por Gerry Foley, en la ediccion de Socialist Action, Abril 2006 Traducido por Rob Segovia-Welsh y Kane Smego La victoria de Evo Morales en la elección presidencial de Bolivia el 13 de Diciembre primeramente sonó alarmas en el gobierno de los EEUU y también en la prensa capitalista. Esta victoria continuó con una gran serie … Continue reading Bolivia: Porque Los Lideres Estadounidenses Estan Preocupados
Month: April 2006
U.S. Occupation Stirs the Fire of Civil War in Iraq
by Gerry Foley / April 2006 issue of Socialist Action newspaper While the growing sectarian conflicts in Iraq are playing to the hand of the U.S.-led occupation, Washington’s balancing game is also becoming more intricate. Thus, U.S. military casualties in March declined, while Iraqi deaths multiplied. The latest slaughter of Iraqi civilians was an attack … Continue reading U.S. Occupation Stirs the Fire of Civil War in Iraq
Millions Fill the Streets to Defend Immigrant Rights
by Andrew Pollack / April 2006 issue of Socialist Action newspaper Seemingly overnight, a mass movement of immigrants demanding their rights has sprung up in the United States. It is mass in the real sense of the word, bringing millions into the streets—striking workers, students walking out of schools, grandparents, babies in strollers, all with … Continue reading Millions Fill the Streets to Defend Immigrant Rights
French Workers and Youth Protest Labor Law
by Gerry Foley / April 2006 issue of Socialist Action newspaper The struggle unleashed by the attempt of the French right-wing government to reduce the rights of young workers has led to the sharpest confrontation in recent years in the advanced capitalist world between youth and labor and a capitalist class determined to roll back … Continue reading French Workers and Youth Protest Labor Law
Israel & Its Allies Act to Humiliate the Palestinian Movement
by Gerry Foley / April 2006 issue of Socialist Action newspaper Israeli general elections on March 28 coincided with the assumption of office of the new Hamas government in the Palestinian Authority. In both cases, the actual political shifts were small. The most notable changes in the Israeli election were a record low poll and … Continue reading Israel & Its Allies Act to Humiliate the Palestinian Movement
Why Nuclear Power Is Not the Way to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
by Christine Frank / April 2006 issue of Socialist Action newspaper An alarming number of so-called environmentalists in the United States are taking the position that more nuclear power generation is the way to reduce the carbon dioxide emissions that are contributing to global warming. In an opinion piece in the San Francisco Chronicle a … Continue reading Why Nuclear Power Is Not the Way to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions