1989: Venezuela Caracazo food riots
Submitted by Reddebrek on May 23 2019 07:49
In the 1980s Venezuela was suffering a major economic crisis, in response the government imposed extreme austerity policies that led to massive hikes in the cost of food, fuel and services. By 1989 protests had erupted and escalated to major rioting and government imposed a state of emergency.
Brazil: How things have (and haven't) changed
Submitted by Baderneiro Miseravel on May 9 2019 12:46
From the management of June 2013 uprising to Bolsonaro’s ordered revolt.
The Crisis in Care For the Elderly
Submitted by Internationalis... on Apr 1 2019 21:18
The dire situation really does pose the question of what sort of society we should and could be living in the 21st century.
Brexit or Not: Workers Have Their Own Battles to Fight
Submitted by Internationalis... on Mar 25 2019 16:28
The Brexit pantomime threatens to fracture the traditional political set-up of the British ruling class. Meanwhile the whole issue is diverting attention from the dire situation experienced by the working class. Theresa May has announced that austerity is over but the massive spending cuts that have been implemented over the last decade are not going to be reversed.
Fight Capitalism - Not its Symptoms
Submitted by Internationalis... on Jan 24 2019 11:45
A growing gulf between the ‘haves’ and ‘have-nots’ is in itself only a symptom of the disease. The real problem is that capitalism in crisis has nothing left to offer but increasing misery for the mass of the population. And 2019 will be no different.
Peoples Assembly Election Carnival: Leftist "Yellow Vests" show their true colours
Submitted by Internationalis... on Jan 15 2019 17:25
On 5 January demonstrators wearing yellow vests assembled in London to demand a ‘hard’ Brexit that will fulfil their nationalist fantasies. In reality that will not happen because it runs so sharply against the interests of the ruling class both in Britain and elsewhere in the European Union.
Inequality and poverty – the latest UN report on UK poverty illustrates the need for the end of class society
Submitted by Internationalis... on Nov 29 2018 12:20
The figures set out in the latest UN report on UK pauperisation, shocking enough in their own right, form the latest link in a chain of extremes which is the reality of global inequality, a tendency which has rocketed since the 2008 financial crash.
Legal Aid Cuts: One Law for the Rich and an Increasingly Worse One for Everyone Else
Submitted by Internationalis... on Oct 24 2018 16:42
The government is currently carrying out a review of legal aid following a series of cuts that have been implemented over the last few years. There is a growing view that the cuts have gone too far and could be a false economy as well as undermining faith in the legal system. Whilst it is unlikely that the government will put any significant amount of cash back into the system, it will probably at least pay lip service to the importance of legal aid. This article considers some of the issues at stake.
Out of this Capitalist Impasse - A New World Has to Take Shape
Submitted by Internationalis... on Aug 27 2018 11:59
The post-war boom melted away decades ago. It produced a mass consumer society unheard of in history. This society was based on the colossal destruction and devaluation of capital in the Second World War.
Syriza 2018: a Blast from the Past
Submitted by Internationalis... on Aug 23 2018 19:18
A brief reminder. In January 2015 Paul Mason proclaimed on his Twitter account: "come to Athens – the revolution is happening". It is 2018 now, and three years later it is Donald Tusk, the President of the European Council, who is ecstatic: "You did it! Congratulations to Greece and its people on ending the programme of financial assistance." What happened?
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