Mexico’s AMLO Locks Horns with Business Elite as Make-or-Break Elections Loom
Long-simmering tensions between the AMLO government and business interests escalate in the run-up to the country’s biggest ever midterm elections.
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National Strike in Colombia Continues for a Second Day
Thousands of Colombians, for a second consecutive day, mobilize in rejection of the far-right President Ivan Duque’s neoliberal tax reform, which seeks to make the working class pay for the fiscal deficit incurred due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Runasur, a New Latin American Regional Integration Mechanism, Created in Bolivia
This new regional integration mechanism, aims at uniting the Indigenous people, peasants, social movements and workers of Latin America, as well as building a Plurinacional America.
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How France Continues to Dominate its Former Colonies in Africa
Interview with the authors of ‘Africa’s Last Colonial Currency: The CFA Franc Story’ – on how in France’s former African colonies, imperialist monetary policies from Paris continue to cripple domestic economies and undermine democracy.
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46 Years After the Great Victory: Ho Chi Minh and the Role of the Vietnamese Communist Party
This April 30 is the 46th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War and the reunification between the south and the north – which fulfilled Ho Chi Minh’s aspiration to ensure that the country from that moment on would be one and begin a slow but effective reconstruction.
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Zimbabwe Celebrates 41 Years of Independence
For decades Zimbabwe’s people fought for freedom, finally winning independence on April 18, 1980. Thousands of Africans died for it. Because independent Zimbabwe’s rulers are not willing to be US stooges, the US has imposed sanctions on the country. Lift the sanctions!
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The Imperialist Origins of Saudi Arabia
Why does the West, supposedly a global promoter of democracy, support Saudi Arabia, a monarchy? The answer lies in a historical process whereby Saudi Arabia was propped up by major powers as an outpost of imperialist interests and a bulwark against revolutionary ideologies.
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Birthday Greetings, Dear Fr. Stan!
One’s birthday cannot be ‘happy’ in prison; however, in wishing you – we celebrate your life, your mission and your message and above all, those whom you have so closely identified with all these years; so “Birthday Greetings to you, dear Fr. Stan!”
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In Chhattisgarh, the Murder of an Adivasi Police Officer Shows the Warped Sense of Maoist Justice
By enacting kangaroo courts and executions, Naxalites are legitimising the extra-judicial methods the state uses against them.
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Revisiting the Writings of Dr B.R. Ambedkar Through the Feminist Discourse
An attempt to view Dr Ambedkar’s work from a feminist perspective and understand his contribution to the discourse.
