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France: General strike hits

聯Huge crowds have taken to the streets in France to protest over the handling of the economic crisis, causing disruption to rail and air services聰, according to a January 29 BBC News report.

Nepalese Maoists gear-up to take to the streets

A senior leader of the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-M), CP Gajurel stated that the Maoists are prepared to unleash yet another 鈥渕assive鈥 struggle to institutionalise the Nepal鈥檚 new republic, According to a January 4 NepalNews.com article.

Capitalism's burning house

John Bellamy Foster is editor of US socialist publication Monthly Review, professor of sociology at the University of Oregon and author of a number of books including Marx鈥檚 Ecology. This interview with him on the economic crisis is republished with permission from WIN magazine, the journal of the US-based War Resisters League ().