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Posted by: John Phoenix The International Monetary Fund (IMF) was founded at the Bretton Woods conference in July 1944.  This financial agency presents an image of itself as a democratic organisation that works “to achieve sustainable growth and prosperity for all of its 190 member countries… by supporting economic policies that promote financial stability and monetary cooperation”. Nothing could be further from reality; not only is the IMF not a democratic organisation but, as this article will show, the policies that it supports favour only those countries that manage the institution.  The decisions of the IMF are related to the ownership of SDRs (Special Drawing Rights) which, by reflecting the relative position of the country in the world economy, determines th...

Posted by: John Phoenix The International Monetary Fund (IMF) was founded at the Bretton Woods conference in July 1944.  This financial agency presents an image of itself as a democratic organisation that works “to achieve sustainable growth and prosperity for all of its 190 member countries… by supporting economic policies that promote financial stability and monetary cooperation”. Nothing could be further from reality; not only is the IMF not a democratic organisation but, as this article will show, the policies that it supports favour only those countries that manage the institution.  The decisions of the IMF are related to the ownership of SDRs (Special Drawing Rights) which, by reflecting the relative position of the country in the world economy, determines th...

The news agency building woke up with its building fenced off and with its website under “reconstruction.” The workers are mobilizing in responseMarch 04, 2024 by ARG Medios Télam workers at a protest. "Defending public media is defending national sovereignty". On the morning of March 4, the website of the national news agency, Télam, was shut down and inaccessible to workers with a notice that indicated “page under reconstruction.” The offices of Télam were also fenced off and with a security operation to ensure that no one is able to enter. The move came days after Argentine President Javier Milei announced it during his speech for the opening of ordinary sessions of the National Congress on March 1. In the speech Milei gave last Friday, he assured ...

How could a candidate with such an overtly anti-worker programme be elected by workers in dire economic straits? In the recent election in Argentina (19 November 2023), Javier Milei, a fascist in politics and ultraliberal in economics became president of the country. Milei, who was the candidate of the far-right ‘Libertad Avanza’ coalition, won the presidential run-off by a convincing margin, scoring 56 percent as opposed to the 44 percent of votes cast for Sergio Massa, candidate for the ruling party’s ‘Unión por la Patria’ coalition. Around the world, many will wonder how it is possible that a candidate who campaigned on a promise of eliminating workers’ rights under the slogan “Where there is a need there is no right”, and who pledged besides to introduce tuition fees for...

How could a candidate with such an overtly anti-worker programme be elected by workers in dire economic straits? In the recent election in Argentina (19 November 2023), Javier Milei, a fascist in politics and ultraliberal in economics became president of the country. Milei, who was the candidate of the far-right ‘Libertad Avanza’ coalition, won the presidential run-off by a convincing margin, scoring 56 percent as opposed to the 44 percent of votes cast for Sergio Massa, candidate for the ruling party’s ‘Unión por la Patria’ coalition. Around the world, many will wonder how it is possible that a candidate who campaigned on a promise of eliminating workers’ rights under the slogan “Where there is a need there is no right”, and who pledged besides to introduce tuition fees for...

How could a candidate with such an overtly anti-worker programme be elected by workers in dire economic straits? Proletarian writers Subscribe to our  channel The road to hell is paved with good intentions. The Peronist party had good intentions it could not fulfil, as a result of which the electorate has chosen hell. In the recent election in Argentina (19 November 2023), Javier Milei, a fascist in politics and ultraliberal in economics became president of the country. Milei, who was the candidate of the far-right ‘Libertad Avanza’ coalition, won the presidential run-off by a convincing margin, scoring 56 percent as opposed to the 44 percent of votes cast for Sergio Massa, candidate for the ruling party’s ‘Unión por la Patria’ coalition. Aroun...

Corruption of a nominally-independent country’s justice system is a major tool in the arsenal of imperialist control. Proletarian writers Subscribe to our  channel In order to control Latin America’s abundant resources, US imperialism needs corrupt politicians ready to serve its interests. The removal of progressive leaders from the political arena via ‘lawfare’ is one of its tried and tested methods, but the case of Brazil’s Lula shows clearly that the people will always have the last word. https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/1468096018%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-ikjZJtZaCIu&color=%23ff5500&inverse=false&auto_play=false&show_user=true Ten days after the murder attempt against Argentinean vice-president C...

Corruption of a nominally-independent country’s justice system is a major tool in the arsenal of imperialist control. Proletarian writers Subscribe to our  channel In order to control Latin America’s abundant resources, US imperialism needs corrupt politicians ready to serve its interests. The removal of progressive leaders from the political arena via ‘lawfare’ is one of its tried and tested methods, but the case of Brazil’s Lula shows clearly that the people will always have the last word. Ten days after the murder attempt against Argentinean vice-president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK), the Clarin newspaper, owned by the country’s largest media conglomerate, wrote an article headlined: ‘Cristina, entre la bala que no salió y el...

In the evening of the 1 September, TV viewers in Argentina were horrified by a scene in which a weapon was pointed at the vice-president of the country, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK), and triggered pointing at her face. Although later it was confirmed that the gun was loaded and ready to fire, the bullet failed to fire which was considered a ‘miracle’. In a matter of minutes, the news spread all over the world and condemnation of the assassination attempt and solidarity with Mrs Fernández de Kirchner was expressed by leaders across the globe but there was absolute silence from right-wing politicians in the country. Since then, the very slow investigation has concentrated its efforts on the individual perpetrators and some Nazi-fascist groups that had demonstrated agai...