May 14, 2012 – Coalition of Resistance – Britain's Greece Solidarity Campaign's
Bahrain: Democracy activists call for trade union solidarity
May 15, 2012 – GreenLeftTV – Bahrain democracy activist Zainab Abdulnabi, representing the Aust
Who or what killed the US SWP?
The Party, The Socialist Workers Party 1960-1988, Volume I: The Sixties, a Political Memoir by Barry Sheppard, Resistance Books (Sydney), 2005, 354 pages.
The Party, The Socialist Workers Party 1960-1988, Volume II: Interregnum, Decline and Collapse, 1973-1988, a Political Memoir by Barry Sheppard, Resistance Books (London), 2012, 345 pages.
[For more discussion of the US SWP, click HERE.]
Review by Peter Boyle
Greece: SYRIZA, the Communist Party and the desperate need for a united front
A united front of the left and sustained mass mobilisation are desperately needed in Greece.
By Michael Karadjis
Grecia: las perspectivas de un gobierno de SYRIZA
Alexis Tsipras.
(Updated May 13) Greece: What prospects for a SYRIZA-led left government?
SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras.
Το αποτέλεσμα των ελληνικών εκλογών και οι πολιτικές προοπτικές στην Ελλάδα
[English at Greece: What prospects for a SYRIZA-led left government?]
του Χρήστου Κεφαλή*
Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal -- Οι ελληνικές εκλογές της 6ης Μάη παρήγαγαν ένα συγκλονιστικό, εντυπωσιακό αποτέλεσμα που σίγουρα ανοίγει ένα νέο κεφάλαιο στην πολιτική ιστορία της Ελλάδας και θα έχει σημαντικές επίσης επιπτώσεις στην ευρωπαϊκή κατάσταση. Το αποτέλεσμα δείχνει μια σαφή πόλωση μεταξύ αριστεράς και δεξιάς και τη διάλυση των μέχρι σήμερα κυρίαρχων πολιτικών δυνάμεων του δικομματισμού.
Thailand: Who killed Aa-Kong (Ah Kong)?
The arrest of Aa-Kong.
By Giles Ji Ungpakorn
May 9, 2012 -- Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal -- The death in prison of the poor odd-job man Aa-Kong (also known as Ah Kong) is an outrage and it is yet another indication of the barbarity of the lèse majesté law, the injustice of the Thai legal system and the brutality of the Thai ruling class. The fact that he was refused bail to get medical treatment, and the fact that the prison authorities waited three days after he became ill before sending him to the prison clinic, is an indication of the terrible conditions in Thai prisons. He was convicted of lèse majesté for supposedly sending an SMS message to ex-prime minister Abhisit’s personal secretary. The evidence given by the state proved nothing.
In Thailand, generals and politicians who ordered repeated killings of unarmed demonstrators on five occasions since 1973 have never been charged and never been punished. But criticising the ruling class is considered to be a “grave offence”. Long prison sentences are handed down for lèse majesté.
(Updated May 8) Greece: Austerity parties smashed, radical left makes big gains
SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras is calling on the non-PASOK left to unite to form government and abolish austerity policies.
Britain: Coalition government parties battered in local elections
Respect's Alyas Karmani defeated the Labour Party leader on the Bradford council. Respect won five seats.
Socialist Alliance releases 'Towards a Socialist Australia' discussion document
May 5, 2012 – Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal – The following document,Towar