Conflict and Division in Palestine (youtube.com) Throughout history colonial powers have exploited divisions within society, national, tribal, ethnic,and religious, to serve their own class interests. The present crisis in Palestine, and the Middle Eastgenerally, is a consequence of efforts over many decades by Britain, France, the US, Iran, and othercountries to maintain their political and … [Read more...]
MARXIST WORKERS’ EDUCATION: Challenges and possibilities
MARXIST WORKERS’ EDUCATION: Challenges and possibilities (youtube.com) A WIN Discussion, December 2023. Internationally there are challenges in workers education. The class struggle and deeper theoretical perspectives of Marxism are absent in most of those offerings. The methods and means of much instruction tends to become seminars hosted in hotels, the most expensive and the least productive … [Read more...]
SUPER EXPLOITATION BY AMAZON – WORKERS FIGHT BACK
SUPER EXPLOITATION BY AMAZON - WORKERS FIGHT BACK (youtube.com) A WIN Discussion December 2023. Amazon’s labour organisation has been defined by two Italian researchers as “digital taylor-fordism” - one of the biggest powers of world capitalism, Amazon has become a super exploiter with an army of over one million ‘soldiers’ and a budget amounting to billions of dollars. Its management … [Read more...]
Opposing the threats created from Mediterranean fossil fuel reserves! Leave it On the Ground Turkey Coordination – Youtube
Oppose threats from Mediterranean fossil fuel reserves! Leave it On the Ground Turkey Coordination - YouTube Around the Mediterranean Sea, all coastal states and some major powers are threatening one another with war over underwater fossil fuel reserves. Energy policies determined not by the needs of society but for private profit are causing both an increase in energy costs for the … [Read more...]
US Motor workers, UAW, strike: Stand up and Fight!
US MOTOR WORKERS, UAW, STRIKE: STAND UP AND FIGHT! - YouTube The 2023 United Auto Workers strike in the USA has excited the interest of unionists internationally. After decades in which wages have slumped and union membership declined suddenly the American workers were striking, gaining 20% increases and workers are returning to trade unions again. What has caused this sudden upsurge in US … [Read more...]
Fighting the Greek Far Right
On November 1st, 2023, in Athens, the fascists suffered a huge defeat. Their planned pan-European neo-Nazi gathering was cancelled due to the pressure of the antifascist movement. They were not able to march, but the antifascist movement did. This was the culmination of an important antifascist campaign, led by the Antifascist Coordination of Athens and Piraeus, which was able to corner … [Read more...]
War on Gaza Update and Perspectives
War on Gaza Update and Perspectives - YouTube On October 7th 2500 Hamas fighters launched attacks on military installations, kibbutz, villages, and small towns in southern Israel. Within hours over 1400 Israelis had been killed. Since then, the people of the Gaza Strip have endured conditions of medieval siege and an air assault utilising the most sophisticated weaponry in the world. Israeli … [Read more...]
The Lessons of Chile
THE LESSONS OF CHILE - YouTube A WIN meeting, October 2023. It is half a century since the military coup in Chile – a landmark defeat which shocked the labour movement worldwide. A popular socialist government was overthrown; a democratically elected president murdered; tens of thousands of workers and left activists rounded up, incarcerated, tortured, summarily executed. The new dictatorship … [Read more...]
WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST
A Workers’ International Network meeting, October 2023 WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST - YouTube The sudden eruption of a devastating new war in the Middle East has delivered yet another shock to a world already rocked by war, recession, pandemic and climate catastrophe. Is the random killing and kidnapping of Israeli civilians by Hamas justified by the desperation of the population of Gaza … [Read more...]
PREPARING THE WIN CONFERENCE
PREPARING THE WIN CONFERENCE - July 2023 - YouTube Our meeting this Sunday was devoted to a preparation for WIN's coming international event... WIN is holding a world conference over the weekend of 9th/10th September, at a countryside venue on the edge of London. All our subscribers are welcome to participate. The agenda will include sessions on US/China … [Read more...]