Kyrgyzstan

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Where to now with the kurultai movement in Kyrgyzstan? By Alexey Petrov in Russia The revolution in Kyrgyzstan has de facto overthrown the old hated regime and led to a new interim government being stalled. Now a stand-off is developing between the two forces. The movement that led to this situation was a revolution from below, an uprising of the most downtrodden layers of society, who organised themselves in their own elected councils. Now there will be an attempt to emasculate these councils and divert attention away from the real issues. Ireland: Easter Weekend 2010 - A revolutionary tradition By Christopher Donnelly A short report on last weekend's commemorations of the 1916 Easter Rising. This year the International Marxist Tendency was present at two of the commemorations in the north, and this report gives an assessment of the state of the republican movement at this juncture. British labour movement must resist onslaught with united action By Socialist Appeal There has been a massive campaign in the British press and media to "soften up" public opinion for the cuts that loom. Above all, they are trying to split the workers in the private and public sector. Tomorrow, Saturday, April 10, a trade union march and rally has been called in London and here we provide the leaflet that Socialist Appeal supporters will be distributing on the rally. Download the leaflet (pdf) Lasers—New weapons for annihilation By Ted Grant in 1972 Ted Grant's observed in 1972 that the introduction of laser technology had the potential to save millions of lives and also develop new fields in energy transfer, telecommunications, etc., but it also magnified the potential for weapons of mass destruction in the nuclear arms race. Capitalism and Stalinism revealed how they had become fetters on the rational development of human civilisation.		ESPAÑOL ¡La Lucha por la Nacionalización de la Fábrica de Franelas GOTCHA Continua! By Euler Calzadilla (JPSUV/Miranda, Venezuela) Desde el día 22 de Septiembre de 2008, la Fabrica de Franelas GOTCHA está tomada por sus trabajadoras, quienes cansadas de ser explotadas emprendieron una lucha contra el capital y proponen un modelo socialista para el funcionamiento de la empresa. Durante un año y cinco meses han sido sometidas a todo tipo de presiones y una operación desgaste en la cual han participado el patrón, los tribunales, el conjunto de leyes procapitalistas que aun se conservan, y la apatía de los sectores burocráticos del Estado.  OTHER LANGUAGES (1830-1930) مادر جونز By گِرِگ اوکسلی Greg Oxley Perian translation of Mother Jones (1830-1930) (December 18, 2003) Brasilien: Kämpfen wir für Gleichheit und gegen Rassismus! By José Carlos Miranda, leader of the Brazilian Black Socialist Movement Wir veröffentlichen die Rede von José Carlos Miranda, Koordinator des Movimiento Negro Socialista (MNS) und führendes Mitglied der Marxistischen Linken [Esquerda Marxist] der PT, die er am 5. März 2010 während der öffentlichen Anhörung vor dem brasilianischen Obersten Gerichtshofes zur Frage von Quoten für die nationale Minderheiten gehalten hat. V Интернационал By In Defence of Marxism Призыв Уго Чавеса создать V интернационал вызвал бурное обсуждение в рядах рабочего движения Латинской Америки и всего мира. Марксисты не могут быть равнодушны к этому вопросу. Как нам относиться к этому?
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