Via the Socialist Project (Ca)
The emergence of the Left Party (Linkspartei) in Germany is the most significant development of a new political party to the left of social democracy in decades in Europe. The formation of the Left Party coincided with the anti-G8 mobilisation in Germany a year ago. It was followed by a startling rise in the opinion polls, and political break-throughs in West Germany, building on its political base in East Germany and the old Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS).
Part 1: Introduction by Greg Albo.
Ingar Solty, while doing a PhD at York, is a frequent contributor to the journal Das Argument in Germany, where his seminal paper on neoliberalism and the rise of the Left Party was originally published and is now forthcoming in English in the journal Socialism and Democracy.
Part 2: Ingar Solty.
Part 3: Ingar Solty.
Frank Deppe has been one of the leading Marxist intellectuals and political activists in West Germany since the 1960s with extensive publications on labour and politics and on Eurocapitalism and the global political economy.
Part 4: Frank Deppe.
Part 5: Frank Deppe.
Part 6: Frank Deppe.
Part 7: Frank Deppe.
Part 8: Frank Deppe.
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Radio Open Sources carries this interview with three US medical students currently studying in Cuba.
But the core of our long conversations is medicine, the Cuban way. This is aggressive, free, hands-on health care that makes house calls, and lingers for the feel of emotions and homelife. Doctors’ training like doctors’ care is free: the payback required of the students here from all over the hemisphere is only that they return to underserved areas of their home countries....Their thinking on social determinants of health, on the primacy of public health and the vital role of prevention strategies are unmatched in the world. With spending of less than $200 per person per year for health care, they have achieved health outcomes no different than in the USA where expenditures now exceed $7000 per person annually!”
Tariq Ali addresses the Stop Gaza Massacres meeting in London, January 8, 2009. Organised by Stop the War Coalition (http://www.stopwar.org.uk).
January 4, 2009 -- Palestinian citizens of Israel held a massive protest on January 3, 2009, in Sakhnin, an Arab city in northern Israel, against Israel's war on the Palestinian people in Gaza. It was attended by up to 150,000 protesters. Crowds waving Palestinian flags and brandishing pro-Palestinian placards chanted "Gaza will not surrender to the tanks and bulldozers!" and "Don't fear, Gaza, we are with you!".
Meanwhile, Israel has begun its ground invasion of Gaza. Around the world on January 3, solidarity demonstrations have been held, attended by tens of thousands. Two thousand protested in South Africa outside the United States Consulate in Johannesburg (for the statement, click on the link below).
Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal is gathering the most recent statements by Palestinian and solidarity organisations and activists. More will be added as they come to hand. See HERE for previous statements.
