by Hanna Danilovich, international representative of the Belarusian Trade Union of Workers of Radio and Electronic Industry (REP) and David The Belarusian alliance with Putin and support of the invasion of Ukraine has led to an all-out attack on independent unions. External aggression has been followed by ferocious internal repression. Independent unions have made their … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2022
THE GREAT ENERGY COLLAPSE
A Workers’ International Network meeting Sunday 24th April 2022 Matthew Jones, who has worked in the utilities sector for over twenty years, opens up a discussion about how we got here and what can be done. (1) THE GREAT ENERGY COLLAPSE - A Workers’ International Network meeting Sunday 24th April 2022 - YouTube Driven by their determination to bring in "markets" in place of the … [Read more...]
The Rise and Fall of Imran Khan – By Zafar Ullah
Published in Asian Marxist Review - 15th April 2022 On the night between 9th and 10th of April, Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan was ousted by a vote of no confidence in the parliament with 174 members voting against him, making him the first PM in Pakistan’s history to be shown the door in this manner. The motion was supported by all the opposition parties and factions … [Read more...]
MARXISM IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM
3RD APRIL 2022 MARXISM IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM - 3rd APRIL 2022 - YouTube We are living through an era of unprecedented crisis and a worldwide explosion of anger and protest. Why is it, then, that, rather than recruiting the millions to mass revolutionary parties, Marxist groups everywhere remain relatively isolated? What is left of the militant traditions of the Internationals of the … [Read more...]
THE CRISIS IN SRI LANKA
THE CRISIS IN SRI LANKA - MEETING 10TH APRIL 2022 - YouTube Hear first hand from P.D. Saranapala - a veteran of the 1980 general strike, leader of the Socialist Party of Sri Lanka, treasurer of the Socialist People’s Forum and secretary of the Government United Management Assistance Union. After decades of deepening turmoil – uprisings, general strikes, insurrections, communal riots, pogroms, … [Read more...]