A portion of the Yasuni National Park in Ecuador By Stansfield Smith

‪European trade unionists protest outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels‬ Former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis, who last September stepped down from his post in the radical-left Syriza government, has launched his Democracy in Europe movement, DiEM25. Its ambitious aim is a radical overhaul of Europe’s institutions and the introduction of absolute transparency in decision-making, to be completed by 2025. Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal is republishing here from Mediapart the manifesto Varoufakis presented in Berlin on February 9th, a plan to “regain control over our Europe from unaccountable ‘technocrats’ and shadowy institutions”. For all their concerns with global competitiveness, migration and terrorism, only one prospect truly terrifies the Powers of Europe: Democracy! They speak in democracy’s name but only to deny, exorcise and suppress it in practice. They seek to co-opt, evade, corrupt, mystify, usurp and manipulate democracy in order to break its energy and arrest its possibilities. For rule by Europe’s peoples, government by the demos, is the shared nightmare of: • The Brussels bureaucracy (and its more than 10,000 lobbyists)

A demonstrator in Istanbul holds a picture depicting Vl

By Pablo Iglesias, translated by Dick Nichols

Russian military troops take part in a military drill on Sernovodsky polygon close to the Chechnya border By Renfrey Clarke

Jeremy Corbyn speaks on the march in support of refugees. Links Internatio

Dr Mannan Baloch Thursday, February 4, 2016 – Socialist Alliance (Australia) condemns the murder by the Pakistani military on Januar

Ex-finance minister of Greece Yanis Varoufakis January 23, 2016 –

Greek farmers protesting against planned pension system reforms. By Michalis Spourdalakis January 27, 2016 –

January 28th, 2016 – Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal reposted from