Chinese Imperialism - A New Force in Africa

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African Economic Revival? · In the last decade of the twentieth century the African continent was torn apart by wars, with millions of refugees, and half the population living on less than $1 per day. The continent had become a net exporter of capital to the central capitalist countries and its share of world trade and foreign investment has declined relentlessly (1).

A New Development for the International Bureau

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PCInt-ICT
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The text which follows was drafted by the comrades of Battaglia Comunista for a European meeting of the Bureau held in Parma last May. We were unable to translate it in time for our last issue so we are publishing it here. The meeting gave us the opportunity to welcome the delegates from the Gruppe Internationaler Socialistinnen which had adhered to the Bureau in February (for a report on this,...

25 Years of the Bureau: Balance Sheet and Perspectives

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PCInt-ICT
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Revolutionary Perspectives

Presented by the Internationalist Communist Party (Battaglia Comunista) to the May 10th 2008 Bureau meeting and amended by the meeting · The Bureau has now existed for 25 years, long enough for us to draw up a political balance sheet and to attempt to identify its achievements and strengths, but above all, the limitations of this experience.

On Certain Recent Developments in Canadian Trade-Unionism

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Unionism
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Canada
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Documents

Last April 28th, the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) announced that they had just signed an agreement in principle with Ford, renewing the collective agreement for three years, five months before the current one was to expire. This agreement provides for a three year wage freeze, a freeze of the cost of living allowance for four years, the loss of 40 hours of vacation per year, a reduction in...

The Roma - Some Considerations on this Shame of the Italian Bourgeoisie

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Discriminations
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Documents

1. The Right might change its clothes but it can’t change its habits. No sooner had it returned to power that the Berlusconi government launched an unbelievable campaign of repression against the Roma population in Naples, Milan, Florence and in many other places throughout Italy. The repression, the dismantling of the camps and arrest of Roma have stoked up a witch hunting climate (against...

Six Days of Struggle at Pomigliano

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2008: Pomigliano Struggle
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Activities
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Revolutionary Perspectives

Dossier on the Strike at FIAT Pomigliano d'Arco - Campania, Italy · CWO Introduction · We are presenting here some of the documents issued by the Naples section of our Italian sister organisation, Battaglia Comunista who were involved with the strike of workers who were fighting their transfer to a new facility at Nola.

Welcome to the GIS

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PCInt-ICT
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Central Europe
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Revolutionary Perspectives

In February this year the comrades of the German group, Gruppe Internationaler Sozialistinnen (GIS), and representatives of the International Bureau for the Revolutionary Party met in Berlin. After two days of discussion the GIS agreed to become the German affiliate of the Bureau. This important step was as inevitable as it was welcome as we have all been working together for a number of years...

Crisis, Hunger and War: Class Struggle Knows No Borders!

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Central Europe
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Workers' conditions and struggles
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Revolutionary Perspectives

"...the focus of the class organisation of the proletariat lies in the International..." (Rosa Luxemburg) · Billions are being pumped into the swirling financial markets to prop up stricken banking houses and to stem the effects of the crisis. On the other hand, across the world, new programmes of cuts are always being developed, social benefits are being cut, wages lowered and jobs phased out.

Another May Day in the Shadow of War

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Revolutionary Perspectives

Another May Day surrounded by conflict - imperialist wars between capitalist rivals, and class war, with the world's rulers united against the working class, and the poorest people on the planet. · Peace, prosperity and freedom - heavy sacrifices are demanded for these objectives in the form of blood, sweat, and a reduced quality of life.

Beyond Pay, Beyond the Classroom, the Educational Crisis is the Capitalist Crisis

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British Isles
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Education and youth
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Revolutionary Perspectives

Education Strikes · More than a Pay Dispute · On the 24th April approximately 400,000 public sector workers came out on strike, mainly teachers, lecturers, civil and public servants, angry at the government's pay policy which everyone knows is way below the real rate of inflation and therefore represents pay cuts. For schoolteachers it was the first strike in over twenty years.

A New Workers' Party or an Old Labour Party?

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Parliamentary Left and Reformism
Trotskyism
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Revolutionary Perspectives

A long-time correspondent recently wrote to us asking us if we intended to send any delegates to a meeting in London at the end of June organised by the "Campaign for a New Workers Party". We had received no invitation to the meeting but we have been aware for some time of this initiative. One of the great needs of our time is for workers to create a political instrument which can give...

The Economic Crisis is Structural, Deep-Seated and World Wide

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2007: Subprime Crisis
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Revolutionary Perspectives

Even though we knew that it was something more devastating than a mere soap bubble, when the subprime crisis first broke out we could not have envisaged how much worse it would get in such a short time. · Unprecedented State Aid ...For the Bankers · A few weeks ago the US monetary authorities took the unprecedented decision to lend Morgan Chase a stack of dollars at an almost zero rate of interest...

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