An interview with Catherine Mills, economist and social protection specialist, shows how to build a new health system based on solidarity. This interview was originally published in l’Humanité on March 31st. It was translated by David Lundy for l’Humanité in English.
Is the objective of the proponents of the Bachelot law really to privatize our health [...]

From International Viewpoint an article by Costas Lapavitsas which is a reply to Michel Husson’s article, A European strategy for the left published by International Viewpoint in January 2011. In the article Husson argued that “the radical left must not get locked into the impossible choice and start the risky adventure of leaving the euro [...]

The April edition of the Socialist Voice is out. You can view it in PDF here, or read it on the Website here.
The articles this month are:
* Stress tests needed for working people! [NL]
* Anglo-Irish Bank records historic losses [NL]
* A tale of two Europes [NC]
* Workers in struggle
* Workers’ rights under sustained attack [EMC]
* [...]

This interview with the late Juliano Mer-Khamis was originally published on South/South on the 5th of April, after a shorter version appeared on Electronic Intifada. Many thanks to Maryam Monalisa Gharavi for allowing us to publish it here.
Art cannot free you from your chains, but art can generate and mobilize [a] discourse of freedom. [...]

As the West pummels and pounds yet another country, this time Libya, purportedly to rescue its people, it is worth revisiting (albeit briefly) the concept of ‘just war’, which has led to concepts such as humanitarian intervention.
The rise of christianity
When the Roman Emperor Constantius died in York on the 25th July 306, his troops declared [...]

“Foreign ministers have endorsed the basic outlines of an EU ‘military-humanitarian’ mission to Libya, amid concern about putting ground soldiers into a volatile situation.
The meeting in Luxembourg on Tuesday (12 March) saw ministers approve the so-called concept of operations (Conops) for the Eufor Libya mission, the first step in the planning of any mission which [...]

Grupo Raíces will be hosting a film screening in Dublin city centre on Thursday April 21st. We will be showing the documentary Toribio: the war in Cauca by Hollman Morris. Hollman is one of the bravest Colombian journalists, whose television documentaries have exposed the reality of the Colombian civil war. He has recently been forced [...]

An article by Michael Hudson, on today’s “Icesave” Referendum in Iceland. Republished with permission. Thanks to Gunnar Skuli Armannsson for passing it on.
A year ago, in March 2010, Iceland’s economy was so small that it did not warrant much attention when 93% of its voters rejected the Social Democratic-Green government’s surrender to Gordon Brown [...]

Recording of Gardaí is only a glimpse into brutality of policing of project
Shell to Sea has called for an independent international inquiry into policing of protests around the Corrib Gas project. Their call was backed by a number of public representatives who attended a Shell to Sea press conference in Dublin today. These included TDs [...]

NOTICE OF PUBLIC PROTEST
PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN AND MIGRANTS TO PROTEST WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT!
SAY NO TO THE TRIVIALISATION OF RAPE!
Where? Dáil Eireann
When? Friday 8 April 2011 at 1pm
If like many people in Ireland you were shocked by the recordings of Gardaí in Mayo making disparaging and threatening comments about two women [...]