DOWN WITH PRIVATISATION IN PAKISTAN

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Québec solidaire Congress 2009: A missed opportunity By Joel Bergman in Montréal On the weekend of 20th-22nd November, Quebec solidaire held its annual congress in Laval. Approximately 300 delegates and guests attended the two days of discussion and debate about the direction of the party. The IMT comrades within the party defend the idea that if Quebec solidaire is to become a real force in Quebec society, then it must win over the trade unions and become a genuine labour party. In order to split the trade union movement away from the bourgeois nationalist Parti Quebecois, a strong socialist program that addresses the needs of the workers of Quebec is required. Canada: 20,000 protest prorogation - Where now for the movement? By Alex Grant in Toronto On Saturday 23rd January, up to 20,000 people demonstrated against Stephen Harper's prorogation of Parliament. Protests spanned the country, from Halifax to Victoria, with crowds numbering 3,500 on Parliament Hill, between 3,000 and 5,000 in Toronto, and over 1,000 in Vancouver. Who would have thought that an issue of arcane parliamentary procedure could bring so many out on the streets? These protests are merely symptomatic of a growing dissatisfaction in society. The question is, who will be able to give voice to this discontent? Referendum in Pakistan Telecommunication: Down With Privatisation! Down With Capitalism! By PTUDC As a result of the great struggle and pressure of PTCL workers, a referendum is being conducted. The management wants to use this referendum to ensnare and divide the workers, but the workers have to use this democratic process to organize and unite in the struggle for their rights. If the privatization of PTCL (Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited) is retracted then workers from all over the country will follow their footsteps and end privatizations in their own institutions. We publish here a leaflet by the PTUDC which was distributed throughout Pakistan. Marx versus Bakunin: Fictitious Splits in the International (Parts V - VII) By Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in 1872 Today we are publishing the three concluding parts of Fictitious Splits in the International, which deals with the struggle of Marx and Engels in the First International (IWMA) against the followers of the anarchist Bakunin.		OTHER LANGUAGES Le congrès de Québec solidaire, en 2009 By Joel Bergman in Montréal این آر او کالعدم ۔ انصاف کے مندر میں سرمائے کی پوجا By Lal Khan in Lahore Urdu translation of Pakistan: The Temple of Justice and veneration of Capital - Supreme Court's Decision on NRO (26 January 2010)
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