Handheld users: view this page better on http://m.socialistparty.org.uk
Americas tags:
Americas
Filter by importance | All results
25 April 2012
Argentina: Nationalisation provokes wrath of imperialism
Shrieks of protest have been unleashed against the partial nationalisation of YPF, the Argentinean subsidiary of the Spanish petrol multinational Repsol, writes Tony Saunois CWI.
The Battle of Wisconsin by George Martin Fell Brown
18 April 2012
USA: An 'inspiring vibrant movement'
The Battle of Wisconsin by George Martin Fell Brown reviewed by Dave Gorton: Time magazine's "Person of the year" for 2011 was simply "The Protester". From the Maghreb in North Africa to the colder climes of Madison, USA, public places echoed to the sounds of demonstrations
18 April 2012
Clegg's text message plans make us LOL!
Unemployment continues to plague austerity Britain. Over 2.6 million people are out of work. And we're disproportionately aged under 25, writes James Ivens.
4 April 2012
US embassy protest remembers Trayvon Martin
With slogans including "justice for Trayvon Martin!", "fight racism!" and "no justice - no peace!", all around the globe people have taken to the streets to protest the death of Trayvon Martin, a recent victim of racist US capitalism, writes Stephan Kimmerle.
14 March 2012
Brazil - Trade unionist sacked for denouncing a death
On March 12th, Joaquim Aristeu Benedito da Silva, a leading trade unionist working for AmBev in Jacareí (São Paulo state) was sacked...
7 March 2012
Quebec: Students engage in 'indefinite' general strike action
Tens of thousands in battle against massive rise in tuition fees: A powerful students' struggle is sweeping over Quebec, the French speaking province of Canada. Over 65,000 university and high school students are currently engaged in an indefinite general strike
29 February 2012
The battle against internet censorship
US copyright law threatens UK student: On 21 January I organised a 'Rally of the 99%: Voice of the Voiceless'. The rally was part of the third national Occupy conference, held in Sheffield
8 February 2012
Clever clogs: How many of you have had 'the look'? 'The look' from Tories who pity socialists for 'not understanding' how the world 'really' works. A trait no doubt picked up from the Eton-Oxbridge clique
Bryan Koulouris, from Socialist Alternative, photo Socialist Party
26 January 2012
Occupy USA - Crisis USA - London Socialist Party video
Occupy Wall street - US Presidential elections - Economic downturn - Bryan Koulouris, from Socialist Alternative, the sister party of the Socialist Party in the USA, explains how the USA is being transformed by the occupy movements which have arisen in anger at the growing inequality between the 1%.
4 January 2012
USA: Occupy movement links with working class
The US 'Occupy' movement and its slogans, such as "We are the 99%", have reflected the huge anger at widening economic and social inequality at a time of recession...
7 December 2011
Merry Xmas...: The total UK personal debt at the end of October 2011 stood at an incredible £1,451,000,000,000 - an average household debt of £55,808 according to the financial education charity Credit Action...
7 December 2011
Brazilian socialists remember Socrates
The last day of the PSoL left party's congress in São Paulo was dedicated to the memory of the great Brazilian footballer Socrates, who died from liver disease on the same day...
1 November 2011
A recent trip to Cuba reminded me that it is a land of contrasts, writes Tony Mulhearn. Magnificent beaches, luxurious resorts and hotels, contrasted by poor wages, poor housing and, particularly in Havana, evidence of neglect and poverty
26 October 2011
Solidarity appeal for 'Occupy Seattle', USA
On Saturday 15 October, Occupy Seattle reached its peak mobilised support with upwards of 5,000 demonstrators...
12 October 2011
US: Occupy Wall Street - Demanding jobs not cuts
We are fighting back! Bryan Koulouris of Socialist Alternative, CWI in the US, spoke to the Socialist about the Occupy Wall Street movement which has been spreading across hundreds of towns and cities in the US
5 October 2011
USA: Occupy Wall Street struggle spreads
Corporate greed and banks domination challenged: An anti-capitalist protest movement has sprung up in New York, occupying central plazas, inspired by the North African protests earlier in the year dubbed the 'Arab Spring' and similar actions in Spain, Portugal and Greece...
5 October 2011
Chilean students in fifth month of protests
The last five months have witnessed the biggest social movement in Chile since the fall of former dictator General Pinochet, writes Iain Dalton, Youth Fight for Jobs Yorkshire organiser.
21 September 2011
Breadline USA: 'The rich get richer, the poor get poorer'; is perhaps an overused cliché, but, nevertheless, a phrase that accurately describes social conditions in the USA today...
9/11 attack
5 September 2011
Consequences of 9/11: a world turned upside down
Ten years after the twin towers came crashing down in New York, Peter Taaffe assesses the changed world situation. In the aftermath of that terrorist attack, US imperialism unleashed mass slaughter in Afghanistan and Iraq.
2 May 2011
Osama Bin Laden - killed by US forces
US / Pakistan: The US government has announced a successful military assault on a large mansion in Abbottabad, near Islamabad, which has resulted in the killing of Osama Bin Laden, writes Tony Saunois, from socialistworld.net, website of the committee for a workers' international, CWI. (An edited version of this article appeared in The Socialist issue 669.)
Search entire database: