November 2009
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Hugo Chavez made a call for the formation of a new, “Fifth Workers’ International”. The response of the Fourth International, through its online magazine, “International Viewpoint” is in my opinion very succinct. The closing remarks on Chavez’ relations with regimes such as Iran and China were also very much to the point. Here’s a reprint…
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The title is not a rhetorical question, and not an answered question. I honestly question myself: why go into academia? Why chose this career path? Why chose this path for my life? This is of course in the vein of a classic existential question we are all more or less asking ourselves: what am I…
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via youtube.com On this day, 36 years ago, on November 17, 1973, an uprising by the youth of Greece against the brutal authoritarian dictatorship that ruled the country at the time was crushed by a barbaric military intervention. The center of the uprising was the campus of the Polytechnic, the National Technical University of Athens.…
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Ο ΣΥΡΙΖΑ εχει μπει απο καιρο σε μια επιπονη διαδικασια που ειλικρινα φοβαμαι να σκεφτομαι πού μπορει να καταληξει. Την ιδια στιγμη ομως ειμαι πεισμενος οτι αυτη η διαδικασια αποτελει ενα απο τα πιο ενδιαφεροντα πολιτικα πειραματα στην Ευρωπη. Σε καθε περιπτωση, δεν εχω πειστει οτι οι μεγαλες ευκαιριες για τον ΣΥΡΙΖΑ περασαν και χαθηκαν,…
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Φυσάει κόντρα σε ολάκερη γη, τ’ αγρια πετούμενα δε βρίσκουν πηγή, δεν αντέχω της βολής τη σιγή. Και δω’ απ’ τον τόπο που έζησα τη φυγή, ρίχνω αλάτι στη βαθιά τους πληγή, τάζομαι πρόσφυγας και σε καλό να μου βγει. Γυρνάω στον κόσμο, πουθενά δε βλέπω ξένο όπου μένω. Γυρνάω πίσω και από όποιον συναντήσω,…
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Today is a mobilization day! There are two marches, one organized by OCAP and another organized by UTSU. Both are part of the Campaign for a poverty-free Ontario and both will eventually converge at the Ontario Legislature at Queen’s Park. Here’s the list of demands according to OCAP: Affordable and Accessible Housing: increased social housing…
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