[Marxism] What's new at Links: Gaza massacre; economic crisis; French new left party; El Salvador; Pakistan; Venezuela; Mexico photos; Zimbabwe debate; Nicaragua; Climate change

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What's new at Links: Gaza massacre; economic crisis; French new left 
party; El Salvador; Pakistan; Venezuela; Mexico photos; Zimbabwe debate; 
Nicaragua; Climate change

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    Palestinians, solidarity activists condemn Israel's mass slaughter
    in Gaza, call for protests and sanctions (updated Dec. 29)
    <http://links.org.au/node/823>

_[Please check the comments section below these statements for 
demonstrations in your part of the world.] _

Occupied Ramallah, Palestine -- December 27, 2008 -- Today, the Israeli 
occupation army committed a new massacre in Gaza, causing the death and 
injury of hundreds of Palestinian civilians [latest reports place the 
death toll at more than 200], including a yet unknown number of 
schoolchildren who were headed home from school when the first Israeli 
military strikes started. This latest bloodbath, although far more 
ruthless than all its predecessors, is not Israel's first. It culminates 
months of an Israeli siege of Gaza that should be widely condemned and 
prosecuted as an act of genocide against the 1.5 million Palestinians in 
the occupied coastal strip.

    * Read more <http://links.org.au/node/823>


    Two paths in the face of the capitalism's global fracture
    <http://links.org.au/node/817>

By *Luis Bilbao, *translated from the December 2008-January 2009 issue 
of /America XXI/ by *Federico Fuentes*, for /Links International Journal 
of Socialist Renewal/. Luis Bilbao will be a featured international 
speaker at the World at a Crossroads conference 
<http://www.worldatacrossroads.org/>, in Sydney, April 10-13, 2009.

    * Read more <http://links.org.au/node/817>


    France: New Anti-Capitalist Party `a very exciting initiative'
    <http://links.org.au/node/814>

December 22, 2008 -- There's been surprisingly little discussion in the 
UK on the launching of the New Anti-Capitalist Party (Nouveau Parti 
anticapitaliste or NPA) over the water in France. I thought I'd take a 
look at this interesting and significant new development and so I spoke 
to *John Mullen*, the editor of /Socialisme International/, to see if I 
could find out more.

    * Read more <http://links.org.au/node/814>


    End of neoliberalism? Sorry, not yet <http://links.org.au/node/821>

By *Patrick Bond *

December 26, 2008 -- Those who declare that the Great Crash of Late 2008 
heralds the end of free market economic philosophy -- "neoliberalism" 
for short -- are not paying close enough attention.

    * Read more <http://links.org.au/node/821>


    El Salvador: Video -- Unidos por el cambio (Democracy and the 2009
    Salvadorean election <http://links.org.au/node/820>

By *Committee with the People of El Salvador (CISPES)(USA)*

Recent polls in El Salvador show that the leftist FMLN party is 15% 
ahead over the right-wing presidential candidate from the ruling party. 
This only confirms what Salvadorans in the social movement, members of 
the FMLN, and the general public have been saying all along: El Salvador 
is the next in line to join the Latin American shift to the left!

    * Read more <http://links.org.au/node/820>


    Pakistan: Joint left demonstration against India-Pakistan war drive
    <http://links.org.au/node/819>

By *Javed Ahmad*

December 20, 2008 -- While the danger of war between India and Pakistan 
is accelerates, a peace demonstration in Lahore on December 20 demanded 
no war between the two countries. More than 100 activists of the Labour 
Party Pakistan and the Communist Mazdoor Kissan Party (CMKP) demanded an 
end of war fanaticism.

    * Read more <http://links.org.au/node/819>


    Venezuela 2008: Balance sheet of the revolutionary process
    <http://links.org.au/node/818>

By *Gonzalo Gomez*
December 17, 2008 -- During 2008, our revolutionary process has had its 
ebbs and flows. Overall, we had significant progress, especially in the 
recuperation of sovereignty, with the nationalisations and the electoral 
victories in the great majority of governorships and mayoralties. The 
right-wing also had its successes, as it managed to retain and seize 
several strategic places. The process is not linear, but the revolution 
needs to move forward in a permanent manner or the hangover of a 
counterrevolution will raze the achievements obtained, including the 
crushing of the vanguard.

    * Read more <http://links.org.au/node/818>


    Photo essay: Oaxaca, Mexico -- `Living Under the Trees'
    <http://links.org.au/node/816>

A photo essay by *David Bacon*

December 23, 2008 -- About 30 million Mexicans survive on less than 30 
pesos per day -- not quite US$3. The minimum wage is 45 pesos per day. 
The Mexican federal government estimates that 37.7 per cent of its 106 
million citizens -- 40 million people -- live in poverty. Some 25 
million, or 23.6 per cent, live in extreme poverty. In rural Mexico, 
more than 10 million people have a daily income of less than 12 pesos -- 
a little more than $1. It's no accident the state of Oaxaca is one of 
the main starting points for the current stream of Mexican migrants 
coming to the United States. Extreme poverty encompasses 75 per cent of 
its 3.4 million residents, according to EDUCA, a Mexican education and 
development organisation.

    * Read more <http://links.org.au/node/816>


    Lessons of Zimbabwe: An exchange between Patrick Bond and Mahmood
    Mamdani <http://links.org.au/node/815>

December 2008 -- *Mahmood Mamdani* is an inspiring intellectual and 
political writer, one of Africa's greatest ever. But I think there are a 
few points raised in his recent /London Review of Books/ article, 
``Lessons of Zimbabwe'' (see full text in the appendix at the end of 
this article; quotes from Mamdani's article are in indented italics) 
that are worth debating.

    * Read more <http://links.org.au/node/815>


    A government in pandemonium: The first nine month of Pakistan
    Peoples Party rule <http://links.org.au/node/813>

By *Farooq Tariq*
December 22, 2008 -- Instability, price hikes, growing unemployment and 
rising debts are the hallmarks of the first nine months of the Pakistan 
Peoples Party (PPP) government. There are daily demonstrations across 
Pakistan around one or another of these issues. There is a real danger 
of a war between Pakistan and India after the Mumbai terrorist attack on 
November 26. The statement by Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari 
about the doubtful Pakistani identity of Ajmal Qasab, the only terrorist 
captured alive, did not go down very well within the Indian 
establishment. The joint war-room meeting of all the Indian government's 
important officials is a very serious matter.

    * Read more <http://links.org.au/node/813>


    In defence of Nicaragua's sovereignty, in opposition to imperialist
    destabilisation <http://links.org.au/node/812>

December 21, 2008 -- This is an appeal in defence of Nicaraguan 
sovereignty, in opposition to an imperialist destablisation campaign to 
undermine, and possibly topple, the Sandinista government. The pretext, 
phoney as usual, is the claim that the municipal elections in November 
were rigged. But the real aim of this phoney campaign is to blackmail 
and intimidate the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) 
government to back down -- and override the will of the majority as 
expressed in the election and as recognised by the Supreme Electoral 
Council that includes both FSLN and opposition party supporters.

    * Read more <http://links.org.au/node/812>


    Spend the trillions on climate! <http://links.org.au/node/811>

By *Martin Khor*
December 15, 2008 -- The two crises of our times --- economic recession 
and global warming --- should be tackled together. The trillions of 
dollars earmarked for economic recovery can be spent to fight climate 
change. The economic crisis should not stop governments from serious 
action to combat climate change, but should instead be an opportunity to 
fund climate-related activities.

    * Read more <http://links.org.au/node/811>

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