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Britain: Greens surge on back of anti-austerity anger
Rail union RMT president Peter Pinkney with Greens MP Caroline Lucas.
SYRIZA's debt deal: breathing space or capitulation? Three assessments
February 23, 2015 -- Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal -- The interim deal between European authorities and the SYRIZA government of Greece has caused controversy on the left, with accusations of "capitulation", sell out" and worse from some sections. Below are three assessments from the left that offer a more sober analysis.
Greece gets its deal... but if the detail’s wrong ‘we’re finished’
By Paul Mason
February 20, 2015 -- Channel 4 --- The eurozone and International Monetary Fund (IMF) have done a deal with Greece, extending its bailout for four months in return for a commitment to run all policy measures with significant economic impact past the lenders. The second part of the deal has to be done on February 23, by Greece submitting a list of proposed measures.
Malaysia: Solidarity statement -- 'Free Arul! Abolish the Sedition Act!'
Joint statement
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South Africa: Renewable energy or irradiation and gas fracking?
South Africans protest against fracking for coal seam gas.
Thoughts on reform, revolution, social change and elections in light of SYRIZA's win
Hugo Chavez and supporters at Chavez’s final campaign rally in Caracas on October 4, 2013, three days before his re-
(Updated Feb. 20) Asia-Pacific socialists condemn latest US-backed coup attempt in Venezuela
Protest on April 11, 2004, commemorates the April 11, 2002, coup attempt that almost succeeded in overthrowing Hugo Chavez.
