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What's new at Links: SYRIZA, solidarity with Greece, Anwar Ibrahim,
Thomas Sankara, Podemos, IMF & Ebola, Ukraine, Cuba, S. Africa, Scotland
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Greece: European elites declare war on SYRIZA government; Thousands
rally in Athens <http://links.org.au/node/4285>
By *Dick Nichols*
February 8, 2015 – If anyone was still wondering whether European
politics and a Europe-wide class struggle actually exist, reactions from
all political quarters to the first two weeks of Greece’s new SYRIZA-led
government would have cleared up any lingering doubts.
* Read more <http://links.org.au/node/4285>
Malaysian socialists condemn bogus guilty verdict on Anwar Ibrahim
<http://links.org.au/node/4290>
By *S. Arutchelvan*, secretary general, PSM
February 10, 2015 -- The Parti Sosialis Malaysia (Socialist Party of
Malaysia, PSM) is appalled at the disgraceful judgement by the highest
court in the nation on [opposition leader] Anwar Ibrahim’s sodomy II
case. Any person following the trial in the Federal Court would have
made a overwhelmingly foregone conclusion that Anwar is innocent and he
should be free man today. This hope was dashed and now in shambles.
* Read more <http://links.org.au/node/4290>
Thomas Sankara and Burkina Faso's 'Black Spring'
<http://links.org.au/node/4289>
/*Thomas Sankara: An African Revolutionary*/
By Ernest Harsch,
Ohio University Press, 2014.
163 pages
Review by *Ernest Tate*
February 9, 2015 -- A press report in 1983 that a popular uprising in
Upper Volta, a small and poor land-locked country in Western Africa, had
led to an obscure, but charismatic army officer becoming head of state
was truly inspiring news for all those looking for some kind of
breakthrough against imperialism in that part of the world.
* Read more <http://links.org.au/node/4289>
Vincenç Navarro: Why Podemos is a big threat to Spain's political
establishment <http://links.org.au/node/4288>
January 28, 2015 -- Following SYRIZA’s victory in the Greek election on
January 25, a number of commentators have turned their attention toward
Spain, where the left-wing Podemos party, which originally emerged from
the /Indignados/ protest movement, has been receiving strong polling
numbers since the end of 2014. Here *Vicente Navarro* writes on the
growth of Podemos and his role in shaping the party’s economic program.
* Read more <http://links.org.au/node/4288>
Africa: How the IMF worsens the Ebola crisis
<http://links.org.au/node/4287>
By *Jérôme Duval*, translated by *John Catalinotto*
February 6, 2015 -- Although the International Monetary Fund (IMF)
claims it is part of the solution, the IMF is really part of the problem
of underdevelopment and has been for decades. The latest proof of this
is that the conditions imposed on countries in need have had serious
impacts on the development of these countries’ public health services.
In some countries this means letting epidemics destroy the lives of
thousands of people. The latest example involves the Ebola epidemic.
* Read more <http://links.org.au/node/4287>
Ukraine: US/NATO pushes to arm Kyiv's bloody war in the east
<http://links.org.au/node/4286>
By *Roger Annis*
February 6, 2015 -- The Kyiv and NATO-driven civil war in Ukraine is
taking new and dangerous turns. The United States is threatening to
significantly increase its military support to Kyiv's army and the
extreme-right militias allied with it, notably in the form of advanced
heavy weapons, including artillery systems and anti-tank weaponry. The
NATO countries as a whole are increasing their military presence in
eastern Europe, including creating rapid-deployment infantry bases.
* Read more <http://links.org.au/node/4286>
European Greens on SYRIZA win: 'We want to cooperate with the new
Greek government' <http://links.org.au/node/4284>
January 26, 2015 -- The following statement on the victory by SYRIZA in
the January 25 Greek election was issued by *Monica Frassoni* and
*Reinhard Bütikofer*, co-chairs of the European Green Party.
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By handing Syriza a decisive victory, Greek voters have clearly opted
for basic change in their country. We congratulate Syriza on their
victory and express our hope that they will make the best possible use
of the mandate they have received.
* Read more <http://links.org.au/node/4284>
Greece: Why SYRIZA made the deal with the Independent Greeks (ANEL)
<http://links.org.au/node/4283>
By *Haris Triandafilidou*
February 5, 2015 -- The first projections already revealed that the
Greek election on January 25, 2015, would lead to a fundamental change
of political direction. This turned out to be true even though the goal
of achieving an absolute majority was just missed. Instead of the
required number of 151 parliamentarians, SYRIZA won 149 out of 300
deputies in the parliament (/Vouli/).
* Read more <http://links.org.au/node/4283>
Obama’s new Cuba policy: McDonald's in Old Havana?
<http://links.org.au/node/4282>
By *Marce Cameron*
February 2, 2015 -- “I want to see Cuba before everything changes,” is
how many reacted to Barack Obama’s surprise December 17, 2014,
announcement that he would restore diplomatic relations with Cuba —
severed by the US in 1961 — and urge Congress to lift the US blockade.
Seeing Cuba for oneself can only be encouraged, but those who fear that
it will soon be transformed by American tourists, US corporations and
commercialism need not rush to book flights.
* Read more <http://links.org.au/node/4282>
South Africa’s electricity crisis: muddle through, meltdown or
miracle? <http://links.org.au/node/4281>
By *Patrick Bond*
* Read more <http://links.org.au/node/4281>
German trade union leaders: 'Greece is not a threat but an
opportunity for Europe' <http://links.org.au/node/4280>
* Read more <http://links.org.au/node/4280>
Scottish independence: when, not if -- how Westminster lost Scotland
<http://links.org.au/node/4279>
*/Disunited Kingdom: How Westminster Won a Referendum but Lost
Scotland/*
By Iain MacWhirter
Cargo Publishing, 2014,
174 pages
Review by *Alex Miller*
February 4, 2015 – The independence referendum on September 18, 2014,
has been hailed by many as the most important single event in the recent
history of Scotland.
* Read more <http://links.org.au/node/4279>
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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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