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By Dan Read
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Monday, 29 June 2009 |
 As workers and trade unionists continue to be attacked by the Colombian state, we look at the involvement of Britain in assisting in this murderous process.
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By Alan Woods
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Monday, 29 June 2009 |
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Some on the left are questioning
whether the movement in Iran is a progressive one. They have been taken
in by propaganda that states that the movement is all an “imperialist
plot” to overthrow the Islamic regime. This ignores the very essence of
what is happening in Iran, which is the beginning of a revolution. What is required to move everything forward now is decisive action by the working class.
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By Séamus Loughlin
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Monday, 22 June 2009 |
 Almost 3 months
after the mistaken decision of the Irish trade union leaders to call off the March 30th
strike action, the discussions around a recovery plan are still floundering.
The trade union leaders will have to show some progress at the ICTU conference
next month, so they need something concrete to report on. But, given the severe
economic crisis that the state is experiencing it seems unlikely that anything
substantial will emerge. However there is the possibility that some sort of
deal will be done. But, as we explained recently, it’s likely to have more
holes in it than a Swiss cheese.
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By Jorge Martin
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Monday, 22 June 2009 |
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SATURDAY 20th JUNE: As reports are coming in about clashes between protesters and police
in Tehran, it is clear that the movement against the fraud has reached
a critical point. Khamenei’s speech yesterday threw down the gauntlet
to the movement and threatened repercussions for continued protests but
the organised working class are now joining the struggle against the
regime.
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By Alan Woods
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Friday, 19 June 2009 |
 What we are witnessing in Iran is a
full-blown popular revolution. However, in order to set its stamp on
the movement, the working class must participate in the front line. The
movement will stand or fall to the degree that the working class is
able to lead it.
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By Alan Woods
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Thursday, 18 June 2009 |
 The stormy street demonstrations in Iran
are continuing and gathering strength. Anti-government protesters held
another big rally in central Tehran today (Wednesday), which, to judge
from photographs we have just received, has dwarfed even the massive
demonstrations of the last few days. It defied renewed calls from
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader, to keep off the streets.
Faced with vast protests, the ruling regime in Tehran is being pulled
in opposite directions.
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By Alan Woods
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Tuesday, 16 June 2009 |
 Dramatic events are unfolding in Iran.
Hundreds of thousands of people marched in silence through central
Tehran on Monday to protest Iran’s disputed presidential election in an
extraordinary show of defiance that appeared to be the largest
anti-government demonstration in Iran since the 1979 revolution. Reuter
says one demonstrator was shot dead. But nothing can stem the tide. The
revolutionary situation is unfolding with lightening speed. This is the second of two articles on Iran.
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By Alan Woods
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Tuesday, 16 June 2009 |
 Two candidates stood in the Iranian
“elections”, but the regime had decided who was going to win long
before any votes were cast. In spite of the mild, “loyal opposition” of
Mousavi, large sections of the Iranian electorate used their vote to
express opposition to the regime. Once the “result” was announced
violence broke out on the streets, revealing the seething anger and
discontent among the masses. This marks a new phase in the development
of the Iranian revolution. Socialist.net are publishing here the first of two articles on the unfolding crisis in Iran
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By Heiko Khoo
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Thursday, 04 June 2009 |
 In the first of two articles being posted to mark the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen events in China, Heiko Khoo looks at the significance of what happened for the workers of today
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By Rob Lyon (2004)
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Thursday, 04 June 2009 |
 Today marks 20 years since the tragic
defeat of the movement of workers and students in Tienanmen Square. The
massarce (also known in China as the June 4 incident) remains a
sensitive subject for the Chinese officialdom. In the second of two articles being posted on the anniversary, we are republishing an analysis by Rob
Lyon, first posted on www.marxist.com in 2004.
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By SN
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Tuesday, 02 June 2009 |
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 This Thursday will see elections for the European Parliament taking place. For many of those who can be bothered to vote, the election will be seen as a chance to send a message about the UK MPs Expenses scandal.But are the MEPs immune from this scandal?
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By Hermann Albrecht in Venezuela
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Friday, 29 May 2009 |
 At a recent gathering in the State of Guayana President Chavez
announced a series of new nationalisations, but he also stressed the
need for workers' control, planning and socialism. What now needs to be
done is to act on these words and the only force that can do that is
the working class. Otherwise all the good proposals can be buried by
the myriad of reformists and bureaucrats who infest the movement.
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By Our correspondents in Puerto Ordaz
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Sunday, 24 May 2009 |
 Comrades from eleven states across
Venezuela, including youth leaders and important factory
representatives, gathered over the weekend to attend the sixth congress
of the CMR, a congress that highlighted the immense work done over the
past year and the important steps forward in building the Marxist
tendency within the Venezuelan labour and youth movement.
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By Adam Pal in Pakistan
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Monday, 18 May 2009 |
 The media make out that the Taliban have genuine mass support in
Pakistan, but in this article we see how they are actually promoted by
forces within the state that see them as a useful instrument in
terrorising the local people and as a means of maintaining their own
corrupt rule. And we shouldn’t forget the role of US imperialism in
promoting them in the first place!
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By Nahum Monroy in Mexico
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Friday, 08 May 2009 |
 The mass panic which has gripped Britain and the rest of the world
arising from the 'Swine Flu' outbreak has occupied the media for nearly a
fortnight now. Schools have been shut and people are being urged to
wash their hands like crazy. However those who have contracted the flu
have described the symtoms as being like a 'bad cold' and all seem to
be recovering OK. Yet in Mexico - where the flu outbreak evidently
started - many have died. Why is this? Marxist.com 's Mexican correspondent has sent this report on who is really to blame.
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