[From the Fracción Trotskista http://www.ft-ci.org/?lang=en – Unofficial translation]

Québec: 12 weeks of a student strike

By Juan Andrés Gallardo
Wednesday, May 3, 2012

With massive mobilizations and a strike that has already lasted for 12 weeks, the students of the Province of Québec (Canada) have been carrying out a very tough struggle against the neoliberal policies and the increase in university tuition that the Québec Premier Jean Charest wants...

The Problem With The War In Afghanistan

The war in Afghanistan is now considered to be America’s longest war (Hampson). For putting so much money, men, and supplies into the war, the war has had terrible results. There are many questions that arise when viewing the war. Was the war worth the young men and women sacrificed and maimed? Was the war worth the dead civilians and orphans from both sides of the fighting? It seems that the answer to these questions is a sure and resounding...