Libya: the struggle intensifies
Twenty four hours ago, the streets of
Tripoli were full of the sounds of rejoicing. Now they are filled with
the sounds of gunfire. The real battle for Tripoli has commenced.
Sidebar
After the fall of Tripoli: The way forward for the Libyan Revolution
The end came suddenly and without warning. In the moment of truth the Gaddafi regime fell like a house of cards.
Last night the streets of Tripoli were filled with wild rejoicing as rebel forces occupied Green Square in Tripoli. Libyan rebels waved opposition flags and fired shots into the air in jubilation after reaching the central square of the capital in the early hours of Monday. Until now the vast square was reserved for carefully orchestrated rallies praising Moammar Gaddafi. Now it erupted in celebration after rebel troops pushed into the centre of the Libyan capital.
The riots in Britain: a warning to the bourgeoisie
The riots in Britain are only a symptom
of a general crisis of capitalism. The Marxists will not join with the
bourgeoisie and its agents in their hypocritical chorus of
denunciation. Our duty is to find a road to the youth, to help them to
find the right road – the revolutionary road, the road to the socialist
reconstruction of society.
Labour Manifesto: Socialist Economic Policy Needed
Defend Kiwirail Jobs
Kiwirail bosses decision to make 70 workers redundant from a workforce
of 172 at its Dunedin and Lower Hutt workshops brings into question the
state owned enterprise (SOE) model for nationlised industries that
allows the market to dictate it business decisions.
Budget Protest
May 19th, 2011, was a day of protest against the planned cuts that were expected to be announced in the Budget that afternoon. It had been organised by the Council of Trade Unions and the Labour Party.
Labour Party Conference 2011
The
2011 Labour Party Conference was held in Wellington from May 21st to
23rd, 2011. The primary reason behind this year’s conference was
to whip the delegates and the various candidates into line for the
2011 elections due to be held in late November this year.
Norwegian massacre: This is an attack on the Labour Movement - Labour must respond!
World public opinion has been shocked by
the news of the bloody massacre in Norway. At least 91 people have been
killed, including 84 members of the Labour Youth Organisation (AUF) in a
summer camp.
Crisis of the euro shades of the Titanic
The euro zone is heading into stormy
waters. The crisis that opened with the near collapse of the world
banking system in 2008 has now deepened into a crisis of insolvency of
entire nations. The bourgeois has no idea of how to get out of the
crisis, which is sweeping like an uncontrollable tsunami from one
country to another in Europe. In the words of Italy’s finance minister,
“There should be no illusions about who will be saved. Like on the
Titanic, the first class passengers won’t be able to save themselves.”
Britain: News of the World Scandal - the ugly face of capitalism
The phone-hacking scandal that has led to
the closure of the News of the World newspaper has brought to the
surface the real state of things within the British establishment. The
rottenness of a regime, that prides itself at being a model of
“democracy,” is out in the open for all to see. What has now been
revealed is that a powerful media empire that for years has played a key
role in British politics, making and unmaking political leaders, has
been buying police officers, using influence with politicians, and all
this peppered with out and out criminal activity.
New Zealand Perspectives 2011
Friday 22nd April 2011
New Zealand perspectives 2011 should be read in conjunction with previous years' perspective documents as they are a continuation from them. In addition these perspectives should be read in conjunction with the latest World Perspective analysis and associated material from the International Marxist Tendency (IMT) and Socialist Appeal NZ.
These
perspectives constitute a continuing analysis of the socio-economic
crises facing New Zealand Capitalism. It applies the methods of
Marxism to these processes, seeking the trends and processes within
to serve as a guide to action for all workers and youth who want to
struggle for the socialist transformation of society.
May Day and proletarian internationalism
This year the workers across the planet
will commemorate May Day in one of the most turbulent and traumatic
periods in history. The world is ravaged by wars, terrorism, bloodshed,
economic catastrophe and unprecedented poverty, misery, disease and
destitution. The vast majority of the human race has been plunged into
the abyss of deprivation, hunger and agonising suffering.