada where most provinces are seeing some of the most militant labour actions since the 1970s. In both British Columbia and Québec, we have seen a burgeoning general strike movement while Newfoundland recently saw the largest strike in the province’s history.
The World Revolution and the Americas The Latin American Revolution is spreading like wildfire, posing a mortal threat to U.S. control over the region. The masses in Venezuela and Bolivia continue to push the process forward, and now Mexico has joined the conflagration, threatening U.S. imperialism right in its own backyard.
International days of solidarity with the Cuban Five have begun We received this report on the activities in the Ukraine in support of the Cuban “Miami Five”, which we are making available to our readers. It underlines the hypocrisy and double standards of the US Administration, which in words condemns “terrorism” but in practice keeps five Cubans in prison who were actually combating terrorism.
Mexico: 1 million strong Convention elects “legitimate government” A massive National Democratic Convention (CND) met in the centre of Mexico City on Saturday, September 16 and decided to elect “a legitimate government” with Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador as its president. It is clear that this is not simply a "normal" movement against electoral fraud but a movement that challenges bourgeois democracy itself and the institutions of capitalism.
Nuevo periódico marxista de la Liga Internacional de los Trabajadores El Militante Sin Fronteras es el nuevo periódico marxista de la Liga Internacional de los Trabajadores ("Workers International League" en inglés) . En esta epoca de crisis, guerras, revoluciónes y contra-revoluciónes, la necesidad de una perspectiva y un análisis marxista y de independencia de clase es más importante que nunca. En colaboración con nuestros compañeros del periódico Militante en México, la Liga Internacional de los Trabajadores en los EEUU y el periodico Socialist...
