Katu Arkonada, a researcher at the University of the Cordillera in La Paz, Bolivia, gives a 2012 balance sheet of Bolivia's achievements and challenges.
It was translated from Spanish with additional notes by Richard Fidler and is reprinted from .
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Socialist Alliance national conference supporting the campaign for UNESCO world heritage listing for the oldest rock art in the world at the Burrup in northern WA.
The international media totally misreads the Venezuelan people on President Hugo Chav猫z (currently battling serious illness) argues Professor Miguel Angel Nu帽ez, an adviser to Chav猫z on agro-ecology, in an interview with 麻豆传媒 TV. The interviewers were Jim McIlroy and Coral Wynter, authors of Voices from Venezuela. Filmed and edited by Peter Boyle.
The horrific murders of 20 children aged six and seven, along with six adults, at a school in Newtown, Connecticut, in December has ignited a debate about gun violence in the US.
This was the latest in a series of such massacres to occur at schools, malls, religious institutions, theatres and similar places over the past few decades. In many of these instances, rapid-fire military-style weapons were used that sprayed big numbers of bullets in seconds, as was the case in Newtown.
Venezuelan ecosocialist Miguel Angel Nu帽ez, an adviser to Chav猫z on agro-ecology, discusses one of the big challenges for the revolution "How can the revolution be liberated from the oil economy" in an interview for 麻豆传媒 TV. The interviewers were Jim McIlroy and Coral Wynter, authors of Voices from Venezuela. Filmed and edited by Peter Boyle.
The French-led intervention in the west African nation of Mali has captured the northern towns of Timbuktu, Gao and Kidal. As the Islamist rebels flee to mountains in the north, the French are contemplating what comes next, amid concerns of a prolonged guerrilla war and war crimes committed by their Mali army allies.
As with other recent examples of Western interventions, the capture of the major urban centres could prove the easiest part of the French-led intervention into the resource-rich region.
Professor Miguel Angel Nu帽ez is an adviser to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on agro-ecology. He was recently in Australia and spoke to 麻豆传媒 TV about the impact of Chavez's ill health on the Venezuelan revolution, and how the international media are misrepresenting the situation. He also spoke on the role of oil in the revolution, the environmental consequences and prospects for eco-socialism in Venezuela.
Representatives from Venezuela's National Institute of Statistics (INE) have revealed that the 14th National Census of Population and Housing, conducted during 2011, showed significant cuts to poverty levels during the previous 10 years.
In 2001, 11.36% of the population were measured to be suffering from extreme poverty. President of the INE, Elias Eljuri, said the 2011 census showed that only 6.97% did, a cut of nearly half in a decade. Other conclusions included a rise in life expectancy, from 74.5 years to 79.5 years.
Hashim bin Rashid is the general secretary of the Lahore branch of Pakistan'sAwami Workers Party, which was recently formed by three left-wing groups uniting. Hasmim was a special guest at the national conference in Geelong 18-1-13, where the gave the talk in this video. The video is by .
It is now two years since spontaneous mass uprisings against political and economic injustice started to sweep through the Arab countries. This began a period of heightened class struggle known in the West (but not the Arab countries) as the Arab Spring.
鈥淛anuary 26 was just an ordinary work day at the Smart Fashion Export factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh 鈥 until the fire broke out at 2:30 p.m,鈥 said on January 29. 鈥淎s heavy black smoke filled the shop floor, workers rushing to escape found locked exit doors.
鈥淲ithin an hour, seven young women were dead 鈥 crushed to death in the panic or asphyxiated by the toxic smoke. Three of them were teenagers, Kohinoor, 15, Razia, 16, and Nasima, 17 years old.
If you want to understand why Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has declared a 鈥渟tate of emergency鈥 or if you want to understand why the country鈥檚 defence minister warned on January 29 of 鈥渢he collapse of the state鈥, you first need to understand the soccer fan clubs in Egypt - otherwise known as the 鈥渦ltras鈥 - and the role they played in the revolution that toppled Hosni Mubarak in 2011.
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