Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by Sinistra Critica
On April 15, during an assembly of a thousand activists in Rome, in the presence of many representatives of different social movements, Sinistra Critica (the Critical Left) took the decision to organize on June 9 a demonstration in Rome against the war, on the occasion of the visit of US (…)
, by Ansa, CANNAVO Salvatore, RONCONE Fabrizio
Rome. On Saturday afternoon the honourable deputy Salvatore Cannavò, at the head of the demonstration protesting against George W. Bush, said something like: “I have a letter in my pocket but I still want to wait a few hours…”
“And now the few hours have passed, indeed”. Precisely. “And yes, (…)
, by BATOU Jean, LOUÇA Francisco
On June 2-3, 2007 the Fifth National Convention of the Left Bloc took place in Lisbon. Since its creation in 1999, this unitary organization of the anti-capitalist Left in Portugal has strongly consolidated itself and has established a presence in the country. Today it has become a significant (…)
, by WAHL Asbjørn
In the article we reproduce below, Asbjorn Wahl presents the analysis, experience and policy of the Campaign for the Welfare State of which he is the National Co-ordinator.
In spite of the neo-liberal offensive which still ravages our countries, the movements and the left in Norway have (…)
, by ALFF Klemens
Bremen,
On May 13, the Left party won 8.4 % of the votes in Germany’s smallest state, the adjoining north-western cities of Bremen and Bremerhaven. This was sufficient for the party to enter a west German state parliament for the first time, with seven MPs.
The Bremen result could be a (…)
, by Socialist Resistance (Britain)
We can all say good riddance to Tony Blair. It was fitting that it was the war that got him in the end. However he tried he could never shake off the lies and bloodshed involved.
Gordon Brown will now be crowned Labour leader and then Prime Minister on June 27. There was never going to be a (…)
, by DUVAL François
At the beginning of May, the Red-Green Alliance, an organization of 4 000 members which includes practically all the currents of the Danish radical and ant-capitalist left, held its annual national conference.
Its debates are rather similar to those which are taking place throughout the (…)
, by HARKIN Shaun
For the centenary of the Easter Rising of 1916 we republish Shaun Harkin’s account of the life of Irish Marxist and revolutionary James Connolly.
“Starting thus, Ireland may yet set the torch to a European conflagration that will not burn out until the last throne and last capitalist bond and (…)
, by SMITH Murray
From the point of view of the radical Left in Western Europe, and beyond, the most striking thing about the 2007 Scottish parliamentary elections was the wiping out of the parliamentary representation of the anti-capitalist, socialist Left, and in particular the Scottish Socialist Party. This is (…)
, by McCombes Alan
By any standards this was a massacre for the left. The red-green presence in Holyrood, represented by the Scottish Socialist Party, the Greens and Solidarity was slashed from 15 to two. Of the six-strong group of independents, only Margo MacDonald was left standing. May 3rd 2007 was the day that (…)
, by MILLER Alex
An authoritative opinion poll for the Scotsman newspaper indicates a strong increase in support for the Scottish Socialist Party (SSP) in the run-up to the Scottish Parliament elections on May 3. The April 6 Scottish Socialist Voice reported that “in both the constituency and regional list vote, (…)
, by Sinistra Critica
A thousand participants at the Critical Left [1] assembly in Rome on the 14th and 15 April decided on a “social opposition pact” to the Prodi ’social-liberal’ government. The key points, were No to War, No to Bush in Rome, participation in Gay Pride and support for the struggle against (…)
, by CANNAVO Salvatore, TURIGLIATTO Franco
Not least of the effects of the recent crisis of the Prodi government is that upon the reorganisation of the Italian left which is underway. It is important for us to emphasise that the crisis has had the effect of speeding up the main projects of the Italian left, which will change their (…)
, by Sinistra Critica
PRC’s decision to expel Franco Turigliatto has opened up a dire wound in the history of Rifondazione, which had never before now taken similar measures. Due to the closeness and solidarity we feel in relation to Franco and as we share in his political outlook, we perceive and experience the (…)
, by NICHOLS Dick
On February 21, senators Franco Turigliatto from the Party of Communist Refoundation (PRC) and Ferdinando Rossi from the Party of Italian Communists (PDCI) disobeyed party instructions and abstained on a vote in support of the foreign policy of the government of prime minister Romano Prodi. (…)
, by TURIGLIATTO Franco
Dear comrades and friends,
I am waiting in this moment for the Senate to accept my resignation, which I have not withdrawn, and will not withdraw. Meanwhile, in the days to come I will have to give my vote in a motion of confidence in the Prodi government. I would like to thus explain the (…)
, by CAMPETTI Loris
Franco Turigliatto has now (March 1, 2007) been expelled from the PRC (Rifondazione Comunista) for his stand against the war at the Italian Senate. Loris Campetti, the author of the article posted above, was a member of Il Manifesto and was himself expelled from the Communist Party in 1970. He (…)
, by ELP
The Party of the European Left is following the government crisis in Italy with great attention. We deeply share the concerns of those parts of the Italian people and trade unions fed up with the unsocial course of the former Berlusconi government, that unilaterally followed the foreign policies (…)
, by Collective / Multiple signers
The executive of the PRC (Party of Communist Refoundation) has declared that the behaviour of Senator Franco Turigliatto is incompatible with the Party due to his abstention on the vote on the government’s foreign policy.
For us this is a serious and erroneous decision.
First because this (…)
, by CANNAVO Salvatore, SEVILLA Carlos
“Market friendly former Marxists”? This was the question the British weekly The Economist posed a few months ago concerning the composition of the Prodi government, made up of politicians originating from the old Italian Communist Party (PCI) and, to a lesser extent, Christian Democracy. Their (…)
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