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What's new at Links: SYRIZA; NUMSA & COSATU; Germany, 1918-1923; US left
discuss elections; Chicago; Malaysia; David Renton; ALBA
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Greece wins breathing space, but made to pay high cost; SYRIZA's
support grows <http://links.org.au/node/4312>
By *Duroyan Fertl*
February 28, 2015 -- Greece’s new SYRIZA government submitted its list
of proposed economic reforms to the Eurogroup (the finance ministers of
eurozone nations) on February 23 as a precondition for its international
creditors to approve a four-month loan extension. The deal was signed on
February 20.
* Read more <http://links.org.au/node/4312>
South Africa: NUMSA's message to Australian workers
<http://links.org.au/node/4318>
NUMSA national treasurer *Mphumzi Maqungo*'s**address to the Australian
Workers Union, Australia
March 3, 2015 -- I greet you in the name of the National Union of
Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA). I am here to give you an update
since our general secretary, Irvin Jim, addressed your 2013 conference.
I am happy to report that, despite the shrinking of South Africa's
manufacturing sector, NUMSA has continued to grow.
* Read more <http://links.org.au/node/4318>
Germany, 1918-1923: the fire and the spirit of revolution
<http://links.org.au/node/4317>
By *Doug Enaa Greene*
* Read more <http://links.org.au/node/4317>
South Africa: 'We are not prepared to remain paralysed', eight
militant COSATU unions declare <http://links.org.au/node/4315>
*Group of eight COSATU unions statement *
March 1, 2015 -- South Africa continues to be ravaged by the crisis of
poverty, unemployment and inequality and the black and African working
class are its worst victims. Black working class women and youth are in
a state of hopelessness, desperation and despondency. Increasing numbers
of school leavers are swelling the accumulating pool of the unemployed.
The congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) is in a state of
paralysis and that has given our government an opportunity to pursue its
neoliberal policy direction, as articulated in the National Development
Plan. This was not going to be easier for the state if the federation
remained the militant defender of the working class that it has been
throughout its history.
* Read more <http://links.org.au/node/4315>
United States: Conference to explore left electoral possibilities
<http://links.org.au/node/4314>
By *Robert C.*
February 17, 2015 -- Activists and candidates from around the United
states will come together on May 2-3, 2015, in Chicago to share their
experiences and to launch a network for future cooperation at the Future
of Left/Independent Electoral Action Conference.
* Read more <http://links.org.au/node/4314>
United States: Chicago unionists force Democrat mayor into runoff
election <http://links.org.au/node/4313>
By *Samantha Winslow*
February 25, 2015 -- On election night, February 24, 2015, the Chicago
Teachers Union (CTU) and its new independent electoral organisation
didn’t knock out Democratic Party mayor Rahm Emanuel—but they did take
him down a notch, forcing him into a runoff with the union’s preferred
candidate, Jesus “Chuy” Garcia.
It’s the first runoff in a Chicago mayoral election in 20 years.
* Read more <http://links.org.au/node/4313>
Malaysia: Socialist leader released on court orders after arrest for
'sedition' <http://links.org.au/node/4311>
By *Peter Boyle*
February 27, 2015 -/- /On February 19, 15 policemen descended on the
home of Socialist Party of Malaysia (PSM) general secretary S.
Arutchelvan (Arul) in Kajang, a suburban satellite of the capital city
Kuala Lumpur. Arul gave /Green Left Weekly/ and/Links International
Journal of Socialist Renewal/ this interview via email.
* Read more <http://links.org.au/node/4311>
David Renton: Learning to think like a revolutionary
<http://links.org.au/node/4310>
By *David Renton*
February 23, 2015 --- When I was young, I used to believe that I knew
what a revolution would look like.
* Read more <http://links.org.au/node/4310>
Greece: ‘Another energy is possible’ -- SYRIZA committed to
‘ecological transformation’ <http://links.org.au/node/4309>
By *Sean Sweeney*
February 18, 2015 -- During its first days in office, SYRIZA has taken
actions that suggest it is willing to confront the European Union’s
neoliberal approach to energy and to embark on a new course. New Prime
Minister Alexis Tsipras has also stated his government will restore
collective bargaining agreements and stop 300,000 planned layoffs.
* Read more <http://links.org.au/node/4309>
European Left: Greece bridging agreement first step to ending
austerity <http://links.org.au/node/4308>
February 26, 2015 -- The SYRIZA government's list of reforms, drawn up
as part of its temporary four-month loan extension deal, was accepted by
the Eurogroup on February 24.
* Read more <http://links.org.au/node/4308>
ALBA after ten years <http://links.org.au/node/4307>
By *John Riddell*
February 23, 2015 -- The following talk was given at a celebration of
ALBA in Toronto, February 21, 2015.
Today we celebrate a decade of achievement of the Bolivarian Alliance
for the Peoples of Our Americas (ALBA). For 10 years ALBA has stood on
the world stage as a defender of peace, solidarity and popular sovereignty.
* Read more <http://links.org.au/node/4307>
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experience of struggle, theoretical analysis and views of political
strategy and tactics within the international left. It is a forum for
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different political traditions. It seeks to bring together those in the
international left who are opposed to neoliberal economic and social
policies. It aims to promote the renewal of the socialist movement in
the wake of the collapse of the bureaucratic model of "actually existing
socialism" in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe.
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