The ‘Old-Yet-New’: Past and Present Intermingle at the Hugo Chávez and Alí Primera Communes
The Alí Primera and Hugo Chávez communards of Venezuela tell the story of their struggle for land and its deep historical roots.
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Shaheen Bagh: A Vision of the Republic
The ‘Shaheen Bagh’ activism of women draws upon Ambedkar’s legacy to make connections between the attack on the citizenship of Muslims and the slide back in constitutional values.
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France: Third Mass Protest; Danish Working Class Also on Streets – 2 Articles
February 7 saw France’s third nationwide strike and protest against President Emmanuel Macron’s pension cuts. Also: On February 5, around 50,000 people marched in Denmark’s capital Copenhagen denouncing the government’s plan to abolish the public holiday on ‘Great Prayer Day’.
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Protests Continue in Peru; Also: Interview with a Leader of the Protests
Government of Dina Boluarte presents a bill to hold general elections in October 2023, a central demand of protesters. Also: Interview with Lourdes Huanca Atencio, President of the Federation of Peasant, Artisan, Indigenous, Native and Salaried Women of Peru.
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Why the Government of Venezuela has Resisted While Many Leftist Presidents Could Not
Chávez faced—and Maduro has continued to face—all the strategies, tactics, maneuvers, games, and schemes that the U.S. empire and its satellites and lackeys have successfully used throughout the rest of the continent, among other ploys that have been used in other parts of the world.
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Editorial: Nafrat Chodo, Bharat Jodo
Reflections on the Bharat Jodo Yatra, as it nears completion.
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Requiem for a Dream: 100 Years After the Founding of the USSR
Everything that was criticised about the USSR, including the worst mistakes and unresolved problems of ‘real socialism’, are today the constant in the society we live in, magnified and multiplied many times over by the degeneration of the modern neoliberal capitalist world.
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Honoring MLK Six Decades After the Mass Struggles of 1963
Dr. King linked the struggles against poverty, racism and war into a program of action which the U.S. government feared. In 2023, we must study these developments to gain guidance and inspiration for the impending mass struggles ahead.
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The French Working Class Organizes to Defeat Macron’s Pension Reforms
On January 10, all the major trade unions in France gave a joint call for protests against the proposals for pension reforms announced by the Macron-led government. Youth groups, including the Young Communist Movement of France, have also called for protests against the reforms.
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The World’s Torrid Future Is Etched in the Crippled Kidneys of Nepali Workers
One-third of transplant patients at a centre near Kathmandu have been young men who worked abroad in extreme heat.
