Struggle over the Cuban press intensifies

By Marce Cameron[1] September 12, 2016 – Links International Jo

Ideas for the struggle #3 - To be at the service of popular movements, not replace them

1. We have previously stated that politics is the art of constructing a social and political force capable of changing the balance of forces in order to make possible tomorrow that which today appears to be impossible.

Bolivia VP Alvaro Garcia Linera on the ebbing Latin American tide

Extracts of vive-president Garcia Linera's address at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University

Bolivia’s ‘process of change’ needs a change in course – Pablo Solón

Introduction and translation by Richard Fidler September 8, 2016 — Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal reposted from Life on the Left with permission — The global drop in commodity prices has been detrimental to the development strategy of many Latin American governments, some of which had used the new income from increased exports of largely unprocessed resources, accompanied by higher royalties and taxes, during the last decade to reduce poverty levels and reinforce and institute new social programs, while attempting to create new industries oriented to the domestic market or adding value to their exports.

Bargaining over corporate investment: innovation or trap?

By Sam Gindin and Herman Rosenfeld September 7, 2016 — Links International Journal of S

Ideas for the struggle #2 - Convince, not impose

1. Popular movements and, more generally, the different social protagonists engaged in the struggle against neoliberal globalization both at the international and national levels, reject — with good reason — attitudes that aim to impose hegemony or control on movements.