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70 years ago: the founding of the Fourth International

The Fourth International was founded when it was “midnight in the century”. Fascism was on the rampage, the counter-revolution had triumphed in the USSR and Stalinism was suffocating the revolutionary workers' movement all over the world.

Looking for a second wind

Even though the level of participation in the European Social Forum in Malmö (Sweden) was limited, this framework remains irreplaceable in order to permit a sharing of experiences and to support the organization of mobilizations on a European scale.

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IV405 - October 2008

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Bill Banta, 1941-2008

BILL BANTA, A member of the Chicago branch and founding member of
Solidarity, died of pancreatic cancer in a Chicago hospice on August
20th. He was 67. Bill was a revolutionary socialist his entire adult
life.

65 hours? We can stop them!

The proposed modification of the current European Working Time Directive, agreed in June by the Employment Ministers of the European Union (EU) and awaiting approval by the European Parliament, represents one step further in the process of greater flexibility of work relations and the erosion of the social guarantees of European workers.

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" I promise to keep fighting until my last breath"

First of all, I want to express my gratitude to all individuals and institutions that, once they heard about my arrest, demanded my liberty. Your support was very important.

Their Crisis, Our Consequences

Is this the final crisis of capitalism? The end of the system as we know it? What are we to make of the current financial meltdown?

Pakistan on the flight path of American power

The decision to make public a presidential order of last July authorizing American strikes inside Pakistan without seeking the approval of the Pakistani government ends a long debate within, and on the periphery of, the Bush administration.

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IV405 - October 2008

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Is Another Debt Crisis in the Offing?

The debt crisis that hit the advanced industrial countries in 2007 could radically change the conditions of indebtedness in developing countries in the near future.

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IV405 - October 2008

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Critical Left demands freedom for Hugo Blanco

Members of Sinistra Critica have issued an appeal, and model letter of protest, against the arrest of Hugo Blanco.

Protest the arrest of Hugo Blanco!

Hugo Blanco, one of Latin America's veteran socialists, has been arrested at the instigation of a local landowner for 'resisting authority' during a campaign to defend indigenous land rights.

The process is locked in its contradictions

Like the image of the emblematic Hugo Chavez, the Bolivarian process never fails to surprise by the contradictions that it generates.

Seventy years since the formation of the Fourth International

“Workers – men and women – of the world, unite under the banner of the Fourth International. It is the banner of your approaching victory!”

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French Communist League Reaffirms Solidarity with Cuba

HAVANA, Cuba, September 15 (acn) The French Revolutionary Communist League (LCR) reaffirmed its solidarity with Cuba after the devastation caused by the passing of Hurricanes Gustav and Ike in a period of less than two weeks.

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To the end, he was still working to do the right thing

Peter Camejo, one of the most prominent left leaders to emerge from the Sixties radicalization in the USA, lost a second bout with lymphoma Saturday, September 13. He was 68.

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IV404 - September 2008

International press astonished by the 'Red Postman'

The disarray in the French Socialist Party and the rise of the New Anti-capitalist Party is being noted in the mainstream media in the UK and USA.

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