[DEBATE] : What's new at Links: Thailand, factory occupations, Cuba's energy revolution, Capitalism and climate change, Luis Bilbao, Pakistan, Bolivia

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What's new at Links: Thailand, factory occupations, Cuba's energy 
revolution, Capitalism and climate change, Luis Bilbao, Pakistan, Bolivia

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    Thailand: Red Shirt democratic movement faces armed might of the
    ruling elites <http://links.org.au/node/993>

By *Giles Ji Ungpakorn*, Turn Left Thailand
April 13, 2009 -- For the fourth time in forty years, troops have opened 
fire on pro-democracy demonstrators in Bangkok. Each time, the aim has 
been the same: to protect the interests of the conservative elites who 
have run Thailand for the past 70 years.
For those watching, it may be tempting just to assume that the present 
chaos is merely about different coloured T-shirts and supporters of 
different political parties, as though they were mirror images of each 
other. This is not the case.

    * Read more <http://links.org.au/node/993>


    (Updated April 14) Ireland & Britain: Car workers occupy plants over
    jobs -- Support Visteon workers! <http://links.org.au/node/991>

April 9, 2009 -- Visteon workers in Enfield, having been threatened with 
mass arrest by a court order, agree to leave peacefully under the 
recommendation of the union on April 9, 2009. Some workers feel that 
ending the occupation is a mistake, despite an agreement by the Visteon 
management to enter into negotiations.

    * Watch and read more <http://links.org.au/node/991>


    La revolucion energetica: Cuba's energy revolution
    <http://links.org.au/node/987>

By *Laurie Guevara-Stone*, photos by *Mario Alberto Arrastia Avila *

April 2, 2009 -- A new revolution is sweeping the island of Cuba, which 
is making massive progress on energy efficiency and renewable 
generation. Indeed, such is the success of the two-year old program on 
this small island of 11 million people, that many other countries could 
learn from its efforts to be energy independent and curb climate change.

    * Read more <http://links.org.au/node/987>


    Audio: Capitalism and Climate Change -- Ian Angus
    <http://links.org.au/node/994>

*Ian Angus* is the editor of climateandcapitalism.com and a founder of 
the Eco-socialist International Network. He is also associate editor of 
Canada's S/ocialist Voice/ and the director of the Socialist History 
Project. Ian toured Australia (Perth poster, left) in the run up to the 
World at a Crossroads conference held in Sydney on April 10-12, 2009, 
which was organised by the Democratic Socialist Perspective 
<http://www.dsp.org.au>.

    * Listen <http://links.org.au/node/994>


    Luis Bilbao: The grand duel -- At the Fifth Summit of the Americas,
    a crucial battle is to be waged <http://links.org.au/node/992>

By *Luis Bilbao*, translated by *Gonzalo Villanueva* for /Links 
International Journal of Socialist Renewal//. /It was first published in 
/America XXI./

April 9, 2009 --* *The time has arrived: to align with the North to 
engage in the futile business of saving capitalism, or define positions 
and accelerate towards South American unity, the complementary 
solidarity of the region's economies and authentic sovereignty towards 
the good life for all. That is the option for which there is no possible 
postponement.

    * Read more <http://links.org.au/node/992>


    Fourth International: Draft report on climate change
    <http://links.org.au/node/990>

By *Daniel Tanuro*

Below is a reworked version of the report on climate change and climate 
campaigns, drafted by Daniel Tanuro and presented at February 2009 
meeting of the International Committee (IC) of the Fourth International. 
This report has been adopted as the basis of a resolution to be written 
for the coming Fourth International world congress.

    * Read more <http://links.org.au/node/990>


    Beards, Cuban and Pakistani <http://links.org.au/node/989>

By *Farooq Sulehria*

March 30, 2009 -- Fidel Castro finds beards a practical advantage: "You 
don't have to shave every day. If you multiply the fifteen minutes you 
spend shaving every day by the number of days in a year, you'll see that 
you devote almost 5500 minutes to shaving. An eight-hour workday 
consists of 480 minutes, so if you don't shave you gain about ten days a 
year that you can devote to work, to reading, to sports or to whatever 
you like."

    * Read more <http://links.org.au/node/989>


    Bolivia's 'communitarian socialism' <http://links.org.au/node/988>

By *Federico Fuentes*
April 1, 2009 -- The historic enactment of Bolivia's new constitution 
that grants unprecedented rights to the country's indigenous majority, 
approved by over 61% of the vote on January 25, represented the 
beginning of "communitarian socialism", according to President Evo Morales.

    * Read more <http://links.org.au/node/988>

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