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Written by Tom Trottier in the USA
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Wednesday, 11 November 2009 21:14 |
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Off-year elections were held in a number of places around the country on November 3, 2009. We are publishing here a balance sheet by a comrade of Socialist Appeal in the USA.
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Written by Patrick Larsen in Venezuela
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Wednesday, 11 November 2009 21:00 |
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On November 21 the congress of the PSUV is scheduled to begin. While the reformist bureaucracy is hoping to have a congress that passes without too much opposition, around the country the left is standing candidates for delegates, among these the Marxists. The congress offers an opportunity to take the ideas of revolutionary socialism to a wider layer of the party ranks. What the PSUV needs to do is adopt a genuinely revolutionary programme to put an end to capitalism, landlordism and imperialism in Venezuela.
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Written by Alan Woods
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Tuesday, 10 November 2009 20:39 |
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Twenty years ago as the Berlin Wall came tumbling down the bourgeoisie in the west was euphoric, rejoicing at the “fall of communism”. Twenty years later things look very different as capitalism has entered its most severe crisis since 1929. Now a majority in former East Germany votes for the left and harks back to what was positive about the planned economy. After rejecting Stalinism, they have now had a taste of capitalism, and the conclusion drawn is that socialism is better than capitalism.
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Written by Eoin Gilligan
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Tuesday, 10 November 2009 20:31 |
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Monday saw the beginning of negotiations between the government and Trade Union officials on the implementations of €4 billion worth of budget cuts in the public sector. €1.3billion of this burden is set to fall on public sector wages. (RTÉ November 9) This follows on from the ICTU demonstrations of over 100,000 across Ireland on Friday in opposition to cuts, and precedes the upcoming public sector strike on November 24th. It is all too clear that the past politics of social partnership can only lead to diminished service, job losses and attacks on pay and conditions.
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Written by Séamus Loughlin
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Friday, 06 November 2009 23:36 |
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Tens of thousands of people: public sector and private sector workers and their families, unemployed workers, pensioners and students thronged the streets of eight cities in the south today; while 10 further demonstrations took place in the north also. 70,000 marched into Merrion Square in Dublin, 20,000 in Cork, 10,000 in Waterford, 6,000 in Galway, 5,000 in Sligo, 5,000 in Limerick, 4,000 in Tullamore and 1,500 in Dundalk. Not bad for a Friday with a grim weather forecast.
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