The poor inhabitants of the town of Tamassint launched a battle for state aid, after their town was damaged by an earthquake in 2004. The Moroccan authorities viciously repressed the movement, leading to the building of an important solidarity movement to defend the townspeople.
Pascal Lamy - bad news for poor
6 June 2005, by , ,Three leaders of the Campaign for the Abolition of the Third World Debt (CADTM) explain the background and consequences of the election of Pascal Lamy as director general of the World Trade Organisation.
Marxism and Religion
6 June 2005, byThe Marxist view of religion has been greatly over-simplified, typically identified with the well-worn refrain that it’s the "opiate of the people." Michael Löwy challenges this misconception, and presents us with a much more nuanced view of Marxism and religion.
Deepening Brutality of America’s War
3 June 2005, byThe Bush administration is fighting a desperate rearguard action against worldwide protests. Amnesty International calls Guantanamo “the new Gulag”, whilst, inside Iraq, US and allied Iraqi forces carry out ever more indiscriminate attacks and detention sweeps.
IV368 - June 2005 PDF
1 June 2005Download a pdf version of this month’s edition from here.
NO! - from the Left
31 May 2005, byFrance has voted ’no’ in the referendum on the EU constitution - and it’s overwhelimingly a vote against a neoliberal Europe - from the Left.
Argentina: Fresh Air, Old Storms
29 May 2005, byAs Argentinian capitalism recovers from the 1998-2002 crash, which economically crushed millions and led to prolonged political paralysis, a new wave of struggles and leaderships is ermerging.
Social Partnership and Class Independence in the Post-Soviet Labour Movement
28 May 2005, byDavid Mandel takes a long hard look at the post-Soviet labour movement, and explains how union leaders’ concepts of ’social partnership’ undermined class independence and thus workers social and economic position.
Nationalization! The First Two Days of Bolivia’s Second Gas War
28 May 2005, byThe second phase of Bolivia’s gas war, part of the prolonged struggle by the county’s poor and indigenous people against the theft of their natural resources, has begun.
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