The second session of WIN’s conference was held on 16th January, with participants logged on from countries encompassing the globe from the USA to the Philippines and from Sweden to South Africa (twenty countries in total). The conference continued the discussion from the previous session on the document 2020 VISION: World Perspectives and on a new Perspectives Supplement on the Pandemic. The … [Read more...]
Session 1 Opening
“This is a more truly universal outbreak of mass protest than any before in history… This worldwide turbulence reflects the unprecedented internationalization of the proletariat, now straddling every continent, encompassing men and women alike, and now for the first time ever a majority of the world population.” This video of the conference of the Workers’ International Network got off to a flying … [Read more...]
Pre-Conference Discussions / Brazil
Comrades in the WIN Brazilian group had an excellent pre-conference discussion: Raquel Negrao presented on the origins of the Amazon and the environmental crisis, Nara Filippon on recent developments in politics after the local government elections and Silvana Harte on the subjugation of women in Brazil. Live Link: https://youtu.be/-8CiNJtCEho … [Read more...]
BRAZIL: THE FIGHT AGAINST BOLSONARO AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESTRUCTION
Among the most ferocious regimes of recent times is that of Bolsonaro in Brazil. And now, at its first electoral test since he won the presidency in 2018, his party has suffered a humiliating defeat in local elections. In Sao Paolo and in Recife, it came fourth; in Manaus, fifth; and in Belo Horizonte, it won less than10% of the vote. This is against a background where Brazil’s currency has … [Read more...]
Land Struggles for Housing and Sustainable Agriculture
Land struggles for housing and sustainable agriculture in, Brazil, South Africa and beyond.Throughout the world working people are rising to make a life for themselves; if necessary by occupying the land which is in the hands of the propertied and turn it to social and productive use. In the absence of a plan of production to meet social needs the organization of working people is making important … [Read more...]
Labour in Crisis
Six months ago, Sir Keir Starmer won the Labour leadership election on a promise to maintain Corbyn’s radical policies and unify the party. Since then…* a leaked secret report has exposed wilful sabotage by racist party officials;* Corbyn’s sole ally in the shadow cabinet has been sacked;* Corbyn himself has been suspended from membership of the party;* The party has been “swamped” by mass … [Read more...]
The Global Effects of the US Elections
The world’s leading Marxist economist Michael Roberts, author of the outstanding blog The Next Recession, examines the prospects for a host of crucial issues, economic, strategic, and diplomatic. Pending the final outcome of this week’s knife-edge US presidential election there will be profound consequences for the world over the next few years … [Read more...]
Creeping Fascism
“We will grind you revolutionists down under our heel, and we shall walk upon your faces. The world is ours, we are its lords, and ours it shall remain."― Jack London, The Iron Heel Repressive authoritarian governments wield power today in countries across the world, from Brazil to Hungary to Turkey to India and the Philippines, inspired and actively promoted from Washington and … [Read more...]
Belarus General Strike
At the beginning of November world has witnessed the launch of a general strike in Belarus with one simple demand: “Lukashenko Go!” The strike was called by Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, who heads the Co-ordination Council for the Transfer of Power, after consultation with the strike committee leaders of the largest state enterprises. The workers’ heroic action has been met with a remorseless wave … [Read more...]
America on the Brink
The eyes of the world are riveted on the coming presidential election in the USA.· What is the likelihood of a contested result and a prolonged political crisis?· How effective could vote rigging and suppression of voters be in determining the outcome?· How powerful is the threat of reaction from the evangelicals and from the right-wing militias?· What is the effect of the Black Lives Matter … [Read more...]