Chavez Calls for International Organisation of Left PartiesBy Kiraz JanickeVenezuelan President Hugo Chavez called for the formation of a “Fifth International” of left parties and social movements to confront the challenge posed by the global crisis of capitalism.The president made the announcement during an international conference of more than fifty left organisations from thirty-one countries held in Caracas over November 19-21.“I assume responsibility before the world. I think it is time ... Read Full Story
Neil Kearney, who has died of a heart attack aged 59, was an inspirational leader in the international trade union movement. As general secretary of the Brussels-based International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers' Federation (ITGLWF), he had just completed a series of union meetings and visits to supplier factories in Dhaka,Bangladesh. He had been to the country more than 50 times since 1988, in particular working with the Spanish multinational fashion retailer Inditex. Recently they ha... Read Full Story
Having been charged with crimes against humanity, the trial of Khmer Rouge [KR] militant Kaing Guek Eav (party nom de guerre ‘comrade’ D[e]uch) is currently taking place in Phnom Penh. After the Khmer Rouge gained power in 1975, Deulch, an ambitious party militant was placed in charge of the KR Special Branch and Tuol Sleng prison, a converted high school known under the KR regime as S-21. Deulch has testified at his trial that every prisoner who had the misfortune to enter S21 were... Read Full Story
In the cartoon below 'Adams' points out the 'Chilcot Enquiry' into the Iraq war is one of many attempts by both the Labour government and Conservative opposition to pass the buck; and cover up and whitewash clean those government ministers and parliamentarian's who took Britain to war against Iraq on a criminal lie. Whilst the overwhelming majority of the British people understand where responsibility for this criminal endeavor lays, by setting up the third public enquiry into the Iraq ... Read Full Story
'Long war' model bodes ill for West.Gordon Brown and the opposition leader David Cameron have conceded that the British army in Afghanistan needs additional helicopters to ferry the front-line troops around due to the heightened danger of roadside improvised explosive devices.In doing so, they have inadvertently admitted that the war against the Taliban cannot be won.Once an occupying army loses control of the highways and roads it has no hope of controlling, let alone permanently occupying, ... Read Full Story
Below is an article by Pete McLaren, who stood as a 'No2EU, Yes to Democracy' candidate in the 2009 MEP election. Pete takes issue with the article I posted yesterday and raises some interesting points and castigates me for failing to mention them in my piece.---------------------------------- I am really surprised by your article. (http://www.organizedrage.com/2009/11/with-its-anti-eu-stance-no2eu-allowed.html) I usually agree with much of what you write because it is w... Read Full Story
Wikizines are interactive magazines that anyone can create or edit - and this one is called "Popular culture". Here you can find fresh voices and respond in real time. Some members write articles about recent news and trends related to the wikizine's topic, others recount relevant personal stories or share their favorite pictures and video clips. Got an interesting idea or story to share with other members of this wikizine? Well, then put on your journalist's cap and add your own article! Read Full Story
When Pierre Lellouche, the Minister for Europe in the French government, recently said the position of the Tory Party led by David Cameron on the European Union is pathetic and displays a bizarre form of Autism. My first thought was he could be describing much of the UK left, which has a programe on Europe which is straight out of the 1970s and which takes no account of the massive economic and societal changes which have occurred since that fateful decade. &n... Read Full Story
