by Michael Parenti The Sarin Mysteries Following Kerry, President Obama announced that the situation in Syria had changed irredeemably since August 21. The United States would have to attack. But, on second thought, Obama decided to leave the decision up… Read More ›
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Reformism: the Gateway to Fascism
Communist Party of Chile (Proletarian Action) Eduardo Artes August, 1998 Some factors to explain the defeat of September 11, 1973 and to advance towards victory. On the eve of the 25th anniversary of the fascist military coup of September 11, every… Read More ›
‘Not Your Colony’: Bolivia Threatens Shutdown of US Embassy
South American leaders flank the Bolivian President as he rails against US air piracy in manhunt for Snowden – Sarah Lazare, staff writer Bolivian President Evo Morales threatened Thursday to shut down the U.S. embassy in his country after a forced… Read More ›
The Red Phoenix Interview with Alfonso Casal
The protests against Golden Dawn around the world gained much media attention, including the one in Chicago where you were the key note speaker. What happened at this Jan. 19th event? Well, I was the “MC” for want of a… Read More ›
A Call for International Solidarity for the 19th of January Anti-Fascist Protests against Golden Dawn
Chicago/Greece Anti-Fascist Working Group Press Contact: Chris Geovanis, chrisgeovanis@gmail.com, NoGoldenDawnChicago@gmail.com, 312-446-4939 https://www.facebook.com/NoFascistGoldenDawnPartyInChicago | http://on.fb.me/Xck0Nf | @NoGoldenDawnChi | #antifa19jan #Greece January 19, 2012 Greetings from Chicago, comrades. We write as workers, immigrants, artists and activists from a host of backgrounds with one message… Read More ›
Tunisia’s ‘unfinished revolution’ — interview with Workers’ Party militant
By Peter Boyle November 16, 2012 — Green Left Weekly — Abdel Jabbar Madouri (pictured above) has been a militant in Tunisia since his early secondary school days. He was jailed three times (in 1987,1993 and 2002) because of his political activism. After every arrest,… Read More ›
Video: Footage of Night Violence in Madrid
Skirmishes continue between protesters and riot police in Madrid, with cops firing rubber bullets and tear gas at the crowd. Fourteen people have been injured and 22 arrested, local media report. Riot Police belted protesters, dragging some them by… Read More ›
Video: Spanish Riot Police Clash with Anti-Austerity Protesters in Madrid
Description: Riot police clash with protesters as they have ringed the Spanish parliament in Madrid where thousands gather for a march against austerity tagged “Occupy Congress”.
Riot Police Clash with Anti-Austerity Protestors in Madrid
Spanish police have fired rubber bullets and baton-charged protesters attending a rally against austerity. The clashes broke out as protesters tried to tear down barriers blocking access to the parliament in Madrid. Spanish media reported that at least 20 people… Read More ›
We are Women Against Rape but we do not want Julian Assange extradited
For decades we have campaigned to get rapists caught, charged and convicted. But the pursuit of Assange is political by Katrin Axelsson and Lisa Longstaff When Julian Assange was first arrested, we were struck by the unusual zeal with which… Read More ›
Africans shocked by uncivilized antics of European savages
DAKAR. Africans say they have little hope that Europe will ever become civilized, after a week in which Spain’s King Carlos went on an elephant-killing spree and the Swedish Culture Minister was entertained by a racially offensive cake. “You can… Read More ›
Juan Perón and Social-Fascism in Argentina
History of the Terms “Social-Democracy” and “Social-Fascism” The term “social-democracy” has been used by the left since the time of Marx and Engels. The term is a pejorative one today, since it has become almost synonymous with liberal reformism. About… Read More ›
Spain indicts Salvadoran soldiers for Jesuit killings
These killings took place in 1989 by the death squads of the El Salvador government, which was supported by the United States through military and financial aid despite the frequent and well-documented massacres that were official policy. A Spanish judge… Read More ›
A Brief History of the Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil War (1936 – 1939) has come to symbolize the clash between the ideologies of liberalism, socialism and communism versus conservatism, traditionalism and fascism. Spain, at the dawn of the 20th century, was caught in a crisis of… Read More ›