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Written by In Defence of Marxism -- www.marxist.com
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Thursday, 11 March 2010 |
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Flaskô is the last surviving factory of the Occupied Factories Movement
of Brazil, after the heavy police intervention put an end to the almost
five-year occupation at Cipla and Interfibra. The workforce has been
demanding that the Lula government nationalises the plant, but with no
serious reply. We call on our readers to urgently send to the Brazilian authorities
resolutions supporting the Flaskô workers, with the following basic
content.
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Written by Marie Frederiksen -- www.marxist.com
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Tuesday, 09 March 2010 |
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One hundred years ago today, 99 women from 17 different countries
attended the Socialist Women's Conference held in Copenhagen in the
House of the People. In this first part, we look at the origins of
Women's Day, the origin of women's oppression in class society, how
capitalism lays the material foundations upon which the question of
women's emancipation can be tackled as part of the struggle of the
working class for the emancipation of the whole of humanity from class
oppression.
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Written by V.I. Lenin
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Friday, 05 March 2010 |
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This weekend marks International Women's Day, one of the most important dates for revolutionaries. To celebrate this date, and to remind everyone of the revolutionary significance of this day, we publish here an address by Lenin, where he talks about the struggle against women's oppression and how this struggle was tied to the struggle against capitalism.
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Written by Ted Sprague
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Wednesday, 03 March 2010 |
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The 24th January marked the one-year anniversary of the lockout at the Journal de Montreal newspaper. The 253 members of the reporting and office staff were locked out after a contract dispute over salary, benefits, and media convergence. The issue of media convergence is one that the union has been fighting against.
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Written by Camilo Cahis
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Thursday, 25 February 2010 |
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These days, it seems that not a week goes by without Ontario Premier
Dalton McGuinty threatening workers with some new cut or attack. His
latest volley is aimed squarely at the workers of the Toronto Transit
Commission (TTC) who have been the most successful in fending off
attacks from the bosses and the government.
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Written by Jennie Ernewein and Farshad Azadian
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Tuesday, 23 February 2010 |
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The recent by-election in the Toronto-Centre riding offered the NDP an
excellent opportunity to begin the provincial fight back against the
cuts and attacks that Dalton McGuinty’s Liberals are promising. As we
have written over the past couple of issues, the Liberals are vowing to
attack public sector jobs and services in order to balance the massive
$25-billion Ontario deficit. Although the NDP did not win the
by-election, there were some positive signs that if the party adopts the
correct slogans and platform, it can play a major role in organizing
resistance to the bosses’ attacks.
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Written by Dimitri Gallos
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Friday, 19 February 2010 |
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On 7th January, Royal Dutch Shell PLC announced its plans to shut down
its refinery in East Montreal. Shell intends to transform the refinery,
which currently produces 130,000 barrels a day, into a fuel terminal.
The conversion will take roughly a year according to a spokesperson for
the company. After the conversion, the Montreal East facility will
receive gasoline, diesel, and aviation fuel (most likely from Europe),
which will continue to be distributed through Shell's nearby terminal in
Montreal. This would be the second major oil refinery in Canada to
close after Petro Canada shut down their Oakville refinery in 2005. The
union that represents workers at the Shell refinery has already sounded
the alarm that the company is trying to close down the plant in July.
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Written by Dimitri Gallos
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Tuesday, 16 February 2010 |
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On 11th February at Dawson College in Montreal, the Dawson Socialist
Club organized a discussion on the economic crisis and its effect on
students. More than 20 students came out to hear Camilo Cahis, a member
of the Fightback editorial board, who spoke on the issue.
Although most students were from Dawson, there were also students from
McGill, Vanier College, and CEGEP de Maisonneuve who came out.
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Written by John Haggerty
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Wednesday, 10 February 2010 |
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This coming weekend sees the opening of the Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver. Despite the images of natural beauty and pleasant ‘middle class’ life
that will be broadcast to the world, Vancouver is a troubled
city and B.C. is a troubled province. Billions are being spent for a party that most of us are not being invited to. And, the federal Tories are using the Olympics to distract workers from the real ails that are assailing us.
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Written by Camilo Cahis
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Friday, 05 February 2010 |
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The Canadian minister responsible for the Americas recently made a short
stop in Venezuela. While there, Peter Kent took the opportunity to
express the Canadian government’s concerns over the “shrinking
democratic space” in Venezuela.
Kent’s concerns could be laughable if it were not for the real threat
that countries like the US and Canada pose to Venezuela. Many will remember that it was Peter Kent who most vocally supported the coup d'etat in Honduras this summer. As well, it is Kent's Conservative government that has just suspended Parliament for the third time in as many years.
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