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Saturday, 4th July 2009

In Depth

The return of the prophet

In Highgate Cemetery, three miles from where I write, Karl Marx's body lies a-mouldering in his grave; and, for so many years, it seemed that his critique of the capitalist system was also safely buried. More ...

How China rises

What lessons can be drawn from China's spectacular and sustained economic growth? More ...

The Soviet Model and the economic cold war

The way that Russia marked the 15th Anniversary of the end of the USSR, the final events of which took place between the 8th and 31st of December 1991, has caused consternation in the Western media. More ...

Aid without mercy: the paid pipers of civil society

The Ma’an News service is a valuable resource. While its TV stations inform and entertain the locals, its news agency (MNA) sends the world 24-hour news from beleaguered Palestine. Viewers of its well-designed website receive minute-by-minute information in Arabic, Hebrew and English, with local news from ten districts in the West Bank, Gaza and Jerusalem, accompanied by high quality, and often shocking, photographs. More ...

The dynamic dinosaurs

The greatest successes in industrial development and prosperity of the last fifty years have been produced by state ownership and investment, central planning and regulated monopoly rather than by the 'free market'. More ...

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Current Affairs

by Dan Morgan in Santiago

Coup détat in Honduras

In the early hours of June 28, 2009, President Manuel Zelaya of Honduras was woken by a group of 200 to 300 soldiers who shot and smashed their way into his house. He was forced out in his pyjamas, put on a plane and taken to Costa Rica. This was the start of a coup d'état in classic style. More ...

by Daniel Luban and Jim Lobe

US - Honduras: dictatorships and double standards revisited

When the Honduran military deposed President Manuel Zelaya on Sunday, in an incident that stirred memories of Cold War military coups in Latin America, it also seems to have caused at least some foreign policy commentators in the USA to revert to positions reminiscent of the Cold War. More ...

International

For democracy and socialism in Nepal: interview with student leader Manushi Bhattarai

For democracy and socialism in Nepal: interview with student leader Manushi Bhattarai

Manushi Bhattarai is part of the Maoist ticket that swept the student elections at Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu - Nepal's largest university. Here she discusses the revolution, recent political developments, the international situation and the role of young people. More ...

History

The death and life of James Connolly

The death and life of James Connolly

In Dublin's Kilmainham Jail on 12th May 1916, a working class man born in Scotland was executed for his part in the Easter Rising, an attempt to liberate Ireland from 800 years of foreign occupation. Because his injuries aquired in the defeated insurrection were so severe that he was unable to stand, the British soldiers tied James Connolly to a chair in order that he could face the firing squad. More ...

Headlines

British Parliamentary reception marks 10 years of Chávez

British Government Foreign Office Minister Gillian Merron and over 40 Parliamentarians attended a House of Commons reception on 13 May to mark a decade of social progress in Venezuela under the Hugo Chávez-led government. They were joined by more than 100 personalities from the media, trade unions and the wider Labour Party. More ...

International

Is Venezuela broke?

Since the world price of oil began falling in 2008, right-wing commentators have been gleefully predicting the downfall of Venezuela's socialist revolution. They will be sorely disappointed. The policy of the Chávez government has not been one of 'handouts' but rather of social and industrial investment. More ...

Headlines

Obama's speech in Cairo

An analysis by Fidel Castro, First Secretary of the Cuban Communist Party, of the speech made by US President Barack Hussein Obama in Egypt on 4th June 2009. More ...

Editorial

Summer school: Marxism for the 21st Century

In order to create a better world, we need an understanding of the capitalist system, how it can be defeated and what can replace it. More ...

International

The carbon scam

The EU Commission and the Confederation of British Industry are reassuring us that 'carbon trading' is saving the planet. The facts prove otherwise. Meanwhile, the poor are facing the worst as we head towards environmental disaster. More ...