Colombia
Colombia: Is kidnapping a method of revolutionary struggle? A libertarian socialist position
This article, originally published in Spanish in El Libertario # 52, February-March 2008, Venezuela, critically examines the kidnapping tactic Marxist guerrillas are using in Colombia.
There are ideas and actions on the world that claim to transform it, that transformation being the theme of all political work, in which ideas of what “has to be" become social imperatives when it comes to the public good. This leads to the extreme polemics of ideological positions that arise from both “reactionary” and “revolutionary” sectors confronted with the march of historic events.
Thousands on strike in Colombia
3,500 workers are on strike in protest at temporary employment contracts in the world's most dangerous nation to be a trade unionist.
Members of the Sintracerromatoso union at the nickel mine operated by Cerro Matoso, a subsidiary of the multinational company, BHP Billiton, have begun a strike after negotiations failed to produce an agreement with the company.
Colombia: hunger strike at Cuaca University
A group of sixteen students have launched a hunger strike at Cuaca University in Popayan (Southern Colombia).
Student protests against privatisation and for freedom of speech began several months ago, culminating in the occupation of the historical centre in San Domingo. On May 31st Colombian Police special forces (ESMAD) broke the occupation with the help of a tank. In the process causing damage to the centre, recognised as a world heritage site.
