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The Assange case what it means for socialists
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- Published: Tuesday, 21 December 2010 21:35
- Written by Alan Woods
The case of Julian Assange has been the subject of intense speculation and dispute in the media and also among sections of the Left. In order to take a correct position it is necessary to cut through the fog of propaganda and lies, to separate the essential from the secondary and to distinguish what is progressive from what is reactionary.
“Imperialistic activity by the President received another name. Republicans now simply called it ‘dollar diplomacy’.” (Beard, Basic History of the United States)
“How do you know I’m a diplomat?
“By the skilful way you hide your claws.” (Edmond Rostand)
Venezuela: The lies of the counter-revolution answered
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- Published: Monday, 29 November 2010 14:09
- Written by Alan Woods
In January of this year an article
appeared in the main bourgeois paper in Brazil that referred to me as
“Chavez’s adviser”. A few weeks later the same story appeared on the
front page of the Venezuelan opposition paper Tal Cual, edited by
Todor Petkoff, who wrote the article. I answered Mr. Petkoff at the
time. But, as a cynical journalist once said: why let the facts spoil a
good story?
Class Government and Class War
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- Published: Friday, 19 November 2010 14:30
- Written by James Connolly
Britain: Biggest student demonstration in decades and this is just the beginning
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- Published: Friday, 19 November 2010 14:42
- Written by Adam Booth and Ben Peck
Indonesia: Inspiring Book Launch Tour of Revolution Betrayed
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- Published: Friday, 19 November 2010 14:22
- Written by Jean Duval
More than ten years after the
revolutionary “reformasi” movement in Indonesia, the thirst for Marxist
ideas remains unquenchable. Those ideas continue to inspire left-wing
student and workers activists and induce fear among the ruling classes.
The fear of communism, instilled by the terror of the Suharto
dictatorship, has not completely been removed but it has been eroded.