Francisco Jay Aguilar: Free at last! Francisco Jay Alguilar is free at last! After enduring an extremely difficult situation in prison, comrade Alguilar has been freed and returned to his family. The struggle of all our comrades in prison was exemplary. Now our task is to continue the fight and build the revolutionary organisation.
HOV: Workers control under attack - The struggle for justice at Sanitarios Maracay continues Megan Hise reports from Maracay on the latest attempt to destroy the struggle of the workers at Sanitarios Maracay for expropriation under workers' control.
Coverage of the Jamaican Elections 2007 We received the following contribution which provides useful background information to the upcoming Jamaican elections.
Mexican political prisoners legal defence fund and international day of action The campaign to free Adán Mejía is calling for an International Day of Action on September 13th, when pickets should be organised outside Mexican consulates and embassies around the world. We are also calling on all labour movement and youth activists to pass resolutions supporting the demands of the campaign and to make donations towards the legal defence fund, which will cover the costs of the campaign.
7 of the 8 political prisoners of MENA, CLEP-CEDEP and Miltante have been released The pressure against the detention and incarceration of the comrades from the CLEP-CEDEP, Militante and the Movement of Non-Accepted Students (MENA) has begun to bear fruit. However, the release of the comrades does not mean a full victory yet.
Light shines again at Flasko! After 40 days of suffering and struggle, the workers of Flasko (the worker-occupied factory in Sao Paulo, Brazil) managed to re-establish electricity supply to the factory from the CPFL electricity company.
Mexico: Mobilisation continues for the release of jailed student activists After the successful demonstration to the presidential palace on August 8th, the campaign for the release of the student activists from the CLEP-CEDEP and the MENA arrested on August 6th while demanding more university places continued with more demonstrations and actions.
Mexico: Students arrested – urgent solidarity needed! On Monday August 6th, a force of nearly 1000 police officers attacked a peaceful sit-in demonstration of students who were demanding access to university. The protest had been organised by the Movement of Non-Admitted Students, a campaign launched by the Committee in Defence of State Education - Committee of Student Struggle.
Mexico: Federal District Police and Instituto Politecnico Nacional authorities repress the movement of students excluded from university The wave of repression on Mexican activists is continuing. Fifteen students holding a sit-in in the General Headship offices of the IPN headquarters were arrested by the Federal District Police. See also the Spanish original.
Interview with Celia Hart: "How can you not be a Trotskyist in the Cuban Revolution!" During her stay in Buenos Aires at the end of June, El Militante Argentina interviewed the Cuban revolutionary Celia Hart. In this interview, Celia tells us about the role of Fidel in the Cuban revolution and the perspectives for Cuba, about the relevance of the ideas of Che and Leon Trotsky, and about the Venezuelan revolution and the tasks for Latin American revolutionaries.
200 strong picket in Barcelona to free Adán Mejía On Wednesday, August 1st, around 200 people demonstrated for over an hour at the doors of the Mexican diplomatic mission in Barcelona, Spain, demanding the release of the political prisoner from Militante, Adán Mejía.
Chile: From the indefinite to general strike in the copper industry On June 25, miners from El Salvador, Andina, El Teniente and Ventana mines carried out a total strike, which was successful despite brutal police repression. Ever since, the tension at the mines and confrontations with the police have been increasing due to the aggressive and repressive attitude the company and the Bachelet government have adopted.
Mexico: Release Adán Mejía López now! Stop repression in Oaxaca! After the recent resurgence of the mass movement in Oaxaca the authorities have responded by launching a wave of brutal repression. Many activists have been arrested. Among these is a comrade of the Militante Marxist Tendency and APPO activist. Workers and youth in all countries should protest strongly!
Oaxaca erupts once more: the battle of Cerro del Fortin One year after the revolutionary events in Oaxaca, Mexico, the movement has erupted again. The Mexican ruling class thought they had put an end to the movement with a wave of repression, but they were wrong. The underlying problems that provoked the movement have not gone again. See also in Spanish.
Oaxaca One Year Since the Insurrection One year after the tumultuous events in Oaxaca, Mexico, we publish an article by a militant who participated in the insurrection. See also in Spanish.
