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USA: Wisconsin Unions Preparing a General Strike

After more than a week, demonstrations by public sector workers defending their pay, benefits and their right to union representation continue to grow. The struggle in Wisconsin is rapidly becoming a nation-wide struggle, a kind of American “Tahrir Square,” a … Continue reading

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Revolutionary Aftershocks

In nature an earthquake is followed by aftershocks. These can be as catastrophic in their effects as the original explosion. What we are now witnessing is the same phenomenon in terms of society and politics. The revolutionary earthquake in Egypt … Continue reading

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The Arab Revolution Knows No Frontiers

After the Tunisian people overthrew Ben Ali we were told by so-called expert analysts that the revolution would not spread to Egypt. After it did just that these experts weren’t so sure any more about what could happen next. Already … Continue reading

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Shock Waves from a Revolution

“VICTORY HAS a hundred fathers, but defeat is an orphan.”

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Tunisia: One Month from the Overthrow of Ben Ali

Today marks one month since the revolutionary overthrow of the hated dictator Ben Ali in Tunisia on January 14. The last month has been a constant struggle between the ruling class which wants to return to bourgeois normality and workers … Continue reading

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Italy: Workers’ Resistance at Turin FIAT Plant

Although we have seen massive general strikes and huge protest demonstrations in Italy in recent years, the overall level of strikes dropped significantly, in some years hitting all time lows. But now we are witnessing a reawakening of working class … Continue reading

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Iran: Workers’ Struggles on the Rise – Living Standards Falling

This month, we have seen the courageous people of the Arab world rising up and fighting for a democratic system of government. Also in Iran we continue to see rising struggles, especially in the form of strikes. They come at … Continue reading

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Egyptian Revolution Reverberates Throughout Arab World

The Egyptian revolution, following on rapidly from the Tunisian uprising, has sent shockwaves across the whole of the Arab world. All the serious strategists of capital are discussing the “domino effect” of the events unfolding in Egypt. None of them, … Continue reading

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Talks Start with Old Egyptian Regime

Egypt’s Vice President Omar Suleiman met major opposition groups for the first time today and agreed to allow freedom of the press, to release those detained since anti-government protests began nearly two weeks ago and to lift the country’s hated … Continue reading

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Activist Outrage at the UN Climate Conference

World Carbon Trade Organization vs. the people and the planet During protests against the WTO (World Trade Organization) meetings in Cancún, Mexico in September 2003, Lee Kyung Hae, a South Korean farmer and La Via Campesina member, martyred himself by … Continue reading

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