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International Viewpoint is the monthly English-language magazine of the Fourth International. IV is a window to radical alternatives world-wide, carrying reports, analysis and debates from all corners of the globe. Correspondents in over 50 countries report on popular struggles, and the debates that are shaping the left of tomorrow.
05/16/12 01:13
The 30th anniversary of Britain's invasion of the Falklands to remove an occupation force sent by Argentinian military dictator General Galtieri, comes at a time of renewed controversy over the British presence in the region writes Alan Thornett . The islands are adjacent to Argentina but 8,000 miles from Britain. The new controversy has been triggered by the escalating rush for oil and gas drilling, which is now around the Falklands—or the Malvinas as they are known in Argentina,
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IV448 - May 2012
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Britain,
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05/16/12 01:09
First of all, a premise. The Malvinas (called the Falkland Islands by the British) are Argentine because they were occupied by force, populated by foreign settlers and maintained under British occupation from the beginning of the 19th century, in 1833. Since then, Argentine governments have regularly denounced this theft. However, the demand for the return of the Malvinas has only been at the forefront of national politics in two periods: in 1982 at the beginning of the death agony of the military dictatorship, when it was being unsettled by strikes, demonstrations and mass movements, and now, under the second presidential term of Cristina Fernandez Kirchner. In fact, she said and did nothing important about this subject during her first term, or when she was a Senator under the presidency of Menem. All the dictatorships from 1955 to 1976, like the governments of Perón and Peronism showed no concern with the Malvinas.
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05/13/12 16:47
This article, written obviously before the latest elections, give a picture of the effects of the austerity plans, against which the Greek people protested in their votes on May 6.
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IV448 - May 2012
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Greece
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Edith Gbur on Berta Green Langston
My beloved sister, Berta Green Langston, died of lung cancer on June 23.
Berta lived an impressive life. She was brave and lived up to her beliefs. She did not complain about her failing health or admit to pain.
During an intake interview with a visiting Hospice nurse, Berta said that Obama was a demagogue. As the nurse was departing, her wish was "Down with Capitalism," to which the nurse agreed.
The Obituary written by Alan Wald in the July issue was beautiful. But there were a few errors. The headline said: "Berta Langston, 1922-2010." It should be 1926-2010.
The article said: "Berta moved from New York to Detroit in 1957 where she worked full-time for the SWP." She did not work for the SWP. She was employed as a bookkeeper. When she was laid off during the Detroit recession and exhausted her unemployment benefits, in 1959, she returned to NY with her son Eugene.
I had the opportunity to work with Berta on various civil rights defense committees, including the Kissing Case, while she lived in Detroit. When she returned to NY and became the National Coordinator of the Committee to Aid the Monroe Defendants (CAMD) and later the Alexander Defense Committee (ADC). I became active in the Detroit defense committees. (CAMD, ADC).
Her Husband, Robert Langton, played a leading role in the ADC. He died prematurely at the age of 44, in 1977. I do not believe my sister recovered from his death.
I agree with Alan Wald, Berta was ... "a person who could work with sundry individuals to develop defense committees of national and international import"..... Her record speaks for itself.
In 1964 Novelist and Poet James Baldwin said in a fund appeal letter in behalf of the CAMD, This is a case that is crucial for the civil rights movement and justice for all America.
Berta's papers are stored and catalogued in the Holt Labor Library. Unfortunately it is temporarily closed due to lack of funds.
My daughter Thea and I are compiling material for an on-line book in celebration of Berta's life and work. We are seeking photos and tributes from those you who knew her. My email address is: gbur1@comcast.net.