Libya: Past and Future?

After alienating powerful tribes, Gaddafi’s regime seems to be falling, but it is unclear who could fill vacuum.

First Egypt, Next Venezuela?

As the wave of popular uprisings has spread across the Arab world, a flurry of articles have appeared suggesting Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez could be the next “dictator” to be overthrown.

The Cynical Dance Macabre

The policy of plunder imposed by the United States and their NATO allies in the Middle East has gone into a crisis. It has inevitably unraveled with the high cost of grain, the effects of which can be felt more forcefully in the Arab countries where, in spite of their huge resources of oil, the shortage of water, areas covered by desert and the generalized poverty of the people contrast with the enormous resources coming from the oil possessed by the privileged sectors.

How Much Socialism?

The question orbits every revolution. Processes are defined in the amount and speed of changes.

Egypt – End of the Beginning

The mighty power of revolution has been demonstrated with the resignation of Mubarak. It has shown that the staunchest, most vicious and stubborn of despots can be overthrown when the masses enter the arena of struggle and their resolve becomes absolute. But the most unique feature of this movement is that even after the tyrant has gone it refuses to relent.

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 point of reference for workers under attack around the country.

The Plan is to Occupy Libya

The nature of a capitalist system depends upon the institutional framework that supports and shapes it.

Reformism or Revolution – On the YCL Congress and the Future of Communism in South Africa

The Young Communist League of South Africa held its 3^rd Congress in the university town of Mafikeng on December 8-12, 2010. The congress was the culminating point of four years of explosive growth and big success for the organization that has quickly grown to be a massive force of more than 56,000 activists. It also brought into sharp focus the conflict between the left and right wing within the South African Communists.

Venezuela Celebrates Historical Date, Opposition Boycotts

In homage to the great 19th century revolutionary leader, Simon Bolivar, the Venezuelan National Assembly held a special session on Tuesday to commemorate the 192nd anniversary of the seminal Angostura Congress, a constitutional convention that laid the political foundations for much of South America’s independence from Spain.

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 and Tunisia has sent seismic shocks to the most distant parts of the Arab speaking world.