Philippines: Justice for murdered journalists and human rights heroes! End trapo politics now!
Medical workers cover the bodies of massacre victims, November 25, 2009.By Sonny Melencio, Partido Lakas ng Masa November 25, 2009 -- The Partido Lakas ng Masa (PLM) condemns in the strongest possible terms the massacre in Maguindanao. We assert that this is not only a problem confined to Mindanao, but that it’s a symptom of a festering and rotten political sy

Venezuela: Hugo Chavez calls for international socialist unity
President Chavez addresses conference of left parties.[Read the conference declaration HERE.]By Federico Fuentes, Caracas November 27, 2009 -- Addressing delegates at the International Encounter of Left Parties held in Caracas, November 19-21, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez said that with the capitalist crisis and threat of war risking the future of humanity, “the people are clamoring” for greater unity of thos

Fourth International leader on Chavez's call for a new international
The meeting of left parties held Caracas, November 19-21, 2009. Photo by ABN.By François Sabado November 26, 2009 -- During an international meeting of left parties held in Caracas from 19-21 November, 2009, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez launched a call for a Fifth Socialist International, which, according to him, should bring together left parties and social movements. According to Chavez, who is also president of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), the Fifth International must be “an instrument for the unificati

500,000th visitor to Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal
At around 8pm on November 25, 2009, Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal received its 500,000th visit since records began being kept on April 4, 2008. Almost 676,000 articles were read by those visitors in that period.The lucky visitor came from Norway, entered site at the fascinating article about the historic plan put forward by the Lucas Aerospace workers in the 1970s for socially responsible jobs, and exited after reading about the Australian socialist newspaper

`The Caracas Commitment' -- Declaration from World Meeting of Left Parties, November 19-21, Caracas,
[For background information, go to ``Venezuela: Chavez calls for new international organisation of left parties''.]Declaration from World Meeting of Left Parties, November 19-21, Caracas, VenezuelaNovember 21, 2009 -- Political parties and organizations from Latin America, the Caribbean, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Oceania commemorate and celebrate the unity and solidarity that brought us together in Caracas, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, and from this libertarian city