Democracy
Jeremy Corbyn makes his move over claims the leadership contest is...
Jeremy Corbyn is investigating claims that the Labour leadership contest is being rigged against his supporters through arbitrary voting bans.The Labour leader has demanded the name of every person who has been disenfranchised, telling The Guardian:I’m surprised at the numbers of people who’ve been denied a vote and I’m surprised at the lack of reason that’s been given to people.
‘Leftist’ Alchemies and Direct Democracy (A necessary clarification)
As the saying goes, “Before it pours, it rains”. And it is true that the cause of all evil that happens in the socio-political level is the morbidity of someone, or some brains that fantasize that they are messiahs destined to ‘save society' from other bad messiahs who also use a thousand lies to deceive and exploit. So every new party of young rescuers build,
PKK on Turkey coup: No democracy in ‘fascist’ Erdogan-led government
TeleSur, July 16, 2016
In a statement published on July 16, the political affiliate of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), the Koma Civakên Kurdistan (Group...
An Alternative to the Euro
BREXIT has shown that the EU cannot continue to do more of the same. It is time for a fundamental change of course. If this is not achieved, it will come to uncontrolled, confrontative or even explosive ruptures. If we want to prevent this, clarifying the currency issue is urgent and unavoidable. This is a key issue for the future of the EU -although not the only one. This is the core message of the following Appeal, formulated before the BREXIT decision.
The significance of the American Revolution
Before the American Revolution, society for nearly 2,000 years had been based on the aristocratic principle, the “great chain of being,” and the divine right of kings. The Revolution created a society in which hereditary titles of nobility were banned, monarchy outlawed and the separation of church and state established.
Let’s defend the Greek people’s NO!
On July 5th, Greek people rejected by an overwhelming majority the ultimatum of the Creditors, who are constantly acting as ruthless colonialists and destroyers of our country. Greek people asked to put an end at the Memorandum’s path of destruction and looting of the country, to put an end at the colonization of Greece launched in May 2010.
L’autoritarisme rampant à la française
Par Florian Bardou
Depuis plusieurs mois, défenseurs des droits humains, magistrats et universitaires alertent l’opinion. À un an de l’élection présidentielle, ils pointent du doigt...
Brexit: A Different Democracy, A Different Future
The historic Brexit vote marks a victory of the working people over the capitalist elites who have used the European Union as a means of extending their exploitation of them to the limits, and which now, along with its imperial rival and overlord, the United States, is arming and preparing for a world war with Russia.
Democracy and Popular Sovereignty instead of Neoliberal Integration and a failed...
With the implementation of the European single market and the Maastricht Treaty, European integration was established as a neoliberal project for the long run. The Stability- and Growth Pact, the fundamental freedoms of the single market and the European monetary union, among other elements, constituted a framework that has fueled austerity policies, the
The Winds Howl Before The Storm
By Christopher Black
There was once a tree called Justice here
All gnarled but strong with age,
Till a tyrant one night dark, in bitter fear,
With sharpened...