US imperialism

Part 1: Insurrection of the bourgeoisie.

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By Roger Burbach

September 11, 2013 -- Futuresocialism.org -- The coup d’etat by General Augusto Pinochet in Chile on September 11, 1973, transformed the history of socialism. Almost a thousand days before, Salvador Allende and the Popular Unity coalition had taken office promising a “Chilean Road to Socialism” based on democratic principles. The government launched an agrarian reform program, recognised the right of workers to take over factories and run them collectively, took control of most of the country’s banks and expropriated multinational corporations like Kennecott and ITT, all within the framework of the Chilean constitution.

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[Below are statements from the left in Asia, from Australia, Malaysia and the Phil

Victims of the alleged August 21 chemical weapons attack.

Cuba: Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Syria

Havana, August 28, 2013 – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba issued the following statement regarding the growing threats against Syria. The rece

Anti-TPPA protest outside Malaysia's parliament on July 16.

A street in Homs shows the extent of damage by government forces dur

Protesters greet Obama, June 28, 2013.

Non-violent Syrian demonstrators, July 2011. Photo: AP.

By Thomas Harrison and Joanne Landy

Nicolás Maduro y Evo Morales encabezaron un acto organizado por movimientos sociales, sindicales y obreros en apoyo a Venezuela y la Revolución Bolivariana en Cochabamba. Foto: AVN.

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By Pablo Stefanoni, introduction by Richard Fidler