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URNG: “Social protest is the way forward for Guatemala”

Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity In the early morning on November 18, with a complete lack of transparency, the ruling party and its allies passed the 2021 National Budget. On the same day, they approved a preliminary trial process by the [...]

Identity politics, unity and the class struggle

By Eoin McDermott With the rise of the far right it is worth considering the issue of identity politics and the left. This is a type of politics that takes identity, often essentialized, as the central category for organization and analysis. Its [...]

Trump defeat a victory in the struggle against fascism

Canadian communists warn that battle is far from over The defeat of Donald Trump in the US presidential election is an important victory for the progressive and democratic forces in the US who worked tirelessly over the past four years to expose [...]

Kashmir – is the worst yet to come?

By B Prasant As one walks along the Hazratbal Road in Srinagar on a bright and shiny early winter morning, across the deserted shopping mohalla (neighbourhood) of the Kozirabal enclave and past the housing estates of Mirzabagh that show no [...]

What’s next for Bolivia? MAS president needs serious socialist vision

By Owen Schalk On November 8, Luis Arce of the Movement for Socialism (MAS) party will be sworn in as president of Bolivia. This outstanding victory is causing leftists around the world to look back with reverence on those who gave their lives [...]

Left anti-communism: a Trojan Horse that weakens the working class

“The pure socialists’ ideological anticipations remain untainted by existing practice. They do not explain how the manifold functions of a revolutionary society would be organized, how external attack and internal sabotage would be thwarted, how [...]

A fraternal kiss between the Spectre of Communism and the Holy Ghost?

By Dean Dettloff “The marketplace, by itself, cannot resolve every problem, however much we are asked to believe this dogma of neoliberal faith. Whatever the challenge, this impoverished and repetitive school of thought always offers the same [...]

Build and strengthen anti-imperialist solidarity with Venezuela

On December 6, Venezuelans will head to the polls to elect a new National Assembly. The stakes are extremely high. For many, it will probably be a relief simply to be rid of the current Assembly, which is dominated by a hodgepodge of [...]

Kanaky-New Caledonia independence vote shines light on imperialism in the Pacific

By B A Ford On Sunday 4th October, Kanaky (New Caledonia) held a second referendum to decide on its independence from France. 180,000 people voted on the question with an 80 percent turnout and a 56.67 percent majority voting to reject [...]

“The people demand “Golden Dawn” Nazis be imprisoned!”

Tens of thousands of people marched in Athens on October 7, circling the massive court complex where the verdict was announced against Golden Dawn. The fascist party was found guilty of running a criminal organization under the front of a political [...]

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