Italy: On the Sardines Movement
Submitted by Internationalis... on Jan 14 2020 19:38
What emerges, even among its younger representatives who are less involved in roles of responsibility, is the fact that politically speaking the Left has "abandoned" the poorest social strata and in every respect embraces the economic logic of the world in which we live.
Iranian Protests over the shooting down of Flight 572
Submitted by Reddebrek on Jan 12 2020 23:20
Footage of protests in Iran in the aftermath of the Iranian military shooting down a civilian Boeing 737, killing 177 people as a result.
Latin America Burns between Revolt and Repression
Submitted by Internationalis... on Jan 3 2020 16:13
For decades Latin America was the United States’ "backyard", although more recently it has also been seen as a den of "socialists". Today it is undergoing a deep crisis that spares neither the big countries such as Argentina, Brazil and Venezuela, nor the small ones such as Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru.
Perspectives for the Coming Period
Submitted by Internationalis... on Nov 22 2019 14:36
Statement of the Internationalist Communist Tendency
Global Protests: The Relentless Capitalist Crisis Demands the Overthrow of the System
Submitted by Internationalis... on Nov 5 2019 14:36
How to make sense of these mushrooming mass protests-cum-rebellions which have no clear class character, owe their lightening speed of organisation largely to the rallying capacity of social media, which have few distinct or established leaders and whose often contradictory demands are constantly changing and are now emulating each other?
1997-1998: AIDS activists (ACT UP) demand federal funding for needle exchange programs
Submitted by Reddebrek on Jul 5 2019 19:16
Account of the 18 month long protests to overturn government bans on clean needle exchanges which contributed to the spread of diseases and thousands of deaths per year.
1994-5: ACT UP activists resist New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s AIDS policies
Submitted by Reddebrek on Jul 5 2019 18:50
Account of the year long struggles to save social services and support for AIDs patients from budget cuts.
1970-71: Australian Opposition to Consription and Involvement in the Vietnam War
Submitted by Reddebrek on Jun 28 2019 21:13
Account of the largest protests in Australian history, with protestors demanding an end to conscription and Australian involvement in the war in Vietnam
1974: The Brockwell 3
Submitted by Reddebrek on Jun 28 2019 19:11
Account of student protests against the assault and arrest of three Black youths in 1970s Brixton.
1918: Ireland's Anti-Conscription Campaign
Submitted by Reddebrek on Jun 28 2019 18:45
Account of the opposition movement to the imposition of conscription on Ireland by the British Government during the First World War.
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