Socialist Origins of International Women’s Day – Two Articles
From the beginning, International Women’s Day has been an occasion to celebrate working women and fight capitalism; also an article by Kollantai on IWD written in 1920.
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Lula’s Right to Run for President of Brazil Restored in Major Victory for People’s Movement
In a major victory for the left and progressive forces, all of the criminal convictions against Brazil’s former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva have been struck down by the Supreme Federal Tribunal, Brazil’s highest court.
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Surprise on the Left
Surprise, surprise! Things worked out quite differently than expected at the congress of the LINKE, Germany’s left-wing party.
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Eight Years Without President Chávez
Transcript of a talk on the 8th anniversary of the untimely death of Hugo Chavez. “If Hugo Chávez were here he would see that the love for his people bore fruit in Venezuela’s rebellion against injustice, inequality and imperialism, defiantly proclaiming its sovereignty.”
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Cuba’s Contributions in the Fight Against the COVID-19 Pandemic
More than 30,000 Cuban health professionals are currently in 66 nations, helping them in the fight against the pandemic. Another 30,000 doctors who have graduated from Cuba’s Latin American School of Medicine are also serving in countries around the world.
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Human Nature Is No Barrier to Socialism
Human beings are not good or bad in any absolute sense. We are complex beings with the capacity for both selfishness and generosity, kindness and cruelty, and so on. The sort of society we live in makes a huge difference to how this potential is expressed.
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Gahela Cari: ‘In Peru, People are Questioning the System’
In an interview, Gahela Cari, the first trans candidate for Congress in Peru, discusses the country’s political situation, the feminist struggle, and challenges facing the Left.
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Resistance Is Not Futile: A Brief History of Lebanon’s Hezbollah
Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah has inspired fear within the Empire through both its struggle on the ground and its success in electoral politics as well as in providing welfare services to the people.
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It’s Not About Houses, It’s About Building a New City: A Conversation with Iraida Morocoima and Juan Carlos Rodríguez
A powerful Chavista organization struggles for a new city centered on people and not capital.
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Obituary: Kamal Morarka (18 June 1946 – 15 Jan 2021)
A distinguished citizen and industrialist, good samaritan, committed to the cause of Socialism and President of the Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya), Kamal Morarka passed away on 15th January 2021.
