A NEW ERA FOR COLOMBIA? A Workers’ International Network meeting 30 MAR 22 - Speaker Ted Zuur - YouTube Latin America is once again rocked by mass protests, and nowhere more so than in Colombia, recently the scene of general strikes and demonstrations of over one million people. Now Colombia is possibly on the verge of electing a left-wing president for the first time in its history. The … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2022
Lev Landau the Revolutionary
by Giorgos Mitralias Almost everyone knows the name of Einstein (1), but that of Lev Landau (2) is familiar only to a few followers of the exact sciences. And yet, both of them share several common features: They occupy first-rank positions in the short list of the greatest geniuses of the past century. They distinguished themselves by their freedom of thought and the non-conformity of their … [Read more...]
The Threat from the Far Right
by Finn Geaney The far Right is gaining a foothold in many countries across the world. In some countries they constitute the government., for example Poland, Hungary, India, and Brazil. While it is important not to exaggerate the influence of the Right, it is vital to not become complacent. The rise of the far-Right is a global phenomenon, and constant vigilance is required. In Hungary the … [Read more...]
THE CAUSE OF THE ECONOMIC CRISIS
by Ed Bober The ruling class try to portray their system as the only possible way to live. They pretend that economic crises are “aberrations”. Each can be explained by some factor that is extraneous, usually moralistic, to the fundamental principles by which capitalism should operate. For example, they told us that the 2008 financial crash happened because banks had lent too much money to … [Read more...]
THE WAR IN UKRAINE – Two Views
Thirty years ago, the world’s capitalists were rejoicing at the collapse of the USSR, celebrating “the end of history”. Since then, history has given its own riposte, in the shape of the deepest slump since the 1930s, the deadliest pandemic since 1918, the first European wars since 1945 and the closest threat of nuclear armageddon since 1962. There is a direct connection. It was that very same … [Read more...]
CLOVER STRIKE STRADDLES SOUTH AFRICA AND ISRAEL
SUPPORT THIS INTERNATIONALIST STRIKE! by David Hemson “This strike is bigger than a strike; a victory would set a precedent with great geopolitical implications and encourage other workers internationally to take similar action.” - Mametlwe Sebei, President of the General Industrial Workers Union of South Africa. As lightning, a strike illuminates all that is shady and sets out the hard … [Read more...]
THE ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF THE WAR IN UKRAINE – 20 MAR 22
THE ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF THE WAR IN UKRAINE - 20 MAR 22 - YouTube Discussion introduced by Michael Roberts (Author of The Long Depression: Marxism and the Global Crisis of Capitalism and of the blog The Next Recession). The economic war between the US-led NATO group and Russia is hotting up alongside the real war in Ukraine itself. In response to the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, the US … [Read more...]
THE RISE OF FASCISM Youtube
THE RISE OF FASCISM - YouTube Workers' International Network discussion meeting 28 November 2021 … [Read more...]
The Laws of Capitalist Crisis – Discussion
The Laws of Capitalist Crisis - Ed Bober leads off - YouTube WIN Sunday Discussion meeting 9th January 2022 … [Read more...]
The Great Health Heist Youtube – Lead off by Dr Bob Gill NHS
The Great Health Heist - Lead off by Dr Bob Gill - YouTube The current pandemic has sent a shock wave throughout society worldwide, including in countries which had deluded themselves that modern sanitation and antibiotics had relegated such outbreaks to the distant past. So far at least 313 million people have been infected by COVID worldwide, and five and a half million have died. Yet this is … [Read more...]