by Yorgos Mitralias The recent election results in Greece have been heralded as a victory for the “conservative” party. True enough, New Democracy won the contest with 39.9% of the votes cast, to the outgoing governing left party SYRIZA’s 31.5%. But the true winners were those who expressed their revulsion at every one of the parties on offer by staying at home. A colossal 43% of the electorate … [Read more...]
Archives for October 2019
RELEASE ALI WAZIR!
by Awais Qarni, Organiser, Revolutionary Students’ Federation On the morning of Sunday, May 26, 2019, the Pakistani army opened fire on people protesting against its brutal operations in the region bordering Afghanistan. Videos show unarmed, peaceful protesters cheering and chanting slogans when their leaders, Pakistan National Assembly members Ali Wazir and Mohsin Dawar, arrived at … [Read more...]
Amazon: The Fire of Climate Change
Article by David Hemson Pictures of black tree lines outlined by the red background of a fire, of thousands of blazing fires mapped along the Amazon, have commanded the attention of every thinking person. As in a horror movie, our planet appears to turn to flame and burn to ash as runaway fires stream across the TV screen. Astonishingly, the firing of the Amazon is not the only incendiary … [Read more...]
The 2019 Labour Party Conference – a brief report
Roger Silverman It won’t surprise many of us to learn that the recent Labour Party conference was nothing remotely like the press and media reports. For them, it was a disaster: rival factions were tearing the party to pieces over Brexit and anti-semitism, and Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership was finished. This was not the conference I attended, as delegate from my constituency party. The first … [Read more...]
France in Crisis
By Vincent Presumey in Paris Where is France going? Without a doubt, towards serious social and political confrontations. This is not a question of either optimism or pessimism: just realism. The outcome of these confrontations will depend on the level of political organisation of the exploited and oppressed. Two years ago, the election of Emmanuel Macron as president was hailed as a … [Read more...]