Today there was another branch meeting from the SP about "democracy in the economy". There were ten proposals under discussion. These proposals were made by the "scientific bureau" of the party (for context: All Dutch parties have "scientific bureaus" as this makes them eligible for state funding)....

[From the Fracción Trotskista, ft-ci.org – Unofficial translation, slightly edited]

La Verdad Obrera Nº 516 / EDITORIAL

The storm is natural; the deaths and the disaster are not

Thursday, April 4, 2013
By Fernando Rosso and Ruth Werner

The history of Argentina in the years of rule by the Kirchners could well be told through the social crimes that took place under their governments. Cromañon at the end of 2004, the Massacre at Once...

(From the Fracción Trotskista, ft-ci.org, unofficial translation)

Economic crisis: German imperialism has imposed humiliating conditions on Cyprus

By Juan Chingo
Thursday, March 28, 2013

Chancellor Angela Merkel, together with the IMF and ECB [European Central Bank], has succeeded, under extreme circumstances, in imposing Draconian and humiliating economic conditions on the national sovereignty of Cyprus, in order for the island to avoid bankruptcy,...

(From the Fracción Trotskista, ft-ci.org – Unofficial translation)

World economy
A new phase of the crisis of the euro

By Juan Chingo
Thursday, March 21, 2013

The decision of the European Union (EU) and the Cypriot government to confiscate directly a part of the deposits of small savers, indicates a jump in the voracity of the creditor countries to avoid, by all means, the devaluation of the mountain of debts (an explosion of “fictitious...

[From the Fracción Trotskista, ft-ci.org – Unofficial translation, complete and corrected]

Raúl Castro has announced that he is leaving in 2018
A new generation to complete the restoration [of capitalism]

By Diego Dalai
Monday, March 4, 2013

Since Raúl Castro took over in 2006 (and formally in 2008), he has been implementing pro-capitalist and budget cutting reforms, at the expense of the workers, reforms tending to ease the effects of the international...