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Tahrir Square has exploded once again. Millions of protesters took to the streets of the main cities of Egypt. President Morsi has been deposed, arrested and is under surveillance in the "office" of the Republican Guard. An interim president Mansoor Adli, former President of the Constitutional Court, has taken his place, and the Constitution has been suspended.

Brazil: Even the BRICs are Showing Signs of Crisis and Social Fragmentation

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Fabio Damen

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Despite the obvious differences, the economic and political achievements of Chavez and Lula are essentially based on two factors. The first is the abundance of strategic raw materials such as oil and, in the case of Brazil, also iron mines. The second is the possibility of spending the crumbs from these revenues to support their electoral base and guarantee power in populist guise, smuggled in as...

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Quebec Construction Strike: Let’s Stop the Employers for Good

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Notes Internationalistes

We have translated the following leaflet from our Canadian affiliate the GIO which has been distributed in the construction workers’ strike now taking place in Montreal. The strike broke out on Monday June 17 2013, the day the UPAC (permanent anti corruption unit) puts handcuffs on interim Montreal Mayor Michael Applebaum, for 14 counts of charges, all related to collusion with builders.

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ON THE CASE OF GREEK RADIO-TELEVISION (ERT)

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On the occasion of the shut-down of the State broadcaster ERT ... Let's stop being spectators! Let's take life in our own hands! · Shutting down the signal of ERT, rang a bell that the country is well on the way of questioning democracy itself. The demand for 'Greek public radio-television' dominates and the big slogan that unites everyone is that of the defence of democracy and information as a...

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Update on Turkey

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Following violent police attacks on protesters in Taksim Square, Istanbul, a 'general strike' has once again been called by the main 'left' Turkish unions, KESK (public sector), DİSK (private sector), and the doctors, dentists, and engineers associations, and is set to take place today, 18th June. This follows on from the strike of 13 days ago organized by the same unions, and again we can expect...

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Protest movement in Turkey: The Only Perspective is Class Struggle!

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Sozialismus oder Barbarei

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For days now, Turkey has been gripped by a wave of protest against the AKP government’s autocratic style of rule. Starting from a protest camp in Gezi Park, demonstrations have spread like wildfire to all the bigger Turkish towns and provinces. In the meantime, a movement with an impressive but contradictory dynamic has emerged.

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Some Considerations on the Demonstrations in Turkey

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We’ll leave it to the journalists with their “stock images” to chart the presumed causes of the recent protests in Turkey. The story that the demolition of Gezi Park to make way for a shopping centre, mosque and car park, is the prime cause of the protests in Istanbul and the brutal state repression by the police, called onto the streets after two days of clashes, is simply laughable.

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From Saving a Park to 500,000 Workers on Strike: Background to the Events in Turkey

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Scandinavia and Baltic Sea

Today, 5th June 2013, there is a 'general strike' in Turkey. It is expected that about half a million workers will take part in the strike, which has been organized by five of the 'left' unions, KESK (public sector) DİSK (private sector), EĞTİM-SEN (educatıon), TTMOB (chamber of engıneers), and TOB (chamber of doctors).

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Stockholm is Burning

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A proletarian note · Stockholm is the only Nordic city to end up in the top ten list of the EU's richest regions. On ESS's statistical list (European Statistical System, Eurostat ), which is based on purchasing power-adjusted GDP since 2010, where the index is the EU average - 24 500 Euros or around 200 000 Swedish krone – Stockholm is found in 9th place with 168 percent.

Syria: The Story of A Civil War Foretold

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On February 8 this year the American Defense Secretary, former CIA chief Leon Panetta, made a strange statement when he appeared on TM News [Italian version of CNN – translator]. According to Panetta’s public pronouncement there was a clash of views between the Pentagon and the White House, that is between himself and President Obama, over a plan to arm the opposition to the Bashar al-Assad...

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Against the system of oppression and exploitation

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The struggle of the working class must be the fight to assert the interests of the class against the capitalist system of oppression and exploitation. · It is plain for all to see that the costs of the crisis of the capitalist system have been completely piled on the working class and the entire proletariat.

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Ten Theses on the Communist Project Today

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Communist Left Inspired

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