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After the fall of Tripoli: The way forward for the Libyan Revolution
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- Published: Monday, 22 August 2011 23:40
- Written by Alan Woods
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.
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The riots in Britain: a warning to the bourgeoisie
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- Published: Wednesday, 10 August 2011 00:43
- Written by Alan Woods
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.
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Crisis of the euro shades of the Titanic
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- Published: Tuesday, 26 July 2011 00:27
- Written by Alan Woods
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.”
Norwegian massacre: This is an attack on the Labour Movement - Labour must respond!
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- Published: Tuesday, 26 July 2011 00:42
- Written by Alan Woods
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.
Britain: News of the World Scandal - the ugly face of capitalism
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- Published: Tuesday, 26 July 2011 00:15
- Written by Fred Weston
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.