Is Latin America really turning left?
Submitted by libcom on Jun 4 2006 11:00
James Petras examines recent social movements and developments in the class struggle in Latin America.
A new series of social and national polarities in the Western Hemisphere has dominated political life over the past few years. At the beginning of the new millennium the national confrontation was between Cuba and the US/EU, and the social confrontations between the rural/indian and urban/unemployed movements and a continent-wide collection of neo-liberal regimes.
Bolivian military take control of airports to break strike
Submitted by libcom on Apr 3 2006 11:13
Bolivian military and police forces have taken control of four main airports, aiming to break an airline workers' strike in major cities.
Employees from the country's main airline, Lloyd Aereo Boliviano (LAB), are demanding its nationalisation.
But President Evo Morales has ruled out nationalisation, saying the partially private company is seriously corrupt.
The government said it took control of airports in an effort to avoid accidents and ensure passenger safety.
The Bolivian state already holds a 48% stake in the LAB.
Anti-CPE Movement: Embassy protest in Brazil
Submitted by Mike Harman on Apr 1 2006 00:00
Leafletting and sit-down protest at the French embassy in Brazil. Photos from http://paris.indymedia.org/article.php3?id_article=56520
Wilckens, Kurt Gustav, 1886-1923
Submitted by Steven. on Mar 14 2006 13:44
A short biography of German-born anarchist Kurt Gustav Wilckens, who assassinated the man responsible for the deaths of 1,500 workers, and whose murder provoked a general strike.
Kurt Gustav Wilckens
Born 3 November 1886 - Germany, died 15 June 1923, Argentina
Radowitzky, Simon, 1891-1956
Submitted by Steven. on Feb 18 2006 09:57
A biography of Ukrainian-born anarchist Simon Radowitzky, who assassinated a police chief responsible for the killings of workers.
Simon Radowitzky
Aka Szymon Radowicki, born 10 September or November 1891 - Ukraine, died 29 February 1956 - Mexico
Szymon Radowicki (more usually known in Argentina as Simon Radowitzky) was born on either the 10th of September or November 1891 into a workers family in the Jewish community in the little Ukrainian village of Stepanice (Stapanesso).
Del Monte: A can of worms
Submitted by Freedom on Feb 7 2006 08:44
Rob Ray reports on the devastation and horror surrounding America’s biggest fruit giant.
January 2006 was a big month for a smiling guy in a white suit. The plucky fellow has every reason to say "Yes" to trade legislation he himself has helped organise which will finally break his great enemy.
Bolivia - struggles continue under socialist Morales
Submitted by libcom on Feb 5 2006 13:33
Despite the election of Evo Morales from the Movement for Socialism as President of Bolivia, several strikes are in process and the persecution of the landless movement MST continues under the new regime.
This week has seen an ongoing strike by pilots at private LAB. The Pilot Association paralyzed work Thursday demanding the reinstatement of 15 fired workers, alongside the cessation of lawsuits against three others, and payment of $8 million instalments to retirement funds that were deducted by LAB.
1917-1921: Generalised revolutionary struggle in Patagonia - ICG
Submitted by libcom on Jan 12 2006 11:00
An article by the Internationalist Communist Group (ICG/GCI) about the events in Patagonia 1917-21.
Workers' Memory, from Communism #4
"This signifies the rashest defiance of everything that stands for law and order and the worship of the Homeland, which is the worship of institutions under whose protection groups of more or less genuine workers attempt to vent their hatred and class resentment with unspeakable abuse" said the bourgeois of the "Union", 1921.
Large-scale Massacre of Prisoners in Peru, 1986 - ICG
Submitted by libcom on Jan 12 2006 10:58
Poorly written but still interesting article about a massacre of prisoners in Peru in 1986.
From Communism #6
Social-democratic peace is nothing else but the peace of tombs.
The tombs of all the proletarians who struggle against the State.
International Solidarity with the Proletariat and its prisoners in Peru!
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We are publishing here a translation of an article that was first published in our Spanish review "Comunismo" (No.22 - June 86).
Occupied Bauen Hotel - the struggle continues
Submitted by Steven. on Jan 5 2006 14:06
If this story sounds vaguely familiar, it may be because Labourstart ran a campaign last year in support of workers in Argentina who, faced with a mismanaged business about to close decided to take matters into their own hands.
That company was Zanon and it's part of a network of worker-managed businesses that are transforming people's lives. At the centrr of that network is the Hotel Bauen, a four star hotel in Buenos Aires, run by its workers.
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