En Passant

This was one of the two most popular articles on my blog. Here is a snippet explaining where it came from.

The following was drafted by radical left Marea Socialista (Socialist Tide), a tendency within the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) that Chávez led until his death. The statement–which lists Carlos Carcione, Stalin Pérez Borges, Juan García, Zuleika Matamoros, Gonzalo Gómez and Alexander Marín as coauthors–takes stock of the current situation. It can be read in Spanish at full length on the Aporrea.org website. It was translated into English by Todd Chretien and is reproduced here from Socialist Worker US in a condensed version.

This article is one of the reasons I resigned from Socialist Alternative. I defended it from 30 October until 15 December when I found out, at the National Conference of the organisation, that ‘we bullshitted [about the demo] but got away with it.’ I felt betrayed that the organisation would lie to the working class and to its own members.

Here is a link to the the very popular pre- and post-15 December bullshit article Victoria Police viciously attack student demonstration.

The election of the Abbott government in September 2013 marked the logical conclusion of Labor’s six years of neoliberal reign and handover from one neoliberal government to another.

Here is a snippet from an article re-posted from Red Flag which talks about how to wipe the smile from Abbott’s face.