World food crisis: Price hikes produce poverty and rebellion
Around the world, strikes, demonstrations and protests have erupted as millions upon millions of workers, peasants and poor face the horror of rapidly rising food prices.Haiti, Cameroon, Egypt, Indonesia are just some of the countries that have seen…
Maoists election victory in Nepal
Need for socialist programme to break with landlordism and capitalism The Maoists won a spectacular victory in the Nepalese elections. In a shock for regional and global powers, the Prime Minister as well as ministers of Finance, Defence and the…