Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez roused the WSF particpants with a call to go beyond capitalism
World Social Forum - first report
31 January 2005, byThe World Social Forum is now on in Porto Alegre. Estimates of numbers range from 100,000 to 150,000. A sharp debate is taking place about the role of the Lula government and the role of the Workers Party (PT).
14th Congress of the PSR
30 January 2005The PSR decides to become a political association within the Left Bloc.
Espacio Alternativo: a congress of redefinition
26 January 2005, byThe Fourth Congress of Espacio Alternativo (Alternative Space) took place in Madrid on 4-5 December, 2004, with the participation of delegates and members from the various territories and nations of the Spanish state.
Mass Strikes Defend Public Sector
25 January 2005, byLast week saw the biggest movement of strikes and demonstrations by public sector workers since the defeat of the movement over pensions in 2003.
LCR fund drive success!
19 January 2005, byThe LCR has raised 350,00 Euros in just six months.
Respect prepares Election intervention
18 January 2005, byRespect, the new left coalition in Britain formed out of the anti-war movement, held a well-attended day-school to prepare its general election intervention on Saturday January 15 in London. It was attended by well over a hundred people, many of them local organisers of Respect.
Democratise the relief programme
8 January 2005, byThis is a moment of unbearable sorrow and despair. People have nowhere to turn, in particular the fishing folk along coastal lines. In those regions Sinhala, Tamil and Muslim poor people have been made destitute. The tsunami disaster has no doubt opened the eyes of people throughout the world. There is mass sympathy and rethinking on our common human future. But behind this wave of sympathy there are vultures circulating, waiting for an opportunity to grab the flesh of the poor.
No to induction of foreign troops!
4 January 2005, bySri Lankan New Left Front condemns the induction of foreign troops to Sri Lanka under cover of relief and rescue operations.
NSSP comrades appeal
1 January 2005, byMany thousands of people have been killed and over 2.5 million people displaced by the deadly Tsunamis that swept across South East Asia, hitting Sri Lanka the hardest. Many of our comrades including trade union members have been definitely affected in coastal areas.