comment and analysis

War on the streets in Armenia

little_brother — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:07:51 +0000

Eight people, including a child, were killed by police and around 100 were injured including 33 police. An apparently unrelated border fire-fight on 4/3/08 in the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, disputed with neighbouring state of Azerbaijan with whom Armenia is still technically at war, broke a ceasefire agreed in 1994, killing 12 Armenian conscripts.

State terror and dirty war: a year of state recuperation in Mexico

Alan — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 01:34:32 +0000

Following a heady 18 months of diverse and popular struggles up down the country, the Mexican state is using familiar tactics to reassert itself as the country’s main authority.

UK: Prison officers in mass unlawful strike

Steven. — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 09:19:00 +0000

Some 20,000 prison officers in England and Wales took illegal unofficial action on Wednesday 29 August against Gordon Brown’s public sector wage cuts and the disastrous overcrowding in prisons.

Workers struggle betrayed by State and union in Venezuela

booeyschewy — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 01:23:01 +0000

Workers Control at Venezuela’s Sanitarios Maracay under Attack
By Megan Hise

Poland’s health care workers’ strike: new challenges and old problems

laureakai — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 06:15:01 +0000

The Doctor’s Strike and the Nurses’ Occupation

Democratic stresses in Nepal and its regional implications

Ret Marut — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 22:58:04 +0000

The rapidly expanding economies of some parts of Asia have not been accompanied by a uniformly greater integration into Western structures of political administration. South Asia is experiencing a crisis of its democratic institutions; leftists, islamicists and nationalists compete with ruling powers for conquest of the state and domination of workers and peasants.

Commentaries #1: War in Iran? Why we must oppose sanctions

Joseph K. — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 19:05:34 +0000

Attached as a print-friendly pdf file below.

The Long March into Parliament - Nepal Maoists take their seats

Ret Marut — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 14:42:01 +0000

The goal of stripping power from the monarchy has been achieved - as much by last year's widespread pro-democracy street protests as by their guerilla activity (see previous coverage here). The King is no longer head of state, has no political power and has been relieved of much royal property and other assets.

What remains of the anti-CPE movement? Echanges et Mouvement

Steven. — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 11:53:46 +0000

A retrospective written by friends of Echanges et Mouvement. The text criticises the movement on a rather general level, e.g. of not being able to go beyond the boundaries of its student character and provides some overview of past student mobilisations in France.

Halemba mine tragedy: the high costs of greed and outsourcing

laureakai — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 07:18:47 +0000

Previous libcom.org coverage here.