"Everyone" - because in Europe many people still believe that this continent is the centre of the world – is talking about the elections on June 17, 2012 in Greece: the "cradle of democracy", according to a history that is partly fable.

Ecofeminism developed in the 1980's in the context of a growing green movement and of large anti-war and anti-nuclear missiles mobilisations.

Chris Williams is a longtime environmental activist and author of <i class="spip">Ecology and Socialism: Solutions to Capitalist Ecological Crisis</i> (Haymarket Books, 2010). He is professor of physics and chemistry at Pace University and chair of the science department at Packer Collegiate Institute and is a regular contributor to the International Socialist Review.

Labour Party Pakistan statement on the present situation

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In less than one week, the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) in Egypt has emptied the final result of the first “free” presidential elections in the country's history of any real meaning, reminding everyone that it held the reins of power in the country and did not intend to let go.

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Symbols and myths are important elements in forging political affiliations and national identities. In 2000, the Northern Ireland Assembly witnessed a heated debate that a layman would have perceived as strange or rather ludicrous. The central issue was whether Easter lilies should have the same symbolic treatment and standing as poppies.

0n 28 December 2011, the jet forces of Turkish Army killed 37 Turkish citizen Kurdish people - most of whom were children - residents of Uludere village at the border of Northern Iraq.

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In North America, gaining Indigenous autonomy from the colonial powers of the United States (US) and Canada has involved efforts at state-formation, that is, tribal governance. For decades, Indigenous activists and organizers in North America have worked tirelessly to assert the validity of treaties and establish the sovereignty of tribal nations.

“It is not on fear, but on hope that we base our future”. It was with these words that Alexis Tsipras reacted to the electoral defeat of Syriza, the coalition of the radical left which he leads. For, beyond the right's victory, nothing is resolved for the Greek people, and nor will anything be easy for the parties called upon to govern in the context of a cabinet of national unity.

This is an edited version of a lecture Jamie S Moloney gave at the 21st Century Marxism seminar organised by Socialist Resistance at the IIRE Amsterdam in June.

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Salafist violence has gone through a qualitative metamorphosis during the recent events in terms of degree of organisation and synchronisation of actions in several places and regions, and in terms of the breadth of the terror and violence, which targeted the regional offices of the UGTT trade union federation, the Democratic Patriots' Movement and the Republican Party in Jendouba after the popula

The Charest government has turned to repression to try to break the largest and longest student strike in Quebec history. Students had already endured heavy-handed policing, including hundreds of arrests and brutal attacks by riot cops on campuses and in the streets.

This article, originally published in the South African magazine Amandla <a href="http://www.amandlapublishers.co.za" class="spip_url spip_out">http://www.amandlapublishers.co.za</a> , was written in January 2012.

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The ANC celebrated its hundredth anniversary on the 8 January 2012. This is indeed a major achievement for the oldest liberation movement in Africa. In its history it has had to negotiate many difficult challenges, perhaps none more so than retaining a broad unity while maintaining the ability to act and implement strategy.

The Syrian revolutionary process has since the beginning been met by circumspection by some on the left and even led some to separate it from the other uprising in the region, accusing it of being a conspiracy of Western imperialist and reactionary regional countries such as Saudi Arabia. This trend has unfortunately continued, despite the criminal actions of the regime.