Category: International

Venezuela from Below

Review: Venezuela: Revolution as Spectacle by Rafael Uzcategui (See Sharp Press, 2010) By Tom Wetzel In her essay Latin America & Twenty-First Century Socialism (published as  an issue of Monthly Review last year), Marta Har­necker presents a description of “some features” of a decentralized, self-managed socialism based on direct democracy in workplaces and neighborhoods — [...]

Posted: September 6th, 2011 under International, Reviews.

Interview with Turkish anarchists

Anarşi Kolektifi Ankara (Anarchy Collective Ankara) is a synthesist organization of anarchists  that has been active in the Turkish capital for several years. The Workers Solidarity Alliance decided to conduct a short interview with our Turkish comrades so that we can enhance the global connections of solidarity, learn about their struggles, and apply what we [...]

Posted: March 2nd, 2011 under Gender & Sexuality, International.

Recent Revolts in Africa and Middle East

The current revolutionary wave started 6 weeks ago in a poor working class suburb of Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia when an unemployed man publicly burned himself after being abused and humiliated by police and public officials. Four weeks later the dictator Ben Ali fled to Saudi Arabia. Since then revolt has spread to Egypt, Algeria, Jordan, Yemen, Libya and Sudan. Syrian youths are planning demonstrations and even in Albania protesters have gained confidence from Tunisian example. Now, the Egyptian dictatorship of Hosni Mubarak is struggling for survival and even the mighty Chinese government is taking no chances and censoring the word “Egypt” from the local Internet.

Posted: February 1st, 2011 under Anti-Imperialism, International.

THE SPARK: comments on the emerging student movement

Student strikes and struggles continue to hit all of Britain. The following article was written by a member of the Sheffield branch of the Anarchist Federation. “This is only the beginning.” This has been the almost universal message from students who have been engaging in and pushing for more direct action in the growing movement [...]

Posted: December 19th, 2010 under International.

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