Founding of Party overshadowed by abductions
Peter Main Tue, 17/04/2012 - 09:27The founding convention of the Frontline Socialist Party, was held in Colombo on April 9th. Read more...
Statement on Abductions in Sri Lanka
International Council of the League for the Fifth International Tue, 17/04/2012 - 09:23Council has learnt with dismay and anger of the abduction of Kumar Gunarathnam and Dimuthu Attygalle, leading members of the Movement for People's Struggle, on April 6th. Read more...
Sri Lanka: a new party?
Fri, 13/04/2012 - 06:50In the aftermath of President Mahinda Rajapaksa's victory in his war against the Tamils, the JVP, the supposedly Marxist party that backed him, has split apart. Read more...
The twists and turns of the JVP
Fri, 13/04/2012 - 06:49The Janathā Vimukthi Peramuṇa, JVP, is a product of the decay of the Stalinist movement after the split between Beijing and Moscow in the early Sixties. Read more...
No coup – many plots?
Fri, 13/04/2012 - 06:47On March 19, China awoke to widespread rumours of a coup in Beijing. The internet was alive with tales of troop movements, artillery fire in the capital and splits in the ruling Communist Party. Read more...
Blood on your Apple?
Fri, 13/04/2012 - 06:40A report by the Fair Labor Association into working conditions at three plants in China that supply Apple with iPads and iPhones has confirmed gross violations of Chinese labour law and unacceptable m Read more...
Putin’s re-election masks growing divisions in Russia
Andy Yorke Thu, 29/03/2012 - 09:21Putin’s electoral victory will lead to be social resistance in the coming years, writes Andy Yorke Read more...
Baba Amr falls to Syrian regime
Marcus Halaby Thu, 29/03/2012 - 09:17The Syrian regime is scoring some important victories, but the revolution is not defeated yet, writes Marcus Halaby Read more...